Label: Audio Fidelity (US), AFZ 068
Style: Hard Rock, Arena Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 44:16
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 315 Mb
Charts:
UK #11, AUS #13, GER #6, JPN #15, NLD #10, US #1. AUS, FRA, SWI &
UK: Gold; JPN: Platinum; CAN: 3x Platinum; US: 4x Platinum.
Asia
included keyboardist Geoffrey Downes and guitarist Steve Howe from Yes;
King Crimson singer-bassist John Wetton, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer
drummer Carl Palmer.
"The production was a bit Journey-esque," Howe
noted. "That was down to Mike Stone, who'd co-produced Escape, which was
a huge album for Journey. But "Heat of the Moment" was the last song we
recorded for the Asia album. By then we'd already done stuff like "Time
Again" and "Wildest Dreams", which were very progressive. There was
also this sweetness in "[Only] Time Will Tell". But as soon as I stacked
up the guitar and John started singing, we knew we had something
special in "Heat of the Moment"."
"People said, 'No, that's not going
to work. It's all keyboards now. It's all synthesizers.' I think A
Flock of Seagulls was No. 1," Wetton commented. "Actually, what we did
was make a sound that blew synthesizers out of the water. Everyone said,
'Oh, no, no, no. A prog-guitar band ain't gonna work.' But it did."
The
album's concluding track, "Here Comes the Feeling" (credited to Wetton
and Howe) was a reworking of a song written by Wetton and recorded with
French progressive rock band Atoll in 1979: the original version was
released as a bonus track on Atoll's 1993 reissue of their 1979 album
Rock Puzzle.
Asia's logo and cover artwork were created by Roger
Dean, known for his work with Yes (of which guitarist Steve Howe and
keyboard player Geoff Downes were previous members) and Uriah Heep (of
which bassist/vocalist John Wetton had previously been a member). The
debut album's art depicts a sea serpent gazing into a crystal orb.
There
was a concern that having Dean do the cover would produce something
that looked too much like his famed artwork for Yes, but Howe and Downes
pushed for his involvement. Geffen's John Kalodner did not initially
like Dean's logo for the band.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_(Asia_album))
01. Heat Of The Moment (03:52)
02. Only Time Will Tell (04:47)
03. Sole Survivor (04:49)
04. One Step Closer (04:17)
05. Time Again (04:48)
06. Wildest Dreams (05:12)
07. Without You (05:07)
08. Cutting It Fine (05:40)
09. Here Comes The Feeling (05:40)
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