LIVE IN KOLN

The problem with this live album is that it's a bootleg. It's official, but it's still a bootleg. And 99 out of a 100 bootlegs sound like crap. Of course I'm making that statistic up, but my experience seems to be that the majority of them do sound like crap. Yes, I know. I should have realized this when it says "official bootleg" on the front of the packaging. But we're all entitled to a brain fart every now and then, and I've made enough in my life that I can smell them before I have them.

So, we have a bunch of AOR numbers, supposedly the best by Asia, but really leaning more heavily on the Payne era, which really means NOT the best of Asia. So there you have it. Crappy production of a bunch of crappy songs.

I still have this album. I don't know why. Perhaps I have hoarding instincts?