Rare (Asia album)

Rare is the seventh studio album by British rock band Asia, released in 1999 by Resurgence. It was made up of the instrumental music, which keyboard player Geoff Downes and guitarist John Payne composed for the soundtrack for David Attenborough's documentary nature film Salmon: Against the Tides (tracks 1–16) and for an unreleased CD-ROM video game (tracks 17–22).^[2] "The Exodus" is an adaptation of the main theme from the film Exodus (1960).

Rare
Studio album by Asia
Released	1999
Studio	Loco, Monmouthshire, Wales
Genre	Electronic new-age progressive rock
Length	49:14
Label	Resurgence
Producer	Geoff Downes John Payne
Asia chronology
Axioms (1999) Rare (1999) The Very Best of Asia: Heat of the Moment (1982–1990) (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

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 (2001), would resume this pattern.

Track listing

1. "The Waterfall" – 0:56
2. "The Journey Begins" – 1:43
3. "The Seasons" – 2:12
4. "The Gods" – 1:28
5. "The Whales" – 2:16
6. "The Journey Continues" – 1:21
7. "The Reservation" – 2:58
8. "The Bears" – 2:13
9. "Under the Seas" – 1:54
10. "At the Graveyard" – 1:14
11. "Downstream" – 2:17
12. "The Ghosts" – 2:56
13. "The Sun" – 0:34
14. "The Moon" – 1:08
15. "The Sharks" – 2:34
16. "The Journey Ends" – 0:33
17. "The Indians" – 2:55
18. "The Angels" – 2:52
19. "The Horizons" – 3:13
20. "To the Deep" – 3:27
21. "The Game" – 3:52
22. "The Exodus" – 4:25

Personnel

Asia

• Geoff Downes – keyboards
• John Payne – guitar, bass

Technical personnel

• L-Space Design – design, artwork

References

1. Hill, Gary. Asia: Rare > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
2. Gallant, David (1999). Asia, The Heat Goes On: A Complete and Authorised Biography. Bournemouth: Northdown Publishing. ISBN 978-1900711111.