Asia - Phoenix
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Artist: AsiaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-04-15
Music Label: Frontiers Records/EMI America
Soundtracks:
- Never Again
- Nothing's Forever
- Heroine
- Sleeping Giant / No Way Back / Reprise
- Alibis
- I Will Remember You
- Shadow Of A Doubt
- Parallel Worlds / Vortex / Deya
- Wish I'd Known All Along
- Orchard Of Mines
- Over And Over
- An Extraordinary Life
Free Music Notes for Phoenix
Free Music Review: Huh?
Hit: 2 Stars
I can't say for sure why I decided to review this CD. It is in hind-site a very insignificant release. The nostalgia factor was high since they came into being as my puberty was taking hold. I certainly enjoyed the 1st 3 albums (Astra to a lesser degree) so I figured I might as well complete the collection (not including the non-Wetton years which I found dreadful).
This is NOT a masterpiece, not wonderful, not mind-blowing, not a classic as some of the reviews I have read stated. It's not even a matter of opinion really.
This sounds like men well past middle-age trying to cash in on something its middle-aged fan base has been clambering for decades to bring into being.
It's not terrible; it's simply fantastically average and at times down right boring. A couple of songs were entertaining as they contained the signature multi-layered over the top melodic chorus Asia was famous for. I simply can't sit by and listen to people call this CD a genius work of art without knowing where I can get me some of what they are smoking. Genius 5 star albums are very few and far between (Moving Pictures, Lamb Lies Down, The Wall - you see where I'm going). let's not throw around terms we don't know how to use because we once loved something that has come back to us a bit decrepit and past it's prime.
Phoenix Poster
Asia's eponymously titled debut album in 1982 was both ecstatically received and the biggest selling album of the year. It spawned a trio of US top 10 singles in "Heat of the Moment", "Only Time Will Tell" and "Sole Survivor." Over the greater part of the 80s, Asia racked up 15 million in global record sales.Rising from the ashes in 2008, the Multi-Platinum Supergroup Asia returns with "Phoenix," the first new album featuring the original line up in 25 years. With a revered musical pedigree, Geoff Downes (Yes, The Buggles), Steve Howe (Yes), Carl Palmer (ELP), and John Wetton (King Crimson) have returned to their hit making roots. Featuring the anthemic lead track "Never Again", and the poignant "An Extraordinary Life," Asia's revived the sound that made them radio staples.
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