1. Anderson/Wakeman: The Living Tree
: 37 (31%) 2. Jon Anderson: Survival & Other Stories: 23 (19%)
3. Asia: The Omega Tour Live
(w/ Howe, Downes): 18 (15%)4. Yoso: Elements
(w/ Sherwood, Kaye): 14 (12%)5= Geoff Downes: Electronica: 4 (3%)
5= Strawbs: Live at the BBC Volume One In Session
(w/ R. Wakeman): 4 (3%)5= David Bowie: Station to Station [special edition]
(w/ Kaye): 4 (3%)5= The Sorceror's Apprentice OST
(w/ Rabin): 4 (3%)5= Mr. Mister: Pull
(w/ Rabin): 4 (3%)10. King Crimson: any of several archival live releases (w/ Bruford): 3 (3%)
11. Strawbs: 40th Anniversary Celebrations Vol. 2 Rick Wakeman & Dave Cousins
(w/ R. Wakeman): 2 (2%)There were no votes for Robbie Williams' In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990 - 2010 (w/ Horn) and one invalid vote.
No doubt about the winner this time. The Living Tree has divided fandom: a recent thread on Yesfans.com got so heated that two people, ironically a current and a former collaborator of Jon Anderson's, got banned after criticising the album. However, it clearly works for some. In a strong second is Anderson's Survival & Other Stories, an impressive performance given the album has only had a limited release to date (on sale on Anderson Wakeman Project 360 dates). Which means that Anderson's albums attracted 50% of all the votes, a clear indication of his enduring popularity whether in or out of the band.
The other big project of the period was Yoso, an attempt to break a bigger market by combining the core of CIRCA: with the vocals of former Toto frontman Bobby Kimball. However, the poor showing here echoes some bad reviews and the band has already been dissolved. Nonetheless, a new CIRCA: line-up has emerged with more members in common with Yoso than the previous CIRCA: line-up, and CIRCA: have now been taking on by Yoso's former management, 2 Plus Entertainment.
A pretty good showing from Geoff Downes, with Asia and his latest NDO release. Perhaps some of that support will end up benefitting the Howe/Squire/White line-up of Yes.
ReplyDeleteToo bad about Yoso. I thought it was an interesting group but I think maybe it needed more "named" players in the band. I thought Bobby Kimball did his best with the Yes stuff live but it definitely wasn't in his vocal range. He is still a great singer. Good luck to Billy and Tony with Circa:
ReplyDeleteHowe´s 43 minutes interview to Jason Saulnier -2011:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFISEGJ60SA