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Poll Question: Which album you prefer?
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Points: 1781 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2011 at 03:43
I should not be voting here as I have not heard much from the Asia album. But it does have "Heat of the Moment" on it which is a "fingers down the throat" sort of composition, aimed directly at an AOR audience. Having heard that shocker on the radio friendly airwaves I immediately shelved the idea of purchasing the album.

I have previously voted "A "a five star album. Anderson went out on a limb and created an album for the '80s.  I love "A" ..it's in my top 5 of all time Tull albums..very underated and much maligned but it is brilliant...... IMHO.
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Points: 28427 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2011 at 04:08
Originally posted by Proggernaut Proggernaut wrote:

Asia - wow, I have that on vinyl somewhere....


Me too, I have their first two albums just for the artworkTongue
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Points: 5920 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 19 2011 at 00:03
Yea Asia.  I wish JT would have had a better album on that one though.
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Points: 1781 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2011 at 04:17
I just remembered a few facts that co-incidently links Asia (more particularly John Wetton) and the "A" album by Tull.

In 1980 (the same year as "A" was released) Wetton released a solo album called "Caught in The Crossfire". On the album Martin Barre plays on 3 tracks. The first song on the "A' album is titled "Caught in The Crossfire"!  Just co-incidence?????

Wetton then played on WIshbone Ash's "Number The Brave" album and did a brilliant job......I always felt that he was hardly done by in his short stint with Wishbone Ash. I feel he would have added more to WA than he did with Asia. I believe Andy Powell and Laurie Wisefield didn't accept Wetton contributing to the songwriting nor the vocals even though Wetton was superior at both to the twin lead guitarists.
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Points: 8138 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 27 2011 at 04:39

even the worst JT album is better than the best Asia album.
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Points: 39 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2011 at 13:01
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