''Rare'' is the seventh studio album by British rock band
Asia
Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
, released in 1999 by
Resurgence. The album consists of instrumental music, which keyboard player
Geoff Downes
Geoffrey Downes (born 25 August 1952) is an English keyboardist who gained fame as a member of the new wave group the Buggles with Trevor Horn, the progressive rock band Yes, and the supergroup Asia.
Born in Stockport, Downes moved to Lond ...
and guitarist
John Payne composed for the soundtrack for
David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and writer. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the nine nature d ...
's documentary nature film ''Salmon: Against the Tides'' (tracks 1–16) and for an unreleased CD-ROM video game (tracks 17–22).
"The Exodus" is an adaptation of the main theme from the film ''
Exodus'' (1960).
''Rare'' was recorded at the group's new recording studios, Loco Studios, located in
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the s ...
, Wales. It broke the tradition of naming Asia's studio albums with a title beginning and ending with the letter 'a'. However, the next album, ''
Aura'' (2001), would resume this pattern.
Track listing
# "The Waterfall" – 0:56
# "The Journey Begins" – 1:43
# "The Seasons" – 2:12
# "The Gods" – 1:28
# "The Whales" – 2:16
# "The Journey Continues" – 1:21
# "The Reservation" – 2:58
# "The Bears" – 2:13
# "Under the Seas" – 1:54
# "At the Graveyard" – 1:14
# "Downstream" – 2:17
# "The Ghosts" – 2:56
# "The Sun" – 0:34
# "The Moon" – 1:08
# "The Sharks" – 2:34
# "The Journey Ends" – 0:33
# "The Indians" – 2:55
# "The Angels" – 2:52
# "The Horizons" – 3:13
# "To the Deep" – 3:27
# "The Game" – 3:52
# "The Exodus" – 4:25
Personnel
Asia
*
Geoff Downes
Geoffrey Downes (born 25 August 1952) is an English keyboardist who gained fame as a member of the new wave group the Buggles with Trevor Horn, the progressive rock band Yes, and the supergroup Asia.
Born in Stockport, Downes moved to Lond ...
– keyboards
*
John Payne – guitar, bass
Technical personnel
* L-Space Design – design, artwork
References
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Asia (band) albums
1999 albums
Electronic albums by English artists
1990s instrumental albums