The fourth "Jon and Vangelis" album sounds rather different than the
first three. Partially because of Vangelis' "new style", which he had
been using since Direct, but also because their combined musical style
seems to have changed. The album was not a big commercial success and
they had no success in the single-charts either.
The regular European/Canadian release (top picture) of this album in
1991 was in fact a recompiled version. Before it was released there were
a couple of differences, including an extra song called "Change we
Must", extra nature sounds on Garden of Senses and a long instrumental
opening to Wisdom Chain. Also there were a few tracks missing, including
"Jazzy Box" and "Is It Love" (which is essentially not a Jon and
Vangelis track, as Vangelis was not involved).
The second version (lower picture) released in the USA in 1998 by Higher
Octave music on the "OMTOWN" label is closer to the original because it
drops a few tracks ("Is It Love" (not with Vangelis), "Jazzy Box", "Be a
Good Friend of Mine" and "Journey To Ixtlan") and returns to the 5
minute Vangelis intro of "Wisdom Chain" (with some new vocals and
different editing) and the original recording of "Change we Must". This
one however has been drastically cut: The unreleased original version
had a delightfully subtle opening by Vangelis which ends in the waves
you can hear as the start of this version.
Also the nature sounds and extra vocal inserts in "Garden of Senses"
which were deleted on the European/Canadian release are back on this
one. Finally the song "Shine for Me" is a bit different and "Money" is
mixed differently.
Notice that the uncredited female vocals on "Change we Must" are by the
lovely Mary Hopkin who also sang "Rachel's Song" on the "Blade Runner"
release.
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Higher Octave version (USA/Japan)
1 Change We Must 6:28
2 Anyone Can Light a Candle 3:43
3 Page of Life 3:17
4 Money 5:43
5 Little Guitar 1:42
6 Garden of Senses 6:32
7 Genevieve 3:45
8 Shine for Me 4:01
9 Wisdom Chain 10:44
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