ARIA

Why it feels like being devil's advocate to give this high rating ? There's one big problem. These Asia album's sounds very similar one to another, it's quite hard to rate them. What is this saying, like "egg to egg" ? On the other hand, this helps a little bit. You can start from average rating and add (+) or (-) for these remarkable/shame songs. But with one problem solved, another arise instantly. Is this average 2, or 3 ? I think that 2.5, so then it's up to reviewer to give this better, or worse.

It's hard to imagine someone giving this 5 stars, don't you think ? But speaking of which (good things) "Desire" sounds good to me. Not perfect, but much better than gray, average rest. Indeed, it sounds better than other albums, but would it be so bad to call it "just another Asia album" ? Probably would, because another track, "Don't Cut the Wire" has nice ending guitar solo. "Feels Like Love" on the other hand can catch you with beautiful intro. I would laugh if this shouldn't be a serious business.

Someone wise once said that it's easy to rate albums you like, because you're overwhelmed with feelings and also those you hate, because you will find every mistake made here. But average ones are difficult task to do. 3 stars and I leave in confusion.