Asia - Gravitas reach number # 1 in US

On January 30, 2014, Wetton revealed the album's track listing through Asia's official website and talked about each song from the album. The album was released on March 24, 2014. Gravitas , and reached Number 1 in the Progressive Rock Chart for emusic on March 27. 

^{Congratulation for Asia !!!}

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Yes' First Album

Yes without Jon Anderson, for me is not "Yes anymore". This is my personal opinion, everyone has their own judgement. "New Yes" is not bad at all, moreover with Geoff Downess in it. It's powerful but not good enough. A song without singer, never be the same.................

Herewith the story of making its album from Wikipedia :

Composition

Steve Howe appeared with the band for the first time and played a prominent role throughout. The band explored longer songs with "Yours Is No Disgrace", "Starship Trooper", and "Perpetual Change".
Tony Kaye preferred the Hammond organ and piano over the new Moog synthesisers that Anderson was interested in using. This became a cause of contention within the band and had an influence on the line-up change, bringing in Rick Wakeman — and his array of electronic keyboards — from Strawbs in 1971.
Howe's solo acoustic tune, "Clap" (wrongly written as "The Clap" in some editions), was heavily influenced by the Davey Graham track 'Fingerbuster'. The piece was written to celebrate the birth of Howe's son Dylan.^[1] "Clap" was recorded live at the Lyceum Theatre in London on 17 July 1970.
The spacey, electronic-sounding guitar effect in "Starship Trooper" was achieved by a flanger, a device that was relatively new at the time of recording. Anderson claimed to have written the first two sections of "Starship Trooper" alone, though the "Disillusion" movement (which evolved from an earlier song "For Everyone", heard on Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969–1970 and The Word Is Live) is credited to Chris Squire.
The "Würm" section of "Starship Trooper" is a continuous cadenza of chords (G-Eb-C) played by ensemble and repeated adlib. First there is electric guitar on the right stereo channel; then acoustic guitar, bass pedals and drums from middle channel; then organ and bass guitar, with tremolo and distortion, from left channel. After this the guitar solo papears and swaps from side to side. The whole piece lasts about three and a half minutes. "Würm" originally evolved from a song called "Nether Street" by Howe's earlier group, Bodast.^[2] While "Wurm" (without the umlaut over the "u") is an Old English word for "dragon" (worm, wurm, wyrm), the Würm is a river in Germany which gave its name to an ice age in geology.

Sleeve design

The inside of the album's gatefold sleeve shows Kaye playing a Hammond organ. He is also shown on the front cover with his foot in a plaster cast - he had been in a car accident shortly before the picture was taken. Anderson is credited as "John Anderson" on the album but he soon after dropped the "h" from his first name.

Release

The Yes Album was released in the UK on 19 February 1971. It was a commercial and critical success and was the band's breakthrough album, peaking at number 4 in the UK^[3] and number 40 in the US.^[4] It has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over one million copies.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
Robert Christgau	B− [6]
Pitchfork	(8.1/10) [7]
Rolling Stone	(positive) [8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide	[10]
Sputnik Music	[11]

Rush singer and bassist Geddy Lee included The Yes Album among his favourite albums in an interview with The Quietus' Mick Middles.^[12]
In 1997 Classic Rock magazine placed the album at number 97 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever. In 2000 Q magazine placed the album at number 86 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.

Reissues

• 1988 – Atlantic – CD
• 1994 – Atlantic – CD (Remastered)
• 2003 – Rhino – LP & CD (Remastered with bonus Tracks )
• 2010 – MFSL – CD (Sourced from the original master tapes)^[13]
• 2014 - Panegyric - CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray combo packs (mixed in original and new stereo mixes, as well as 5.1 surround sound)

