Album: Heat of the Rising Sun
Artist: Icon
2012 The Store for Music Ltd. (UK)
CD: SFM TF CD 018

John Wetton: lead vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Geoff Downes: keys, backing vocals
Dave Kilminster: guitars
Pete Riley: drums


Recorded Fukuoka, 7 Feb 2009 (1-6), Osaka, 9 Feb (7-12), Tokyo, 11 Feb (13-24)
Produced by Wetton/Downes
Management: Martin Darvill
Compilation produced for release by Alfie Falkenbach
Art direction: Falkenbach
Cover: Histvan
Inside package illustration: Natalia Luklyanova/Frenta
Design/layout: Didier Scohler


Tracks:
CD1:
1. "Countdown to Zero" [Wetton/Downes] (4:22/4:25 on CD packaging)
2. "Le Me Go" [Wetton/Downes/R Palmer-James] (4:46/4:46 on CD packaging)
3. "Elstree" [Downes/T Horn] (4:26/4:31 on CD packaging)
4. "The Die is Cast" [Wetton/Downes] (6:33/6:46 on CD packaging)
5. "Book of Saturday" [R Fripp/Wetton/Palmer-James] (3:02/3:12 on CD packaging)
6. "Tempus Fugit" [Downes/S Howe/A White/T Horn/C Squire] (5:35/5:59 on CD packaging)
7. "Rendez-Vous" [Wetton/E Jobson] (6:16/6:16 on CD packaging)
8. "Sleep Angel" [Wetton/Downes] (5:55/5:56 on CD packaging)
9. "The Night Watch" [Fripp/Wetton/Palmer-James] (4:11/4:17 on CD packaging)
10. "In the Dead of Night" [Wetton/Jobson] (5:54/5:58 on CD packaging)
11. "Heat of the Moment" [Wetton/Downes] (4:27/4:41 on CD packaging)
12. "Video Killed the Radio Star" [Downes/Horn/B Woolley] (3:09/3:20 on CD packaging)

CD2:
13. "I've Come to Take You Home" [Wetton/Downes] (5:17/5:14 on CD packaging)
14. "Twice the Man I was" [Wetton/Downes] (4:49/4:49 on CD packaging)
15. "The Voice of America" [Wetton/Downes] (4:23/4:28 on CD packaging)
16. "Battle Lines" [Wetton/B Mitchell/R Marlette] (5:32/5:49 on CD packaging)
17. "Rubicon" [Wetton/Downes] (7:27/7:28 on CD packaging)
18. "Don't Go Out Tonight" [Wetton/Downes] (4:38/4:54 on CD packaging)
19. "My Own Time" [Wetton/Downes] (4:17/4:28 on CD packaging)
20. "Days Like These" [S Jones] (3:41/4:04 on CD packaging)
21. "Rock & Roll Dreams" [Wetton/Downes] (6:41/7:05 on CD packaging)
22. "Meet Me at Midnight" [Wetton/Downes] (3:42/3:16 on CD packaging)
23. "True Colours" [Wetton/Downes] (3:57/4:03 on CD packaging)
24. "Starless" [Fripp/Wetton/W Bruford/D Cross/Palmer-James] (10:42/10:59 on CD packaging)


Notes: (2) is titled "Le Me Go" on the CD, but "Let Me Go" on digital copies. It is actually just Asia's "Go", which was originally credited just to Wetton and Downes. Likewise, (7) is titled "Rendez-Vous" on the CD, but is "Rendez-Vous 6:02". (21) is titled "Rock & Roll Dreams", but is just Asia's singular version.

A live release from Icon, the Asia spin-off with Wetton and Downes. The band started while Downes was in Asia with John Payne, but this stage was working in parallel with Wetton and Downes both being part of the original Asia reunion. Live, Icon allowed the pair to construct a set away from the usual Asia hits, with material from elsewhere in their careers (solo (16), King Crimson (5, 9, 24) and UK (7, 10) for Wetton, The Buggles (3, 12) and Yes (6, instrumental and fairly stripped back) for Downes) as well as Icon songs and some less obvious Asia choices. The tour was notionally in support of Icon 3, although we only get 2 songs from that album (14, 18). (HP, 8 Mar 18). 
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