In the City of Angels

In the City of Angels is the fifth solo album by Yes lead singer Jon Anderson, released in 1988.

In the City of Angels
Studio album by Jon Anderson
Released	May 17, 1988
Recorded	1988
Studio	Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California
Genre	Pop rock
Length	47:02
Label	Columbia
Producer	Stewart Levine
Jon Anderson chronology
3 Ships (1985) In the City of Angels (1988) Deseo (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Unlike most of Anderson's previous solo works, this album contains many additional songwriters. Consequently, this is the most straight-ahead commercial pop album in his oeuvre, and sounds closer to a Toto album than his own earlier work—in fact, that band performs on several songs. Jon reciprocated the favor by performing on their album The Seventh One (recorded about the same time as In the City of Angels).

Two songs from the album ("Hold on to Love" and "In a Lifetime") were co-written by Lamont Dozier, of Motown records.

A music video for "Hold on to Love" aired on TV. In the video, the album is titled In The City of Lost Angels. Chris Squire has a cameo appearance in the video as acoustic bass player.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hold on to Love"	Jon Anderson, Lamont Dozier	4:46
2.	"If It Wasn't for Love (Oneness Family)"	Anderson	4:25
3.	"Sundancing (For the Hopi/Navajo Energy)"	Anderson	3:18
4.	"Is It Me"	Anderson, Rhett Lawrence	4:25
5.	"In a Lifetime"	Anderson, Dozier	4:14
6.	"For You"	Anderson, David Paich	2:51

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"New Civilization"	Anderson, Don Freeman, Gordon Peeke	4:31
8.	"It's on Fire"	Anderson, Freeman	4:10
9.	"Betcha"	Anderson, Lawrence	4:00
10.	"Top of the World (The Glass Bead Game)"	Anderson, Paich	5:25
11.	"Hurry Home (Song from The Pleiades)"	Anderson	4:58

Personnel

• Jon Anderson - Vocals, Harp, Drums, Percussion
• Steve Lukather - Guitar (Track 10)
• Steve Porcaro - Keyboard programming (Track 10)
• Jeff Porcaro - Drums (Track 2, 4 & 10)
• Mike Porcaro - Bass (Tracks 2 & 4)
• David Paich - Keyboards, Orchestration (Tracks 2, 4, 6 & 10)
• Joseph Williams - Backing vocals (Track 10)
• Larry Williams - Keyboards, Programming (Tracks 1, 3, 5 & 9)
• John Robinson - Drums (Tracks 1, 3, 7-9)
• Paul Jackson Jr. - Guitar (Tracks 1 & 5)
• Jimmy Haslip - Bass (Track 1, 5, 7 & 8)
• Lenny Castro - Percussion (Tracks 1, 3, 5 & 7)
• Dann Huff - Guitar (Tracks 2, 4 & 8)
• Michael Landau - Guitar (Tracks 2, 4, 7-9 & 11)
• Marc Russo - Saxophone (Track 4)
• Paulinho Da Costa - percussion (Tracks 4 & 8)
• Gordon Peeke - Drum programming (Track 7)
• Don Freeman - Keyboards (Tracks 7 & 8)
• Jerry Hey - Trumpet (Track 7)
• Gary Grant - Trumpet (Track 7)
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. - Sax, Trombone (Tracks 7 & 9)
• Kim Hutchcroft - Sax (Track 7)
• Rhett Lawrence - Keyboards, Programming (Tracks 9 & 11)
• The Cathedral Choir - Backing vocals (Track 11)

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1988	Dutch Albums Chart	33

References

1. Ruhlmann, William (2011). "In the City of Angels - Jon Anderson | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 August 2011.