Album: Animation
Artist: Jon Anderson
1982 Atlantic
CASS: CS 19355

Band members:
Jon Anderson: vocals, acoustic guitar
Stefano Cerri: bass
Clem Clempson: guitars
Chris Rainbow: backing vocals
Simon Phillips: drums, percussion
David Sancious: keyboards

Additional musicians: Jack Bruce, Dave Lawson, Ronnie Leahy, Brother James, Billy Kristian, Bret Morgan, Blue Weaver, Ian Wallace, Delmay String Quartet (arranged by David Ogden), John Giblin, Maurice Pert, Brazil Idiots Brass section (arranged by Dick Morrisey with Henry Lowther), Chris Pyne, Tony Stanton

Produced by Anderson/Neil Kernon
except (9) by Tony Visconti


Tracks:
Side 1
1. "Olympia" (4:58)
2. "Animation" (9:07)
3. "Surrender" (3:53)
4. "All in a Matter of Time" (3:06)

Side 2
5. "Unlearning (The Dividing Line)" (4:56)
6. "Boundaries" (3:20)
7. "Pressure Point" (3:20)
8. "Much Better Reason" (4:27)
9. "All God's Children" (4:25)

Bonus tracks on CD release:
10. "The Spell" (previously unreleased) (11:40)
11. "Spider" () (2:51)

All songs written by Jon Anderson, except (9) by Jon Anderson/Jennifer Anderson


Notes: (****) CD bonus tracks were (10), while was previously unreleased, while (11) was the b-side of the Atlantic 7" single issue of (3).

(9) was included on the 2023 compilation Produced by Tony Visconti, which also included a track from Rick Wakeman's Rhapsodies. (HP; 20 Jul 23)

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