The Yes Album was remastered and reissued in 2003 by Rhino Records with several bonus tracks, including a studio version of "Clap". The original LP and CD version of The Yes Album incorrectly refer to the song as "The Clap". The Rhino reissue refers to the song as "Clap" on the traycard, as Steve Howe intended. Steven Wilson formerly of Porcupine Tree has done a new stereo mix and a 5.1 surround sound mix and will be available as CD/DVD & CD/BD. It is due for release on 21 April 2014, with bonus tracks including a studio version of "Clap", an extended version of "A Venture", and an alternate version of the album with live tracks, single edits, and an extended mix. The Blu-ray version will also feature an instrumental version of the album.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Yours Is No Disgrace"	Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye, Bill Bruford	9:41
2.	"Clap"	Howe	3:17
3.	"Starship Trooper" I. "Life Seeker" II. "Disillusion" III. "Würm"	Anderson, Howe, Squire	9:25

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I've Seen All Good People" I. "Your Move" II. "All Good People"	Anderson, Squire	6:56
2.	"A Venture"	Anderson	3:18
3.	"Perpetual Change"	Anderson, Squire	8:54

2003 remaster bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"I've Seen All Good People: Your Move (Single Version)"	Anderson	3:00
8.	"Starship Trooper: Life Seeker (Single Version)"	Anderson	3:28
9.	"Clap (Studio Version)"	Howe	4:02

Personnel

Yes^[14]

• Jon Anderson – vocals, percussion, production
• Chris Squire – bass, vocals, production
• Steve Howe – acoustic and electric guitars, vocals, production
• Tony Kaye – piano, Hammond organ, Moog synthesiser, production
• Bill Bruford – drums, percussion, production

Additional musicians

• Colin Goldring – recorders on "Your Move"

Production

• Eddy Offord – engineering, production

THE GOOD OLD DAYS - Survivor 1st Album in year 1979

For anyone of you who really love 80's rock songs should knew this band,"SURVIVOR". Still exist until now and having 2 vocalist, Dave Bickler and famous Jimmy Jamison at the same time like a dream come true. Perhaps, it will realize in their new album which hopefully release this year, 2014.

With current line up :

Track listing

1. "Somewhere in America" (Jim Peterik) - 5:13
2. "Can't Getcha Offa My Mind" (Peterik, Frankie Sullivan) - 3:00
3. "Let It Be Now" (Peterik, Sullivan) - 3:39
4. "As Soon As Love Finds Me" (Dennis Johnson, Peterik, Gary Smith, Sullivan) - 2:52
5. "Youngblood" (Johnson, Peterik, Sullivan) - 3:31
6. "Love Has Got Me" (Peterik) - 3:38
7. "Whole Town's Talkin'" (Johnson, Peterik, Smith, Sullivan) - 3:32
8. "20/20" (Johnson, Peterik, Smith, Sullivan) - 3:23
9. "Freelance" (Johnson, Peterik, Sullivan) - 3:37
10. "Nothing Can Shake Me (From Your Love)" (Peterik) - 4:09
11. "Whatever It Takes" (Johnson, Peterik, Smith, Sullivan) - 3:46
12. "Rebel Girl" (Bonus track on Rock Candy reissue only) - 3:50

Personnel

• Dave Bickler: lead vocals, keyboards
• Frankie Sullivan: guitar
• Jim Peterik: guitar, vocals
• Dennis Johnson: bass guitar, Moog
• Gary Smith: drums, percussion

Production

• Produced by Ron Nevison and Barry Mraz
• Recorded and engineered by Bruce Fairbairn and Jim Peterik
• Assistant engineer: Mike Clink
• Mixed by Bruce Fairbairn, Jim Peterik and Bob Rock

Check out this link to hear how they good at their first performance impression. If you like it, make sure to buy it at Amazon.com that you can easily click it on my blog above corner right side and to help my blog live as well.

Saga - In Transit (1982)

I wonder why last album from Saga - 20/20 (2012) was under their excellent performance during 80s. One of the best album amongst their album was "In Transit", which consist with several hits songs in it.

