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Icon II: Rubicon

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Released
  
November 2006

Length
  
50:25

Artists
  
John Wetton, Geoff Downes

Label
  
Renaissance Records

Recorded
  
2005-06

Icon II Rubicon (2006)
  
Icon 3 (2009)

Release date
  
November 2006

Genre
  
Progressive rock


Producer
  
John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes

Similar
  
John Wetton albums, Progressive rock albums

Icon II: Rubicon is a studio album recorded by Asia band members John Wetton and Geoffrey Downes, and is second in the Icon franchise. At the point of the album's release, both Wetton and Downes were members of Asia, following a reunion of the band's founding members earlier in 2006.

Contents

Personnel

  • Geoff Downes : Keyboards, vocoder
  • John Wetton : Bass, vocals
  • John Mitchell : Guitars
  • Steve Christey : Drums
  • Hugh Cornwell : Cello
  • Rob Aubrey : Engineer, mixing, mastering

    • Track listing

    1. "The Die Is Cast" - 6:17
    2. "Finger on the Trigger" (later re-recorded by Asia) - 4:01
    3. "Reflections (Of My Life)" - 5:02
    4. "To Catch A Thief" (featuring Anneke van Giersbergen) - 5:37
    5. "Tears of Joy" (featuring Anneke van Giersbergen)** - 4:49
    6. "Shannon" - 4:24
    7. "The Hanging Tree" - 4:17
    8. "The Glory of Winning"* - 4:12
    9. "Whirlpool" - 5:28
    10. "Rubicon" - 6:25
    11. "The Harbour Wall"* (Bonus Track exclusive to Japan and South Korea) - 4:17

    All songs by Wetton/Downes. *Lyrics by Richard Palmer-James. **Co-written with Eddie Jobson.

    Songs

    1The Die Is Cast6:17
    2Finger on the Trigger4:01
    3Reflections of My Life5:02

    References

    Icon II: Rubicon Wikipedia
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