Progarchives, the progressive rock ultimate discography
Asia - High Voltage: Live CD (album) cover

HIGH VOLTAGE: LIVE

Asia

 

Prog Related

2.33 | 11 ratings

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

Matti
Prog Reviewer
2 stars Since there are no reviews yet, here's a quick one. I have given two stars for the "Access All Areas" CD+DVD set that featured Pat Thrall replacing Steve Howe on guitar (in 1990), and despite this one featuring the original quartet, I really can't say I'd like this more.

The venue is London's Victoria Park, and the date is 24th July, 2010. Visually there's not much to be excited, in fact both the stage setting and the camera work are rather dull. The roughly hour-long set features the Asia debut completely -- though not in the original running order -- plus two newer songs: 'An Extraordinary Life' and 'I Believe'. I wasn't impressed in the least by either of them, so I don't even care to check from which album(s) they are from. My interest towards the latter-day Asia is frankly quite minimal, while it's precisely the 1982 debut which I was charmed by in my early teens and which I still enjoy listening every now and then (well, not often, though). Nevertheless, this time, with this gig, I didn't get the excitement. I even used NEXT button for a few times before finishing the song. Glad to say I only borrowed this from library. Needless to say, the CD with identical contents was completely useless to me.

The main fault is poor sonic quality. The band itself plays OK, but the recording is not very good. Sometimes the sound seems oddly muted momentarily while some details sound too loud in comparison. There may have been some technical problems right from the start; I was wondering what Steve Howe was trying to say to the stage stuff with his hand gestures.

My highlight moment was Geaff Downes' mock-orchestral solo spot at the end of 'Cutting It Fine'.

Matti | 2/5 |

MEMBERS LOGIN ZONE

As a registered member (register here if not), you can post rating/reviews (& edit later), comments reviews and submit new albums.

You are not logged, please complete authentication before continuing (use forum credentials).

Forum user
Forum password

Share this ASIA review

Social review comments () BETA







Review related links

Copyright Prog Archives, All rights reserved. | Legal Notice | Privacy Policy | Advertise | RSS + syndications

Other sites in the MAC network: JazzMusicArchives.com — jazz music reviews and archives | MetalMusicArchives.com — metal music reviews and archives

Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.