Tag: Asia

Here is the very first Volume of our Essential Series – Purist AOR.

We’ve reviewed just about every Asia album going. Not all, but many. I’ve added this latest live CD from their…

Overall, Asia’s ‘Gravitas’ an OK listen, but not a completely convincing exercise for mine. The songs drift between prog, symphonic…

Asia have kept things straight forward and simplistic, 9 tracks, mostly long, and mostly listenable. Long may it continue and…

Look, I don’t wish to hype this album too much, but the facts are ‘Omega’ is a mostly soft rock…

Phoenix’ is all about the original Asia in the 21st century. Mostly, the songs here will appeal greatly to AORsters,…

‘Astra’ is technically and sonically brilliant. Way ahead of those two aforementioned Asia albums, and an album that John Wetton…

If you read what others say about ‘Alpha’ many years later, you’d think that Asia was some sort of pop…

Asia could never live up to the sales and hype of this debut and although ‘Alpha’ the following year performed…

1992’s ‘Aqua’ would have to be Asia’s most underrated work. An album which just seemed to slip by, considering it…

1994 saw yet another chapter in the book written by Geoff Downes and Asia. The sole survivor of the original…