''Icon'' is a

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recorded and released by

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band members

John Wetton John Kenneth Wetton (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. Known for his dexterous bass playing and booming baritone voice, Wetton first gained fame in the early 1970s. Wetton was the singer and p ...

and

Geoffrey Downes Geoffrey Downes (born 25 August 1952) is an English keyboardist who gained fame as a member of the new wave group The Buggles with Trevor Horn, the progressive rock band Yes, and the supergroup Asia. Born in Stockport, Downes moved to Lond ...

in 2005. It is the first in the ''Icon'' series (though they previously released the album ''

Wetton Downes ''Wetton/Downes'' (sometimes stylised as ''Wetton-Downes'' or ''Wetton & Downes'', though the album is given no official title) is the first album released by Asia member Geoff Downes and former Asia member John Wetton, and is a precursor to thei ...

'' in 2002, a collection of demos from the 1980s). ''Icon'' was followed by the albums '' Icon II: Rubicon'' in 2006 and ''

Icon 3 An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Catholic churches. They are not simply artworks; "an icon is a sacred image used in religious devotion". The most c ...

'' in 2009. All three were reissued in 2018 by Epicon Records, a vanity label for Icon albums set up by Wetton's estate and Downes.

Track listing

#"Paradox/Let Me Go" - 6:28 #"God Walks with Us" – 4:40 #"I Stand Alone" – 6:08 #"Meet Me at Midnight" – 2:34 #"Hey Josephine" – 4:52 #"Far Away" – 4:04 #"Please Change Your Mind" – 4:46 #"Sleep Angel" – 4:12 #"Spread Your Wings" – 3:46 #"In the End" (featuring

Annie Haslam Annie Haslam (born 8 June 1947) is an English vocalist, songwriter and painter. She is best known as the lead singer of progressive rock band Renaissance since 1971, and for her long and diverse solo singing career. She has a five-octave vocal r ...

) – 4:47 ;Bonus tracks #"There in Your Bed" – 2:24 #"The Smile Has Left Your Eyes '05" – 3:42 #" Heat of the Moment '05" – 4:38 An Icon EP was also released (on Frontiers Records), featuring selected tracks from the album, with some being remixes with orchestrations by Mike Stobbie (indicated by * below) ;EP Tracklist: #" Heat of the Moment '05" – 4:38 #"Overture/Paradox"* #"Let Me Go"* #"The Smile Has Left Your Eyes '05" – 3:42 #"In the End" (featuring

) – 4:47* #"There in Your Bed" – 2:24

Personnel

– keyboards, vocoder, producer * John Mitchell – guitars *

– vocals, basses, classical and acoustic guitars, producer * Steve Christey – drums *

Hugh McDowell Hugh Alexander McDowell (31 July 1953 – 6 November 2018)ELO and ...

– cello * Rob Aubrey – engineer, mixing, mastering

References

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2005 albums John Wetton albums Albums produced by Geoff Downes Frontiers Records albums {{2000s-progressive-rock-album-stub