OT: Asia Albums
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Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:47 pmby styxfansite
"Phoenix" was the first Asia album I bought and after hearing it, I am thinking about buying more. Can someone recommend some of of the previous albums that would be good to start with.
Thanks
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Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:32 pmby Jodes
Asia, Alpha and Astra.. the John Wetton Albums.. Oh also, "Then And Now"
Don't bother with the John Payne era Asia unless you want to be put to sleep.. BORING!
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Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:42 pmby sniper16
obviously start with
asia its a little more guitar driven
than get astra similar vein
than alpha just a little mellower than the others
i didnt really like the john payne stuff leans a little more progressive in my opinion.
Posted:
Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:24 amby kansas666
Their first album "Asia" was the classic with all of the best known hits. They pretty much fell off the face of the earth after that.
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Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:54 amby Ehwmatt
Phoenix is awesome. They got good stuff after the first album too, ignore Kansas up there and follow the first 2 posters' advice
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Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:07 amby LtVanish
I thought the Aura album was good from about 10 years ago.
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Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:41 amby cinj
Also worth checking out is Wetton-Downes "Icon" that came out about 5 years ago. Sounds more like "classic" Asia than most of their catalogue.
Personally, I like their second album "Alpha" but I know a lot of people that don't. Most people think they fizzled after their self title debut. After "Alpha", they never had a consistent lineup. One of the biggest draws of this band was that it featured classic members from classic bands (King Crimson, Yes, ELP). After these "members" left, I basically thought "What's the point?"
JMO
Cinj
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Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:39 amby Abitaman
I actually like both versions of Asia. Both have had a bad cd or two (Astra and Arena). John Payne is a great singer with a lot emotion in his voice. That alone was one of the reasons I stayed with the later line ups.