Olias Of Sunhillow (studio album)
by Jon Anderson

Olias Of Sunhillow by Jon Anderson
Year: 1976
Overall rank: 12,917th   
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 61 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1976 (163rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,773rd)
Award Best albums of all time (12,917th)

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Olias Of Sunhillow is ranked as the best album by Jon Anderson.

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Olias Of Sunhillow rankings

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Overall rank: 12,917th | 1970s rank: 1,773rd | 1976 rank: 163rd

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73/100 (from 61 votes)
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From 01/07/2025 10:41 | #306846
Good debut-album by one of the best voices in the business . Mr. Jon Anderson of Yes . This is the beginning of a fruitful collaboration with Keyboard/Synthesizer-Maestro Vangelis .
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From 08/29/2023 16:39 | #298909
This is a very YES album. At this point in time, the prog was slowly beginning the downhill in popularity and the heydays were mostly over. A solid performance ,but I cant help that I have heard these songs before
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From 05/13/2016 14:29 | #165876
by far the best prog rock LP of 1976.
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From 11/07/2011 18:37 | #30049
A too often forgotten concept prog album. The vinyl version with 6 pages gatefold and lyrics on the sleeve was a great plus. Those were days when albums were great artistic statements even beyond the music. This album should definitely be turned into a movie by Peter Jackson, the secene with the creation of the Moorglade mover would be exceptional.
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Best Albums of 1976
1. Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder
2. Station To Station by David Bowie
3. Ramones by Ramones
4. Hotel California by Eagles
5. Boston by Boston
6. Desire by Bob Dylan
7. Hejira by Joni Mitchell
8. 2112 by Rush
9. The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers
10. A New World Record by Electric Light Orchestra
11. A Trick Of The Tail by Genesis
12. Rising by Rainbow
13. Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy
14. Oxygène by Jean Michel Jarre
15. A Day At The Races by Queen
16. The Royal Scam by Steely Dan
17. "Rocks" by Aerosmith
18. África Brasil by Jorge Ben
19. Moonmadness by Camel
20. Arrival by ABBA
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