Phoenix (Asia album)
Phoenix is the eleventh studio album by British progressive rock band Asia, released in 2008. It is the first to feature all four original members (Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and John Wetton) since 1983's Alpha. The album was released in Europe on 11 April 2008 via Frontiers Records, in North America on 15 April by EMI America Records and in Japan on 23 April via King Records.[3]
Reception
Phoenix debuted at No. 73 in the US on the Billboard 200 and Top Internet Albums charts.[4] This is the first time since 1985's Astra that a studio album by Asia charted on the Billboard 200. Phoenix reached No. 166 in the UK Albums Chart[5] and No. 10 in the UK Indie Chart.
Track listing
All tracks written by John Wetton and Geoff Downes except when noted.
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1. | "Never Again" | 04:54 |
2. | "Nothing's Forever" (Wetton) | 05:47 |
3. | "Heroine" | 04:54 |
4. | "Sleeping Giant (G. Downes) / No Way Back / Reprise (G. Downes)" | 08:10 |
5. | "Alibis" (Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, Wetton) | 05:40 |
6. | "I Will Remember You" | 05:12 |
7. | "Shadow of a Doubt" | 04:19 |
8. | "Parallel Worlds (J. Wetton) / Vortex (G. Downes) / Déyà (J. Wetton)" | 08:13 |
9. | "Wish I'd Known All Along" (Howe) | 04:07 |
10. | "Orchard of Mines" (Jeffrey Fayman, Dann Pursey) | 05:12 |
11. | "Over and Over" (Howe) | 03:34 |
12. | "An Extraordinary Life" | 04:59 |
Total length: | 64:52 |
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13. | "An Extraordinary Life (acoustic remix)" | 04:16 |
Total length: | 69:17 |
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13. | "I Will Remember You (acoustic remix)" | 05:14 |
Total length: | 70:15 |
Credits
Asia
Additional musicians
- Hugh McDowell – cello on "An Extraordinary Life" and "I Will Remember You"
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Production
- Produced by Asia
- Engineered and co-produced by Steve Rispin
- Recorded in September 2007 – February 2008 at Liscombe Park Studios in Buckinghamshire
- Mastered by John Dent at Loud Mastering, UK
- Tracks 1, 3 and 12 mixed by Simon Hanhart
- Tracks 5, 8, 9 and 11 mixed by Curtis Schwartz
- Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 and 10 mixed by Steve Rispin
- Cover logo and inside painting – Roger Dean
- Computer work and cover design – Martyn Dean
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Release history
Charts
References
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