Olias Of Sunhillow - Jon Anderson

Despite its predictable and perhaps off-putting trippy new age tendencies, coming as it does from the psychedelic mind of Jon Anderson, aka the Yes man, 'Olias of Sunhillow' is an enjoyable solo debut that leaves the excessive prog pomposity of Yes far behind, and trades in Rick Wakeman's self-aggrandising church organ for space-age keyboards stolen directly from Vangelis that really do the trick. Anderson would collaborate with Vangelis on a series of bland synth-pop albums over the next decade, and this album is interesting in hinting at what might have been, had the two artists strove for something of a more epic nature; interestingly, Anderson handles all instruments ...