Military Man

Asia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
• ASIN: B002JTMNNM
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,709 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Military Man - 2009 Version

2. Long Way From Home - 2009 Version

3. Neurosaur - 2009 Version

4. Military Man - Radio Edit

5. Long Way Home - Radio Edit

Editorial Reviews

2009 CD EP from vocalist/bassist John Payne and his version of Prog Rock band Asia (Payne had been the frontman for Asia between 1992 and 2004). The five track EP features re-recordings of the tracks 'Military Man', 'Long Way From Home' and 'Neurosaur' and Radio edits of 'Military Man' and 'Long Way From Home'. The band features Payne alongside Guthrie Govan, Jay Schellen and keyboardist Erik Norlander. The Military Man EP is the first studio recordings from this line-up of the band and released to coincide with the American tour dates. Devgel.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Payne Asia CD Single, March 16, 2010

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squishflipcat (usa) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Military Man (Audio CD)

Hmmmm, doesn't seem like too many even know of this disc's existence. This USO charity CD single is the first studio material released by John Payne's version of supergroup Asia(Heat Of The Moment, etc.). Basically, it's new versions of two signiture Payne-era Asia tunes, a new instrumental written by new keyboardist Erik Norlander, and two 'single edits' of the two Asia tracks. The two Asia tracks, 'MILITARY MAN' (originally from 'ARIA', 1994) and 'LONG WAY FROM HOME' (Originally from 'SILENT NATION', ten years later in 2004) have some extra gloss and clarity but don't stray too far from the originals. Erik Norlander appears to be an adequate replacement for Geoff Downes, adding his own touch where the music permits. The instrumental 'NEUROSAUR' goes even further into the prog/fusion/metal direction with the virtuoso keyboard twiddling, almost as if Rick Wakeman had been the original keyboardist of Asia instead of Downes. This is what they may have sounded like. The two 'edits' are unnecessary, as chopped up versions of songs are really nobody's thing.

A decent single, but the true test for Payne and his alternate Asia lineup will be when they finally release their studio album of new work to parallel the original Asia's own new disc 'Omega' this year. This may tide you over till then.

5 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing, March 17, 2010

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Padraic (East Lansing, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Military Man (Audio CD)

Military Man is a good song ... Having said that, John Payne needs to get a life. It's disturbing he's putting out material and doing the classic Asia songs, live - without a SINGLE guy in the outfit having originally been in Asia - and he doesn't see anything wrong with it. He needs to get a life, or/and put out more GPS music (which the debut album was good). There's already ASIA ... So there is a couple good songs on the CD but it has no bznz having that name anywhere on it, much less the cover. Too bad Mr. Payne doesn't have a close, tell-it-like-it-is friend tapping him on the shoulder and saying: "John - stop it."