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ASIA - Alpha (1983) - Is this album the most underrated to have ever been recorded at Le Studio (Morin Heights), Quebec?

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  1. 1. Is Asia's 1983 sophomore LP the most underrated album ever to have been recorded at Le Studio (Morin Heights)

    • Yes, I can quite unequivocally declare that it is THE most underrated slab of pop rock prog to ever be recorded at Le Studio
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    • No
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    • There's a chance
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    • It's impossible to say without more information
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    • All I know is I hate the album, and the band!
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    • Well I love the album, so there's that
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    • Never bothered with Asia
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    • Frankly my dear I don't give a FOCK
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    • I do think ALPHA is underrated but the debut ASIA album is definitely superior
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    • Anything featuring the legendary guitar maestro STEVE HOWE is worth owning
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    • Steve Howe was better in GTR
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    • John Wetton was better in UK
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    • Geoff Downes was better in YES
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    • Carl Palmer is still hanging around Love Beach with Earl Ramer
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    • I prefer 90125 to the ASIA (1982) and Alpha (1983) albums
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    • Believe it or not Alpha is in my top 50 albums of all time
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    • The Artwork is amazing
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    • Steve Howe was better in the Syndicats
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    • Geoff Downes was better in the Buggles
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    • Carl Palmer was better in Quango
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    • John Wetton was better in Uriah Heep
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    • Earl Ramer is the 5th Beatle and the 10th Stone, KEEF is his middle name
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    • This album is Paul Northfield's second most notorious fiasco after the mixing job on Vapor Trails
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    • Anything with the drumming genius Carl Palmer is worth getting your hands on
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    • Roger Dean wants his artwork back!
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chemistry1973

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I wrote a big long screed about GTR on CP before it crashed 15 times in a row.

 

There’s a documentary on YouTube about the making of that first album.

 

It has aged not very well. And then Hackett re-did the single a few years back.

 

Howe just was cashing in like nobody’s business.

 

 

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Turbine Freight
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I have to agree. In all honesty the debut isn't that great either. It barely scrapes average at best.

stoopid
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Some bands only have an album or two in them. Whether this is the result of talent, creative dynamics within the band, or (conflicting) personalities depends on the musicians involved. Asia is certa

treeduck
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Numbers Cat Stevens 1975 Children of the World The Bee Gees 1976 Morin Heights (named for the location of the studio[19]) Pilot 1976 1 fois 5 (enregistrement devant public) Robert Charlebois, Yvon Des

chemistry1973

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Hey at least I voted back in Feb!

That Bacon guy's career went into the toilet after GTR disbanded. He ended up going on a talent show around 2000 singing The Hunter and When the Heart Rules the Mind. It was like he was living in the past trying to milk those old songs like it was the only thing he had.

 

 

This is cringe x 1000, but he can sing in tune at least.

 

Is this 2000? Looks like 1992 or something.

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John Wetton was better in King Crimson.

 

Seriously have you heard the bass tone he used on those albums? One of the heaviest things since a really heavy thing.

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treeduck

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Hey at least I voted back in Feb!

That Bacon guy's career went into the toilet after GTR disbanded. He ended up going on a talent show around 2000 singing The Hunter and When the Heart Rules the Mind. It was like he was living in the past trying to milk those old songs like it was the only thing he had.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq0GSmJpFF4

 

This is cringe x 1000, but he can sing in tune at least.

 

Is this 2000? Looks like 1992 or something.

Actually it's 1988 I made a mistake.

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So now I’m listening to the live tracks on the deluxe edition of the album on Spotify.

 

So — it’s pretty good. More rockin and better produced than the actual album.

 

Those live tracks are from the King Biscuit Flower Hour album. Still listen to that quite a bit actually, a lot more than the studio album.

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