Asia-Live in Moscow

Studio Cd (live)
1990
14 Tracks








1 Time Again
2 Sole Survivor
3 Don't Cry
4 Keyboard Solo [Inc. Video Killed the Radio Star]
5 Only Time Will Tell
6 Rock and Roll Dream
7 Starless
8 Book of Saturday
9 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes, Pts. 1 & 2
10 The Heat Goes On
11 Go
12 Heat of the Moment
13 Open Your Eyes
14 Kari-Anne

This cd, Asia's first live cd (to be released, the MTV recording was 7 years earlier but released 12 later), is scraping the bottom of the barrel. Right off the bat, axeman Steve Howe is missed. The new guitarist Pat Thrall does ok, but for the most part, the band comes across sounding sloppy. John Wetton sounds off key and like he is having a very bad night. Production of the cd while good, just makes the band sound even more lifeless than they already are.

Book of Saturday and Starless, are included on the cd, and are the best points of the cd. The new song Kar-Anne has a bouncy feel to it, but is still one of the groups most boring songs.

The video sounds no better, and the group sure are not the entertaining bunch on stage. They basically stand in there spot and do there thing. The video does contain Rendezvous 602, Cutting It Fine, and Prayin For A Miracle, which are not on the cd. I have long gotten rid of this video, so boring and lame.
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