Phoenix
Asia
℗ 2008 Frontiers Records FR CD 370 / © EMI Records
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. |
- 1. Never Again (Wetton — Downes) [04:55]
- 2. Nothing's Forever (Wetton) [05:46]
- 3. Heroine (Wetton — Downes) [04:53]
- 4a. Sleeping Giant (Downes) [08:10]
- 4b. No Way Back (Wetton — Downes)
- 4c. Reprise
- 5. Alibis (Downes — Howe — Palmer — Wetton) [05:40]
- 6. I Will Remember You (Wetton — Downes) [05:11]
- 7. Shadow of a Doubt (Wetton — Downes) [04:18]
- 8a. Parallel Worlds (Wetton) [08:12]
- 8b. Vortex (Downes) [08:12]
- 8c. Deya (Howe)
- 9. Wish I'd Known All Along (Howe) [04:07]
- 10. Orchard of Mines (Fayman — Pursey) [05:11]
- 11. Over and Over (Howe) [03:33]
- 12. An Extraordinary Life (Wetton — Downes) [04:56]
Участие в альбоме:
- Geoffrey Downes: keyboards, backing vocals
- Steve Howe: guitar, backing vocals
- Carl Palmer: drums, percussion
- John Wetton: bass, lead vocals
- Hugh McDowall: cello
Тексты:
Never Again
(Wetton — Downes)
I saw the universe, I held it in my hand The planets and the stars, merely grains of sand The darkness that I knew is no more The sun will shine for me, of that I can be sure This is the day, the day of my ascendance A time for life, a time for independence NEVER AGAIN will I bear arms against my brother NEVER AGAIN will I dishonour anyone NEVER AGAIN will I wish evil on another NEVER AGAIN will I spill blood of any mother’s son The age of Gemini, a dazzling creation A new enlightenment, a great illumination Dark acts of history must never be repeated I know I must treat you, the way I’d be treated This is the day, the day of liberation A time for life, for new regeneration NEVER AGAIN will I bear arms against my brother NEVER AGAIN will I dishonour anyone NEVER AGAIN will I wish evil on another NEVER AGAIN will I spill blood of any mother’s son I’m climbing now, I’m gaining altitude And now my hands can feel the grip My head is spinning with a synergy The power that takes me up and up NEVER AGAIN will I bear arms against my brother NEVER AGAIN will I dishonour anyone NEVER AGAIN will I wish evil on another NEVER AGAIN will I spill blood of any mother’s son
Nothing's Forever
(Wetton)
Last night I roamed in San Francisco Tomorrow Shibuya is my home I will be waiting in the darkness In the pouring rain And always I’m alone Walking the streets of New York City Light years away from where I’m born I study the faces of the people While I’m standing in the shadows Of their fi nal dawn You know that NOTHING’S FOREVER It’s just for today Can’t live for the future, forget yesterday And hold on to life, for in moments it can fade away Maybe I’m following too closely Sometimes you feel you’ve had enough Make the most of what you have today Just hope and pray, for those you really love You know that NOTHING’S FOREVER It’s just for today Can’t live for the future, forget yesterday Nothing from nothing is nothing, Amen, so I say NOTHING’S FOREVER Ashes to ashes
Heroine
(Wetton — Downes)
I hold the razor blade up to my face I feel the pulse beneath my skin The crimson line describes the outer trace Of my broken heart within I thought I was invincible Until the sky fell down on me You are my HEROINE, do with me what you will This is no time to die, no time to kill My heroine, my lover to the end You give me life again, you are my heroine I turn my mind back not so long ago When I was cast upon the ground Then utter chaos rained into my life What I had lost, could not be found I thought I’d lived forever My time on earth had ceased to be You are my HEROINE, do with me what you will This is no time to die, no time to kill The gentle waves of rolling sea Washing my demons from me You are my HEROINE, all that matters to me. I may have loved you for a thousand years But then you’ve known that all along I always saw you as an eagle high in the sky So tell me why Only you, hold the key to set me free…. I thought I saw eternity With my own eyes too blind to see You are my HEROINE, do with me what you will This is no time to die, no time to kill My HEROINE, my lover to the end You give me life again, with peace you send The gentle waves of rolling sea To wash all the demons from me You are my HEROINE, All that matters to me…
No Way Back
(Wetton — Downes)
Push forward again, I reach the Point of zero return No condemnation remains No more bridges to burn A hell of a deal, to keep what I feel inside There’s nowhere to run, there’s nowhere to hide, And there’s NO WAY BACK, NO WAY BACK NO WAY BACK A progressive disease Takes me out of the door That’s when I grab the keys, and I, I slam my foot to the floor Step on the gas, smash through the barricade I’m closing my eyes, cause I don’t wanna see, ‘cos there’s NO WAY BACK, NO WAY BACK NO WAY BACK Keep on working the room And the end is in sight Something unknown propels me now Leading me to the light I got to be free it’s life on the edge for me The harder it gets, the harder I try…and there’s NO WAY BACK, NO WAY BACK NO WAY BACK You’re going too far, way over the line You’re raising the bar, no soft landing this time We stand on the edge, this time is sink or swim We’re spreading out wing and we’re learning to fl y …and there’s NO WAY BACK, NO WAY BACK NO WAY BACK NO WAY BACK It’s life on the edge for me
Alibis
(Downes — Howe — Palmer — Wetton)