Track listing

1. "Careful Where You Step" (Jim Crichton, Michael Sadler) – 4:20
2. "Don't Be Late" (J. Crichton, Sadler, Ian Crichton) – 6:52
3. "Humble Stance" (J. Crichton, Sadler, Peter Rochon, I. Crichton) – 5:50
4. "Wind Him Up" (J. Crichton, Sadler, I. Crichton, Jim Gilmour, Steve Negus) – 5:48
5. "How Long" (J. Crichton, Sadler, Rochon) – 3:52
6. "No Regrets" (J. Crichton, Sadler) – 3:57
7. "A Brief Case" (Sadler, Negus) – 2:19
8. "You're Not Alone" (J. Crichton, I. Crichton, Negus, Rochon) – 5:31
9. "On The Loose" (Sadler, J. Crichton, I. Crichton, Gilmour, Negus) – 5:25

Personnel

• Jim Crichton - Bass guitar, keyboards
• Michael Sadler - Lead vocals, keyboards, bass guitar, electronic drum pads on "A Brief Case"
• Jim Gilmour - Lead keyboards, vocals, clarinet and lead vocals on "No Regrets"
• Ian Crichton - guitars
• Steve Negus - Drums and electronic percussion

Click this link to get the album, but always make sure you buy the original once you like it to respect and honour their effort and art value.

Update ToTo - Will release new album in 2014

Why take so long for ToTo to release their brand new album with Joseph Williams come back to fill in the vocalist position? Nobody knows...but lots of fans around the world are waiting for their new album including me. Here is the latest update from their official website www.totoofficial.com :

TOTO RAMPS UP FOR BUSY 2014 WITH PLANNED STUDIO ALBUM, UPCOMING DVD/CD RELEASE, JAPANESE TOUR

Jan . 23

TOTO RAMPS UP FOR BUSY 2014 WITH PLANNED STUDIO ALBUM, UPCOMING DVD/CD RELEASE, JAPANESE TOUR RUN ACROSS NORTH AMERICA WITH CO-HEADLINER MICHAEL MCDONALD

Founding Member And Guitarist Steve "Luke" Lukather To Join Ringo Starr at Grammy Awards And 50th Anniversary Beatles Tribute On CBS
Los Angeles --- Toto has revealed plans for 2014 that deliver what fans have been waiting years for.  The band will record a new studio album, their first since Falling In Between (2006).  Keyboardist and founding member David Paich shares, "The repertoire is coming together so naturally it is as though we never took a break from creating as Toto in the studio. For the fans who have been waiting patiently and continually showing the band support and love over the last decade or so, this one's for you. Collectively we can't wait to share these recordings with The World."
Late-Spring or Early-Summer, Toto 35th Anniversary: Live In Poland will be issued via Eagle Rock with configurations that include CD, DVD, Blu-ray and a deluxe package which will be revealed imminently.  Filmed on June 25, 2013 in Lodz, Poland, the offering captures the band in the midst of a standing-room-only European tour. The two-hour plus performance features the band's hit stocked repertoire alongside other favorites.

This April, Toto returns to Japan for a seven show headlining arena tour that takes them through Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Sendai and Sopporo.  The complete itinerary follows below.  In August and September, the band will hit the road as co-headliners with Michael McDonald, for their most comprehensive North American tour in years.
This weekend, guitarist Steve "Luke" Lukather will perform with Ringo Starr on the Grammy Awards.  The following day on Monday the 27th, he will participate in The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles (Airing on CBS-TV February 9).  Luke offers, "This is full circle for me.  I started playing the guitar the day I saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, and now 50 years later I have been so graciously asked to be a part of The Grammy Awards with Ringo alongside playing and being a part of the 50th Anniversary show. I am beyond honored.  I am also so excited about the future of Toto.  So many things we have been trying to do have now all come true.  A real USA tour, a new album of some killer new material, a new live DVD, and a World Tour to follow over the next two years.  These are exciting times for myself and the band."
It has also been announced that long-time member drummer Simon Phillips will be departing the band to pursue his solo career and other interests.  Luke shares, "He is still a dear friend and we wish him the very best and continued success," The band welcomes new addition Keith Carlock (Steely Dan, Sting, James Taylor, John Mayer).  Carlock originally hails from Clinton, Mississippi, and has collaborated with Luke in the past in the jam band Toxic Monkey.
Few ensembles in the history of recorded music have individually or collectively had a larger imprint on pop culture than the members of Toto.  As individuals, the band members’ imprint can be heard on an astonishing 5000 albums that together amass a sales history of a HALF A BILLION albums.  Amongst these recordings, NARAS applauded the performances with more than 200 Grammy nominations.  Band members have been South Park characters, and Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake recently did a comedy sketch around the band's hit  "Africa."  As a band, Toto sold 35 million albums, and today continue to be a worldwide arena draw staging standing room only events around the globe.  They are pop culture, and are one of the few 70’s bands that have endured the changing trends and styles, and 35 years in to a career enjoy a multi-generational fan base.
In 2013, the band's European tour hit 29 cities staging successful concerts Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland.  Toto World Tour 2013 featured Luke, David Paich, Steve Porcaro on keyboards, Simon Phillips on drums, Nathan East on bass guitar, background singers Amy Keys and Mabvuto Carpenter and singer Joseph Williams, who sang the hits "Pamela" and "Stop Loving You" on the worldwide platinum release The Seventh One (1988).   Williams is also featured on the platinum certified Fahrenheit (1986), Toto XX (1998), the track "Bottom of Your Soul" on Falling In Between (2006), and the multi-platinum release Past to Present 1977-1990 issued in 1990.
With over 35 years together and thousands of credits and accolades to their names, Toto remains one of the top selling tour and recording acts in the world. Collectively and individually, the band has played on nearly every major hit record of the past quarter century, placing their distinctive stamp of excellence all over CD shelves around the world. Toto are the benchmark by which many artists base their sound and production, and they continue to transcend the standards set by the entire music community, being simply synonymous with musical credibility.

