Phoenix (Asia album)

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Phoenix
Phoenix cover
Studio album by Asia
Released 11 April 2008 (Europe)
15 April (North America)
23 April (Japan)
Recorded 2007-08
Genre Progressive rock
Length 64:30
Label Frontiers Records
King Records
(Japan)
EMI America Records
(US and Canada)
Producer Asia
Professional reviews
Asia chronology
Silent Nation
(2004)		 Phoenix
(2008)

Phoenix is a studio album from the progressive rock band Asia, the first to feature all four original members (John Wetton, Geoff Downes, Steve Howe and Carl Palmer) since 1983's Alpha. According to Asia's official reunion site, the band will play songs from this album on the 2008 leg of their world tour. The album was released in Europe April 11 2008 by Frontiers Records and in North America April 15 via EMI[1]. It was scheduled for release in Japan April 23 via King Records.

The Phoenix album cover features a Roger Dean illustration of a phoenix in front of the Asia logo on a black background.[2]

The album made #10 in the UK indie chart.[3] The album debuted at #73 on The Billboard Top 200 chart; #10 on the Billboard Top Internet chart. This is the first time since Astra that a studio album of Asia managed to chart on The Billboard Top 200[4]

[edit] Track Listing

All tracks Wetton/Downes unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Never Again" - 4:53
  2. "Nothing's Forever (Wetton)" - 5:44
  3. "Heroine" - 4:51
  4. "Sleeping Giant / No Way Back / Reprise" - 8:09
  5. "Alibis (Wetton/Downes/Howe/Palmer)" - 5:38
  6. "I Will Remember You" - 5:09
  7. "Shadow of a Doubt" - 4:16
  8. "Parallel Worlds / Vortex / Déyà" - 8:09
  9. "Wish I'd Known All Along (Howe)" - 4:05
  10. "Orchard of Mines (Fayman/Pursey)" - 5:09
  11. "Over and Over (Howe)" - 3:31
  12. "An Extraordinary Life" - 4:56
  13. "An Extraordinary Life" (acoustic) (Europe Limited Edition only)
  14. "I Will Remember You" (acoustic) (Japan only)

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://originalasia.com/images//emi%20press%20release.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.originalasia.com/images/phoenix.jpg
  3. ^ BBC Radio 1 - Chart Show - Indie Albums; date accessed 17 Apr 2008
  4. ^ allmusic ((( Asia > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))

[edit] External Links

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Asia
Geoff Downes · John Wetton · Steve Howe · Carl Palmer
Greg Lake · Mandy Meyer · Pat Thrall · Al Pitrelli · Mike Sturgis · John Payne · Aziz Ibrahim · Holger Larisch · Elliot Randall · Luis Jardim · Chris Slade · Jay Schellen · Guthrie Govan · Trevor Thornton
Studio albums and EPs
Asia · Alpha · Astra · Aurora · Aqua · Aria · Arena · Rare · Aura · Silent Nation · Phoenix
Live albums
Live in Moscow · Alive at Hollowed Halls · Now (Nottigham) · Live In Buffalo · Dragon Attack · Asia Enso Kai (Live in Tokyo 83) · Quadra · Live in Massachusetts · Fantasia: Live in Tokyo
Compilations
Then & Now · Archiva Vol. 1 · Archiva Vol. 2 · Anthology · The Very Best of Asia: Heat of the Moment · Definitive Collection
Singles
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