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| Released | 17 October 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993-1994 | |||
| Label | EMI Angel Records (US) | |||
| Producer | Jon Anderson Tim Handley | |||
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Change We Must is the seventh solo album by Yes lead singer Jon Anderson, released in 1994. The album contains new material and orchestral arrangements of songs from Anderson's past. [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "State of Independence" | Jon Anderson, Vangelis | 5:37 |
| 2. | "Shaker Loops" | Anderson (lyrics), John Adams (music) | 5:31 |
| 3. | "Hearts" | Chris Squire, Anderson, Trevor Rabin | 5:03 |
| 4. | "Alive & Well" | David Tolley, Anderson | 4:43 |
| 5. | "The Kiss" | Anderson, Vangelis | 3:51 |
| 6. | "Chagall Duet" | Anderson | 3:31 |
| 7. | "Run On, Jon" | Tolley, Anderson | 2:46 |
| 8. | "Candle Song" | Anderson, Vangelis | 3:36 |
| 9. | "A View from the Coppice" | Tolley, Anderson | 2:46 |
| 10. | "Hurry Home" | Anderson | 6:52 |
| 11. | "Under the Sun" | Anderson | 5:01 |
| 12. | "Change We Must" | Anderson, Vangelis | 5:39 |
"State of Independence": original version on the Jon & Vangelis album The Friends of Mr Cairo (1981).
"Hearts": original version on the Yes album 90125 (1983).
"Hurry Home" and "Under the Sun": original versions on In the City of Angels (1988), the latter as "It's on Fire".
"Candle Song" (as "Anyone Can Light a Candle"): original version on the Jon & Vangelis album Page of Life (1991).
"Change We Must": later added to the alternate US release of Page of Life (1998).
Additional musicians:
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