Aria (Asia album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Aria

| type = studio

| artist = Asia

| cover = AsiaAria.jpg

| border = yes

| released = 13 June 1994{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Albums|magazine=Music Week|page=32|date=11 June 1994}}

| recorded = November 1993 – March 1994

| studio = {{hlist

| Parkgate, Battle, Sussex

| Maison Rouge, London

}}

| genre =

| length = {{Duration|m=48|s=14}}

| label = Bullet Proof

| producer = {{hlist

| Geoff Downes

| John Payne

}}

| prev_title = Aqua

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Arena

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Aria

| type = studio

| single1 = Anytime

| single1date = 1994{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Asia&titel=Anytime&cat=s|title=Asia singles}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=aria-mw0000612337 |label=Asia: Aria > Review |first=Alex S |last=Garcia |accessdate=3 May 2018}}

}}

Aria is the fifth studio album by British rock band Asia, released in June 1994 in the United Kingdom by Bullet Proof Records and in 1995 in the United States by Mayhem Recordings. Unlike its predecessor, which was recorded with the help of several guest musicians, Aria features a stable line-up consisting of vocalist and bassist John Payne, keyboard player Geoff Downes, guitarist Al Pitrelli and drummer Michael Sturgis.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| total_length = 48:14

| all_writing = Geoff Downes and John Payne, except "Desire" and "Aria" written by Payne, Andy Nye and Downes

| title1 = Anytime

| length1 = 4:57

| title2 = Are You Big Enough?

| length2 = 4:08

| title3 = Desire

| length3 = 5:20

| title4 = Summer

| length4 = 4:07

| title5 = Sad Situation

| length5 = 3:59

| title6 = Don't Cut the Wire (Brother)

| length6 = 5:20

| title7 = Feels Like Love

| length7 = 4:50

| title8 = Remembrance Day

| length8 = 4:19

| title9 = Enough's Enough

| length9 = 4:37

| title10 = Military Man

| length10 = 4:10

| title11 = Aria

| length11 = 2:27

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 1998 Snapper Music bonus track

| total_length = 52:42

| title12 = Reality

| length12 = 4:27

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 2005 Inside Out Music remastered edition bonus tracks

| total_length = 62:15

| title12 = Reality

| length12 = 4:26

| title13 = Military Man

| note13 = acoustic

| length13 = 4:23

| title14 = Anytime

| note14 = multimedia video

| length14 = 2:41

}}

Personnel

=Asia=

Geoff Downes – keyboards; producer
John Payne – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass, guitar; producer
Al Pitrelli – guitars
Michael Sturgis – drums

=Technical personnel=

Andy Reilly – engineer, mixing engineer (at Les Ballons Du Chien Studios, Oxfordshire)
Gary Stevenson – mixing engineer
Roger Dean – cover design, painting, logotypes
Brian Burrows – sleeve layout/typography
Paul Rider – photography

Charts

Chart (1994) ! Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
{{Album chart\|Germany4\|89\|id=1860\|artist=Asia\|album= Aria\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=29 May 2018}}
scope="row"\|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book\|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005\|publisher=Oricon Entertainment\|location=Roppongi, Tokyo\|year=2006\|isbn=4-87131-077-9\|language=ja}} \| align="center"\| 20
{{Album chart\|Switzerland\|31\|artist=Asia\|album= Aria\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=29 May 2018}}

References

{{Asia (band)

| state = collapsed

}}

Category:Asia (band) albums

Category:1994 albums

Category:Albums produced by Geoff Downes

Category:Albums produced by John Payne (singer)

Category:Albums with cover art by Roger Dean (artist)