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Asia is the debut studio album by English rock supergroup Asia, released in 1982. According to both Billboard and Cashbox, it was the #1 album in the United States for the year 1982. It contains their biggest hit "Heat of the Moment", which reached #4 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
- June–November 1981
- Mike Stone
- 8 March 1982
Recorded: 10 November 1992 at Town & Country Club (London, UK), 21 September 1997 at Stadthalle (Bruchsal, Germany), 4 June 1992 at Koseinenkin Kaikan (Osaka, Japan), 21 November 1992 at Chestnut Cabaret (Philadelphia, US), 5 October 1994 at Alter Wartesaal (Cologne, Germany) Label: Secret Records. —.
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Asia's debut album Asia, released in March 1982, gained considerable commercial success, spending nine weeks at number one on the United States album chart and selling over four million copies in the States alone. The album sold over 10 million worldwide and has never been out of print.
- London, England
- Asia discography
- 1981–1986, 1989–present
Asia, the debut album of the British Progressive Rock group, Asia, was released in March of 1982. The album was greeted with fantastic commercial success, and rose to the top of the...
Asia presents a hook-heavy blend of progressive rock and arena rock, and was massively successful on release, reaching #1 on the Billboard charts, becoming the #1 album in the United States for the year, as well as spawning a Top 10 hit (Heat Of The Moment) and a Top 20 hit (Only Time Will Tell).
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Asia are a British progressive art rock supergroup formed by John Wetton of King Crimson with the help of his manager Brian Lane. The two recruited Yes guitarist Steve Howe, Geoff Downes of Yes/...
Asia's debut album is called "Asia" but has nothing to do with that continent, and finds four prog guys showing a near-total disinterest in sounding like the prog of the 1970s, offering up instead a slick pop-rock album with just enough touches of art rock and progressive pop to feel prog-adjacent.
