Released 23 April 2010 Release date 23 April 2010 Label MELODIOUS FRONTIER | Length 56:38 | |
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Recorded October 2009 – February 2010 Studio Liscombe Park Studios, UK Similar Asia albums, Progressive rock albums | ||
Finger on the trigger asia omega wetton downes
Omega is the twelfth studio album by British progressive rock band Asia, released in Europe on 23 April 2010 by Frontiers Records. It is the second to feature all four original members (Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and John Wetton) after the reunion in 2006.
Contents
- Finger on the trigger asia omega wetton downes
- Asia end of the world
- Title meaning and cover artwork
- Critical reception
- Track listing
- Songs
- References
"Finger on the Trigger" was previously recorded by Wetton and Downes's side band Icon for their second studio album.
Asia end of the world
Title meaning and cover artwork
John Wetton explained the album title: "The title 'Omega', as any fan of the band will tell you, is 'very Asia' (as is the album, by the way). It no more means 'final' than 'Alpha' means 'the first' (which it wasn't). It's a great sounding/looking word, and a bookend to 'Alpha'. In many ways, musically and conceptually, the two albums share commonality".
As with many of Asia's releases, the cover artwork was created by Roger Dean. The white tiger on the front cover indicates that 2010 is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese calendar. The tiger face also resembles the emblem of a former publishing company named Paper Tiger Books in which Roger Dean was involved in the 1970s.
Critical reception
Bret Adams of Allmusic, in a three-and-a-half-star review, concluded that "Phoenix has better songs overall than Omega – probably due to the initial excitement and creative surge spawned by the reunion – but Omega satisfies, and longtime fans will enjoy it", and called the album "Asia being Asia".
Omega was named as the seventh-best album of 2010 by Classic Rock Presents... Prog magazine.
Track listing
All tracks written by John Wetton and Geoff Downes except when noted.
Songs
1Finger on the Trigger4:31
2Through My Veins5:09
3Holy War6:00