Toltec
Jon Anderson
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| 1 | The Book Opens | Jon Anderson | 4:59 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Quick Words (Talk-Talk) | Jon Anderson | 2:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Shall We Play the Game | Jon Anderson | 3:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Semanti Siyonpme | Jon Anderson | 3:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Good Day Morning | Jon Anderson | 2:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Leap Into the Inconceivable | Jon Anderson | 3:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Song of Home | Jon Anderson | 1:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Building Bridges | Jon Anderson | 5:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Sound and Color | Jon Anderson | 4:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Longwalker Speaks | Jon Anderson | 2:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | Maazo Maazo | Jon Anderson | 1:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Enter Ye the Mystery School | Jon Anderson | 7:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 13 | Ave Verum | Jon Anderson | 3:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Longwalker Speaks (Bonus Track) | Jon Anderson | 17:36 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
| 15 | True Horizon (Bonus Track) | Jon Anderson | 3:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Songs |
Album Review
A concept album, Anderson's Toltec is made up of 13 cuts divided into three parts. It tells the tale of the Toltec, a Native American concept of a group of people who have been all over the Earth, existing within different cultures throughout the centuries. They are described in the liner as "Creators of the circles of power, color, perfume, and music healing domes." Musically, this one is arguably Anderson's most ambitious solo effort. It is set in a style that is definitely progressive rock, but focuses less on the rock and more on other elements. Among those elements are new age (no surprise as the CD was released on the Windham Hill label), world music, electronic, and even jazz. Anderson not only provided the expected vocals, but also wrote, arranged, and produced the disc. The result is an album that should appeal not just to fans of the singer, but to those into progressive rock in general as well. It definitely isn't Yes (although it does share some elements with their work), but it is certainly an intriguing and entertaining work. [Opio Media's 2007 edition featured two bonus tracks.]
Recent Customer Reviews
Clean Your Back Yard Up - three times.
by Revolution9Creativity is a great gift. And like some gifts, it's got to be sought out. And like very rare gifts, it has properties that communicate a sense of the spiritual and pragmatic. This is Toltec. As a fan of Jon Anderson, I pretty much buy or pirate anything with his name on it. From Vangelis, to Kitaro, to that prog rock band that he fronts. Sometimes he scores a home run, sometimes not. Toltec is very much Jon Anderson's finest. The production is flawless, the richly layered instrumental tapestries are evocative of native Americans, and the films of my youth where magicians, dragons, and heroes kept me spell bound. The message is delivered effectively. Longwalker sounds like a dude you'd want to hang with. When I listen, I envision an Anderson event where Longwalker is conjured from smoke and laser, his commentary whispered from stacks of Marshall amps while Anderson leads a choir of children through Maazo Maazo.
Lennon said "Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream". If Tomorrow Never Knows was a poem, then Toltec would be the novel.
Magical!
by keikobArguably Jon's finest solo work, a true spiritual and mental journey through an ancient land. It's a bit of Olias of Sunhillow mixed with Kitaro's Dream (which featured Anderson).
Biography
Born: October, 1944 in Accrington, Lancashire, England
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s
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