Alpha (album)

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Alpha
Alpha cover
Studio album by Asia
Released July 26, 1983
Recorded 1983, Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec
Genre Progressive rock
Length 45:00
Label Geffen
Producer Mike Stone
Professional reviews
Asia chronology
Asia
(1982)		 Alpha
(1983)		 Astra
(1985)

Alpha is a 1983 album by rock quartet Asia. After the huge commercial success of their first album, Asia, Alpha sold relatively poorly and was considered a disappointment to most fans.[citation needed] Filled with commercial hooks, Alpha was the product of Geoff Downes' and John Wetton's song-writing. Steve Howe was mostly left out of the writing process, causing tensions within the band. Recorded in Morin Heights, Canada, Alpha is Asia's second album with John Wetton as vocalist and last album with Steve Howe as guitarist. The first track on Alpha, "Don't Cry", became a minor hit.

All songs by Wetton/Downes except "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes" by Wetton.

  1. "Don't Cry" – 3:41
  2. "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes" – 3:13
  3. "Never in a Million Years" – 3:46
  4. "My Own Time (I'll Do What I Want)" – 3:46
  5. "The Heat Goes On" – 5:00
  6. "Eye to Eye" – 3:14
  7. "The Last to Know" – 4:40
  8. "True Colors" – 3:56
  9. "Midnight Sun" – 3:48
  10. "Open Your Eyes" – 6:26
  11. "Daylight" – 3:33

 v • d • e Asia
Geoff Downes | John Wetton | Steve Howe | Carl Palmer
Greg Lake | Mandy Meyer | Pat Thrall | Al Pitrelli | Mike Sturgis | John Payne | Aziz Ibrahim | Holger Larisch | Elliot Randall | Luis Jardim | Chris Slade | Jay Schellen | Guthrie Govan | Trevor Thornton
Discography
Studio albums and EPs: Asia | Alpha | Astra | Aurora | Aqua | Aria | Arena | Rare | Aura | Silent Nation
Live albums: Live in Moscow | Alive at Hollowed Halls | Now (Nottigham) | Live In Buffalo | Dragon Attack | Asia Enso Kai (Live in Tokyo 83) | Quadra | Live in Massachusetts | Fantasia: Live in Tokyo
Compilations: Then & Now | Archiva Vol. 1 | Archiva Vol. 2 | Anthology | The Very Best of Asia: Heat of the Moment | Definitive Collection
Singles: "Heat of the Moment"
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