SURRENDER

"Surrender" is a song taken from JON ANDERSON`s "Animation" solo album from 1982, and was released as the "A" Side of this single. It is a Pop Rock song with some World Music / Caribean / Latin Music influences, including some Latin percussion instruments (a marimba too, or maybe a steel drum, I think) and a bit of harp playing (maybe played by Anderson himself), plus very good keyboard arrangements (by David Sancious, I think) and very good drums (maybe played by Simon Phillips, one of the best session drummers I have listened to). It also has some very good bass guitar playing (and I think that it was played by Stefano Cerri, as the credits in this album gave main credits to all these musicians that I mention here, but also they gave additional credits to other musicians without giving specific details for who played in each song in the album). There are also some backing vocals which sound like being sung by some of Anderson`s children (like in his "Song of Seven" album). This song sounds to me a bit similar in style to his "Don`t Forget (Nostalgia)" song from the "Song of Seven" album, at least in the bass playing style.

"Spider", in the "B" Side of this single, is a non-album track which was released again as one of two bonus tracks in the most recent CD re-issue of the "Animation" album (re-issued some years ago by Anderson himself on his own record label, with another song called "The Spell", if I remember well now, because I don`t have that CD). It has an acoustic guitar plus very good drums by Simon Phillips (I think, again), some horns and very good keyboards (maybe played by David Sancious), some children`s vocals. This song has some New Age music influences, plus some Rhtyhm and Blues music inlfuences (which made me remember a bit some of PHIL COLLINS`s musical style as soloist from the early eighties), plus a very good lead guitar solo (maybe played by Dave "Clem" Clemson, former guitarist of HUMBLE PIE and COLOSSEUM, and who also appeared in Anderson`s "Song of Seven" album).

Two good songs released in this single. Maybe more influenced by the Pop Rock music style of the early eighties, but with Anderson`s very own musical style influenced by World Music / New Age music.