Track Listing

1. Never Again
2. Nothing's Forever
3. Heroine
4. Sleeping Giant / No Way Back / Reprise
5. Alibis
6. I Will Remember You
7. Shadow Of A Doubt
8. Parallel Worlds / Vortex / Deya
9. Wish I'd Known All Along
10. Orchard Of Mines
11. Over And Over
12. An Extraordinary Life

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #813 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-15
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
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.

Album Description
Japanese pressing of this full-length album comes with acoustic version of 'I Will Remember You' as the bonus track. King. 2008.

Customer Reviews

Of little consequence
For all the talent involved, there's just nothing here. It couldn't be more bland and uninspired. There's absolutely nothing to hang onto or give reason for repeated listening. Very disappointing.

A Sum of all
I'm going to try to sum up all of the comments made by many reviewers.First of all let me start by saying that there is soooo much talent behind the name ASIA. Wetton, Howe ,Palmer and Downes,yet they insist on putting out mediocre half-entertaining music as this.There is hardly anything that I can consider good or listenable by my high standards of semi-progressive music or simply memorable music.

As one reviewer says "it's repetitive" yes it is very long and boring the only attempt they have at doing something progressively challenging they blow it and make it just bad.

Asia has always been a group with so much potential and yet such poor music behind it since after ASTRA.If they do put out a new cd I hope they put out something good,but I doubt it.

Today's industry is just such in a bad slum,musically,that I find it harder and harder for musicians to find a new spark of creativity.Perhaps when a new spark of revolution comes around we can expect some good music from the sons of these extremely wonderful musicians.

This is,however,my opinion you can take it ....or you know what else ...??

Great sound, but a little repetitve...more of the same.
For Asia fans, this is a must have, unless you are expecting any growth in the group over 25 years. This is another Asia album, and as such, brings back many fond memories of the first two Asia albums. It does not go very far in exploring new sound or building upon past successes. Still, worth having, and shows promise for the next album.