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Trollheart · 10-12-2015, 06:11 AM

Asia

Had some great albums in the eighties, changed lineup and released some exceptional albums in the nineties, but I believe that Aura (2000) was their last great one. Even though John Payne remained for one more album (2004's Silent Nation) I felt that was a bit of a damp squib and the albums that came later, despite being okay, were not up to scratch for what I had come to expect from this band. They reached their nadir with XXX I believe, and I have yet to hear their most recent, but for me the glory days are well and truly over.

Fun fact: as soon as they stopped releasing albums whose titles began and ended with A (Aria, Astra, Arena etc) the quality of the music just plummeted. Coincidence?

Asia: Expiry date: after Aura

10-12-2015, 06:11 AM	#13 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Asia Had some great albums in the eighties, changed lineup and released some exceptional albums in the nineties, but I believe that Aura (2000) was their last great one. Even though John Payne remained for one more album (2004's Silent Nation) I felt that was a bit of a damp squib and the albums that came later, despite being okay, were not up to scratch for what I had come to expect from this band. They reached their nadir with XXX I believe, and I have yet to hear their most recent, but for me the glory days are well and truly over. Fun fact: as soon as they stopped releasing albums whose titles began and ended with A (Aria, Astra, Arena etc) the quality of the music just plummeted. Coincidence? Asia: Expiry date: after Aura __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018