''Rare'' is the seventh studio album by British rock band
Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an ...
, released in 1999 by
Resurgence
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*Resurgence (Dutch Revolt), the period between 157 ...
. It was made up of the 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
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'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
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'' (1960).
''Rare'' was recorded at the group's new recording studios, Loco Studios, located in
Monmouthshire, Wales. It broke the tradition of naming Asia studio recordings with a word beginning and ending with the letter 'a'. However, the next album, ''
Aura
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'' (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
Instrumental albums