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Arena (Asia album)

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Released
  
February 1996

Length
  
63:50

Artist
  
Asia

Label
  
Resurgence

Recorded
  
1995-96

Arena(1996)
  
Archiva Vol. 1(1996)

Release date
  
February 1996

Producers
  
John Payne, Geoff Downes

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Genres
  
Progressive rock, Art rock

Similar
  
Asia albums, Progressive rock albums

Asia arena full album


Arena is the seventh studio album by British rock group Asia, released in 1996. The lineup on the disc is Geoffrey Downes, John Payne, Michael Sturgis, Elliott Randall and Aziz Ibrahim.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Into the Arena" (Geoff Downes, John Payne, Elliott Randall, Tomoyasu Hotei) – 3:00
  2. "Arena" (Downes, Payne) – 5:16
  3. "Heaven" (Downes, Payne) – 5:17
  4. "Two Sides of the Moon " (Downes, Payne) – 5:22
  5. "The Day Before the War" (Downes, Payne) – 9:08
  6. "Never" (Downes, Payne) – 5:31
  7. "Falling" (Downes, Payne) – 4:57
  8. "Words" (Downes, Payne) – 5:18
  9. "U Bring Me Down" (Downes, Aziz Ibrahim, Payne) – 7:07
  10. "Tell Me Why" (Downes, Payne) – 5:14
  11. "Turn It Around" (Downes, Payne, Michael Sturgis) – 4:28
  12. "Bella Nova" (Downes, Payne) – 3:12

Bonus track

  1. "That Season" (Downes, Payne) - 4:52

Note: This was the first Asia record in four years to receive a worldwide release.

Personnel

  • Geoffrey Downes - keyboards (all), drum programming (13)
  • John Payne - bass guitar (2, 8, 10-11, 13), lead vocals (2-11), solo guitar (3, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (5, 13)
  • Michael Sturgis - drums (2-11)
  • Elliott Randall - lead guitar (4-6, 10-11, 13), guitar (2, 7), acoustic guitar (1, 3)
  • Aziz Ibrahim - lead guitar (5, 9), guitar (9), acoustic guitar (8), rhythm guitar (3-6, 8, 10-11)
    • Guest musicians
  • Tomoyasu Hotei - lead guitar (1)
  • Luis Jardim - percussion (1, 2, 4, 13)

    • Songs

    1Into the Arena3:00
    2Arena5:16
    3Heaven5:17

    References

    Arena (Asia album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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