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Aqua studio album by Asia

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Aqua is the fourth studio album by the progressive rock band Asia, released in 1992. The lineup changed slightly since Astra in 1985. The new lineup consisted of John Payne (bassist/vocalist) and Al Pitrelli (guitarist), together with founder Geoffrey Downes (keyboardist/vocalist). Carl Palmer (drums) and Steve Howe (guitarist), both also co-founders of the band, guest.

Asia is a rock group formed in 1981. The band was labelled a supergroup and included former members of veteran progressive rock bands Yes, King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Uriah Heep, U.K., Roxy Music, Wishbone Ash and The Buggles. Since 2007, there have been two distinct groups using the Asia name: a reunion of the band’s original line-up performing as Asia, and Asia Featuring John Payne as a continuation of the pre-2006 Asia line-up, initially featuring three of its members. Asia began with the apparent demise of Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, two of the flagship bands of British progressive rock. After the break-up of King Crimson in 1974, various plans for a super group involving bassist John Wetton had been mooted, including the abortive British Bulldog project with Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman in 1976. In 1977 Bruford and Wetton were reunited in UK, along with guitarist Allan Holdsworth and keyboardist/violinist Eddie Jobson. Their eponymous debut was released in 1978. By 1980, after UK’s demise, a new super group project was suggested involving Wetton, Wakeman, drummer Carl Palmer and (then little known) guitarist Trevor Rabin, but Wakeman walked out of the project shortly before they were due to sign to Geffen and before they had ever played together. Rabin, in a filmed interview from 1984 and included in the recently released and updated DVD 9012Live, said that his involvement with this project never went anywhere because “there was no chemistry” among the participants.

This album has released under the FM Revolver Label.

Catalogue No: WKFM

Track Listing:

1. Aqua Part 1
2. Who Will Stop The Rain?
3. Back In Town
4. Love Under Fire
5. Little Rich Boy
6. The Voice Of Reason
7. Lay Down Your Arms
8. Crime Of The Heart
9. A Far Cry
10. Don’t Call Me
11. Heaven On Earth
12. Aqua Part 2

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