TOTO also continues to raise awareness for ALS, for their brother and friend, Mike Porcaro, who has been diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease.  The band commits energies towards fundraising for Police and Fire Departments of California and the Fallen Heroes initiative (http://www.fallenheroes.org/), and help the United Nations in their humanitarian endeavors through music.

Mike Oldfield - Older but still productive

Age is not a reason for Mike Oldfield to release even better album than before. Man on the rock is his brand new album. Not only instrumental but with voice in 1 disc and 2nd disc is instrumental as usual.

His new album is have a succesfull in some countries.

Here is the description from Wikipedia :

Recording and production

Man on the Rocks was produced by Stephen Lipson together with Oldfield.^[4] The album features bassist Leland Sklar, drummer John Robinson, keyboardist Matt Rollings, guitarist Michael Thompson and singer Luke Spiller together with Oldfield himself on guitar. The backing tracks were recorded during June 2013 in Studio D of Village Studios, Los Angeles with producer Steve Lipson; Oldfield participated in these sessions via Skype. Oldfield has also recorded part of the album in his home studio in the Bahamas.^[5]
The album marks a return of Oldfield to a Virgin branded label since leaving Virgin Records in the 1990s, through the merger of Mercury Records UK and Virgin Records after Universal Music's purchase of EMI. Luke Spiller is the singer of another of Virgin EMI's British artists, The Struts.^[6]

Lyrical content

The album deals with topics ranging from Oldfield's experiences with mental health to a track inspired by the 2012 Summer Olympics. The piece "Irene" is inspired by Hurricane Irene which hit the Bahamas in 2011. The final track is a cover of William McDowell's gospel piece "I Give Myself Away". The working title for the album had been Rock.
Oldfield has used the title "Moonshine" once before for the final piece on 1992's Tubular Bells II. The song itself is a reworking of his 1994 instrumental "The Song of the Boat Men", which was featured as a B-side of the "Hibernaculum" single.

Release

Man on the Rocks was released on 3 March 2014, after initially being announced that it would have been released on 27 January. The album is available on single CD, double CD, double vinyl, coloured double vinyl, digital download and a box set.
The two CD Deluxe Edition contains the album and a second instrumental disc. In the UK the boxed set is available exclusively through mikeoldfieldofficial.com - this includes the content from the Deluxe Edition as well as Oldfield's demos of the songs and 4 alternate mixes of songs. The boxed set also includes a 16-page CD size booklet, four art cards and a certificate of authenticity.

