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Astra
Asia
Mca Special Products, 1995
The last from Asia's first era, but by no means the least
Astra has long been looked down upon as the weakest of the original three Asia releases. With Steve Howe officially out of the fold, the disintegration of the original Asia prog-rock-alumni-supergroup concept was well underway, and this would prove to be the last ...
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Putumayo Presents World Lounge
Blue Asia
Putumayo World Music, 2002
Family music bonding
My two boys (age 2 and 7) LOVE this CD. We play it almost on a daily basis and they dance around all over the house to it. After a year, it still has this effect to them. Their favorite track is the 2nd one. I rarely get to listen to the whole CD through before ...
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Rize - Music From the Original Motion Picture
Flii Stylz, Dizee Rascal, ...
Forster Brothers Entertainment, 2005
DIAMOND in the ROUGH
I have seen David LaChappelle's documentary film: 'RIZE' and was completely blown away by its presentation, artistic sensitivity, its exploration of body & soul and the marriage of both in rhythmic splendor; and too, in the surprising exposition of INTELLECT as ...
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The Very Best of Asia: Heat of the Moment (1982-1990)
Asia
Interscope Records, 2000
Indeed - the very Best of Asia!
All I can say is that I'm glad that I found this particular collection of the best of Asia! So many of their songs that I hadn't heard in a while still sound as good as they did 25 years ago! The musicianship is truly remarkable, and the producers did a great job in ...
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Phoenix
Asia
Frontiers Records/EMI America, 2008
Return of a Supergroup
This is a classic Asia album. Not just a collection of beautiful, lasting songs but an album and that's something you don't find too often these days. Four original members of Asia reunited first on stage and now with this great cd. I do hope there is more to come ...
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Asia
Asia
Geffen Records, 1990
Not in My Wildest Dreams
At the dawn of the 1980s, the ship of progressive rock had all but foundered on the jagged reefs of musical fashion, weighted down with its leaden pretensions and buoyed on toward ruin by a new wave. Things looked bleak for fans of this once-glorious genre. But then, ...
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Alpha
Asia
Geffen Gold Line Sp., 1996
Asia's best by far
Forget all the negative reviews on this cd.It is the best one Asia has put out period.Songs like midnight sun and never in a million years are great.This album is not as hard as the first release but its more melodic.Do yourself a favor and get this cd.
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Fantasia - Live In Tokyo: 2007 (2CD)
Asia
Eagle Records, 2007
Surprised
I have been an Asia original lineup fan for several years and both of their new recordings were quite a surprise. Songs are somewhat slower than original versions. Steve does a splendid job; guitar in 'Roundabout' sounds better than Yes 70's versions. Carl takes a step ...
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Gold
Asia
Geffen Records, 2005
Excellent value and sound quality.
Asia was a supergroup comprised of ex-King Crimson bassist/vocalist John Whetton, ex-Yes guitarist Steve Howe, ex-Buggles keyboardist(and one time Yes member in 1980) Geoff Downes and ELP drummer Carl Palmer.
They exploded out of the gate in 1982 with their self ...
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Pain Language
DJ Muggs vs Planet Asia
Gold Dust Media, 2008
muggs in another planet
pure fire any hip hop fan go get this!! this is hip hop in its purest form!!
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Eyes Like Brontide
Lights Out Asia
N5md, 2008
Once a band has developed a sound that is undeniably theirs it can be difficult to push beyond those confines and expand the sound into new territory. Lights Out Asia set out to do just that and have succeeded in writing a record that was as much a sign of the times as it was an expansion of their aural bubble that has ...
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Silent Nation
Asia
Inside Out U.S., 2004
Exquisite Progressive Rock
Asia has never disappointed me, from the original lineup to each incarnation of the band. I'm not much into live recordings of which they have multitudes, but this studio album from 2004 is very well made. The production excellent, the songs, performance and ...
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Orchestral Stories
David Benoit
Peak Records, 2005
Renaissance Man
Orchestral Stories is a much awaited (well, by me, at least) showcase of orchestral compositions written by Benoit in the past few years; it contains 5 pieces, the longest being the final suite "Kobe" which runs shortly under 30 minutes. Orchestral Stories signifies a ...
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Aqua
Asia
Inside Out Germany, 2005
Who Will Stop The Payne?
This was the first full length studio Asia album with John Payne(replacing John Wetton who left for a solo career) and the first without their original record label Geffen, who had promoted the original band. This album just kinda came out without any major fanfare ...
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Pt. 1: The Sickness
Planet Asia
Copter, 2006
Asia's attempt at reinventing himself
The Sickness, Pt.1 Runningtime: Approximately 52minutes
Planet Asia is revered as one of the dopest MC's to have come out of Cali. He's displayed his lyrical prowess on such masterpieces as his selftitled EP and The Last Stand. Making his way deeper into the ...
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