Wetton Downes

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Wetton/Downes
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Studio album by
Released2002
Genre Progressive rock
Length1:01:12
Language English
Label Stallion Records
Producer Wetton/Downes
Wetton/Downes chronology
Wetton/Downes
(2002)
Icon
(2005)

Wetton/Downes (sometimes stylised as Wetton-Downes or Wetton & Downes, though the album is given no official title) is the first album released by then-former Asia bandmates John Wetton and Geoff Downes, and is a precursor to their Icon series. It is essentially a collection of (previously unreleased) demo tracks, mostly recorded during Asia's hiatus in the late 1980s through the time of their brief reformation in 1990. In September 2017, Downes announced (via his Twitter account) the re-release of this title, with remastered sound and additional tracks, as Icon Zero on Epicon Records. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Wetton and Geoffrey Downes; unless noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Walking On Air" 4:31
2."I Would Die for You" 3:11
3."Only You" 5:41
4."Running Out of Time" 4:11
5."Soul"Geoff Downes4:16
6."Just As Long (As I Need You)" 4:13
7."Don't Say It Again" 3:28
8."Oh! Carolann"Sue Shifrin5:22
9."Kari-Anne"Sue Shifrin5:12
10."Lost In America" 4:42
11."Please" 4:49
12."Summer (Can't Last Too Long)" 4:05
13."We Move As One" 4:03
14."Christina" (Live)John Wetton4:16

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References

  1. @asiageoff (23 September 2017). "It's largely the same, but with some extra tracks, remastered, new artwork etc #iconzero" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  2. 1 2 "John Wetton And Geoffrey Downes* - John Wetton/Geoffrey Downes". Discogs. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. "geoffdownes.com". geoffdownes.com. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.