Singles and promotion

The first public airing of the album was an excerpt of "Sailing" that was played on Stuart Maconie's radio show on BBC Radio 6 Music in November 2013.^[7] The first full play of "Sailing" was on BBC Radio 2 on 14 January 2014.
"Sailing" was a record of the week on BBC Radio 2 during the first week of February. The music video for "Sailing" was released on YouTube on 8 February.^[8] The video features Oldfield and Spiller in The Bahamas on a beach, a boat and in Oldfield's studio there. The song became available to buy on online retailers such as iTunes from 19 February.^[9]
Behind the scenes footage and acoustic versions of tracks from the album, including "Man on the Rocks" and "Chariots", were released online ahead of the album.
The second single will be "Moonshine".

Critical reception

This section requires expansion. (March 2014)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[10]
So So Gay	[11]
Shields Gazette	[12]
musicOMH	[13]

Critical reception of the album has been mixed to positive. Music critics and journalists have noted its contrast from Oldfield's progressive rock works such as Tubular Bells, and the album's orientation to more standard rock music. The Guardian newspaper called the album "a curious but likable diversion from his multilayered new-age work." "Sailing" reached BBC Radio 2's "A List" rotation. Jeremy Williams of So So Gay noted "Man on the Rocks excels as it feels truly personal."

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14]	10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15]	50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16]	25
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[17]	2
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[18]	15
French Albums (SNEP)[19]	75
German Albums (Media Control)[20]	3
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[21]	33
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[22]	16
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[23]	7
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[24]	5
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[25]	48
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26]	9
UK Albums (OCC)[27]	12

Track listing

Disc 1

All tracks written by Mike Oldfield, except where noted.

1. "Sailing" - 4:46
2. "Moonshine" - 5:49
3. "Man on the Rocks" - 6:10
4. "Castaway" - 6:34
5. "Minutes" - 4:51
6. "Dreaming in the Wind" - 5:28
7. "Nuclear" - 5:03
8. "Chariots" - 4:38
9. "Following the Angels" - 7:04
10. "Irene" - 3:59
11. "I Give Myself Away" (William McDowell) - 5:10

Disc 2 - Deluxe Edition

1. "Sailing" (Instrumental)
2. "Moonshine" (Instrumental)
3. "Man on the Rocks" (Instrumental)
4. "Castaway" (Instrumental)
5. "Minutes" (Instrumental)
6. "Dreaming in the Wind" (Instrumental)
7. "Nuclear" (Instrumental)
8. "Chariots" (Instrumental)
9. "Following the Angels" (Instrumental)
10. "Irene" (Instrumental)
11. "I Give Myself Away" (Instrumental)

Disc 3 - Bonus Disc (Super Deluxe Edition only)

1. "Sailing" (Demo)
2. "Moonshine" (Demo)
3. "Man on the Rocks" (Demo)
4. "Castaway" (Demo)
5. "Minutes" (Demo)
6. "Dreaming in the Wind" (Demo)
7. "Nuclear" (Demo)
8. "Chariots" (Demo)
9. "Following the Angels" (Demo)
10. "Irene" (Demo)
11. "I Give Myself Away" (Demo)
12. "Sailing" (Alternative Mix)
13. "Dreaming in the Wind" (Alternative Mix)
14. "Following the Angels" (Alternative Mix)
15. "I Give Myself Away" (Alternative Mix)

Disc 3 Tracks 1-11: All Instruments and Vocals by Mike Oldfield

Personnel

• Mike Oldfield – Electric guitars, Acoustic guitars, Bass guitar, Backing vocals, Keyboards
• Luke Spiller – Lead vocals
• John Robinson – Drums
• Leland Sklar – Bass guitar
• Matt Rollings – Piano & Hammond B-3
• Michael Thompson – Electric guitars & Acoustic guitars
• Stephen Lipson – Electric guitars & Acoustic guitars
• Davy Spillane – Whistles on "Moonshine"
• Paul Dooley – Violin on "Moonshine"
• Backing Vocalists – Bill Champlain, Alfie Silas Durio, Carmel Echols, Rochelle Gilliard, Judith Hill, Kirsten Joy, Jason Morales, Louis Price, Tiffany Smith
• Engineers – Mike Oldfield & Stephen Lipson (Battery Studios); Howard Willing with Chris Owens (The Village Studios); Steve MacMillan (engineer for drums on "Irene" & "Dreaming in the Wind" at Steak House Studio, LA)
• Produced by – Mike Oldfield and Stephen Lipson