This time, you know just what I’m saying But you could never give a damn Or so it seems It’s a fine line with this game that you’re playing And you could always turn around Go running for home ALIBIS, little lies Procrastination Secrecy, duplicity The end of your ALIBIS Something I could always believe in Suddenly just disappeared It’s all over now ALIBIS, little lies Procrastination Secrecy, duplicity The end of your ALIBIS Goodbye your tiny whispers of comfort Never the victim of circumstance You had me deceived So Jodie, maybe this is the last time That I will ever speak your name I’m going home ALIBIS, little lies Procrastination Secrecy, duplicity The end of your ALIBIS
I Will Remember You
(Wetton — Downes)
Somewhere I’ll see you again These words are true Inside I carry a fl ame It burns for you Sometimes I reach for you But you’re not there The place you take me to I know not where In dreams, you come to me I’m never free For I know wherever I go, whatever I do, I WILL REMEMBER YOU Locked in my memory Your silhouette The only face I see I can’t forget In dreams, you come to me I’m never free For I know wherever I go, whatever I do, I WILL REMEMBER YOU And if I should light a candle For all the others I’ve known No matter how I try You’re there before my eye And the thought will never subside, forever I WILL REMEMBER YOU These streets and these houses All of the places I’ve seen If I run from you, no matter what I do The fi re will always survive The embers are still alive, and I WILL REMEMBER YOU And if I should light a candle For all the others I’ve known No matter how I try You’re there before my eye And the thought will never subside, forever I WILL REMEMBER YOU These streets and these houses All of the places I’ve been If I run from you, no matter what I do The fi re will always survive The embers are still alive, and I WILL REMEMBER YOU
Shadow of a Doubt
(Wetton — Downes)
Words trip from my tongue Saying “be strong, always be strong” Scenes flash past my eyes Telling me here is where we belong If you believe, what I believe Then we’re home, Yeah, we’re home I should have seen it coming I could have worked it out Your feminine mentality Reveals the things I cannot see I should have seen it coming I could have worked it out The danger signs have left my mind, It’s way beyond a SHADOW OF A DOUBT So, it won’t be long Stay with me now, this can't be wrong It’s our right, to fly to the stars Just for one night, this world is ours If you believe what I believe Then we’re home Yeah, we’re home I should have seen it coming I could have worked it out Your feminine mentality Reveals the things I cannot see I should have seen it coming I could have worked it out The danger signs have left my mind, It’s way beyond a SHADOW OF A DOUBT
Deya
(Howe)
There’s a vision I see A reflection of me In a fragment That is frozen in time On a luminous line For a moment And somewhere deep in the night There’s a girl And she feels how I feel ‘Cause we’re living in PARALLEL WORLDS Seems like she’ll never know How my solitude grows And I shudder To think I can’t touch What I’m craving so much For I love her Somewhere deep in the night There’s a girl And she feels how I feel ‘Cause we’re living in PARALLEL WORLDS
Orchard of Mines
(Fayman — Pursey)
Don’t taint this ground With the colour of the past Are the sounds in bloom with you Cos you seem like an ORCHARD OF MINES Just take one step at a time Oh And you seem to break like time So fragile on the inside You climb these grapevines Would you look now Unto this pit of me on the ground And you wander through these To climb these grapevines, Vines I’ll say it to be proud Won’t have my life turned upside down Says the man with some gold forged plan Of life so incomplete Like weights strapped around my feet Tread careful one step at a time Oh And you seem to break like time So fragile on the inside You climb these grapevines Would you look now Unto this pit of me on the ground And you wander through these To climb these grapevines To know to feel to play me once again Do you denote from what we feel Do you not know I see you’ve played the game Do you denote Can you feel once again You feel YOU! To know to feel to play me once again Do you denote from what we feel Do you not know I see you’ve played the game Do you denote Can you feel once again You feel YOU!
Over and Over
(Howe)
If our only chance was in today Let it lift us, up above someway As the evening shadows fall I’ll confide in you once more Over, over and over again We will resolve our true destiny Only through Love, our passage guaranteed Let it lift me up above We are on a journey, to where we can’t be sure When we are as one, It opens every door I don’t want to take you, across the great divide This horizon’s nearer, much easier to find Let it lift me up above
An Extraordinary Life
(Wetton — Downes)
A perfect day, or so I say From where I’m standing This rollercoaster ride, fate will decide The ending Love everlasting, or lost on the way The smiles and the frowns, the ups and downs Of fortune turning The twists and turns, the lessons learned The bridges burning Nights to remember and never forget Go, seize the day Wake up and say This is an EXTRAORDINARY LIFE Enjoy today Come what may This is an EXTRAORDINARY LIFE I gave it all, my cards have fallen But I’m still alive And in the end, believe my friend I will survive Glory and heartache, and some of the joy Go, seize the day Wake up and say This is an EXTRAORDINARY LIFE Enjoy today Come what may This is an EXTRAORDINARY LIFE All of the good times, and all of the bad Responsibility is totally Mine I know I rightly stand accused But I believe that I can change Yes I can change my world Go, seize the day Wake up and say This is an EXTRAORDINARY LIFE Enjoy today Come what may This is an EXTRAORDINARY LIFE