Asia

Alpha isn't so much an album of music as it is a sort of sonic confection, a concoction of
tasty medodies, sweet harmonies and goopy lyrics intended more for greedy consumption
than for artistic appreciation. It isn't simply that Asia is basically shallow; it's that this is a
group whose members have mastered the musical tricks of making pleasantly impressive
noises, and have, in turn, discovered that such noises can make them very weal... More >