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Atavachron 
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 Posted: April 05 2016 at 20:53 |
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No love for the Danger Money LP?
Both UK albums are gems. At the time they seemed antiseptic but now they just cook.
Edited by Atavachron - April 05 2016 at 20:54
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Intruder
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Posted: April 07 2016 at 10:21 |
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UK by a country mile, but I understand where the OP is coming from. UK was a supergroup that was looking to the future of prog, not to their glorious pasts. The sounds were more metallic and polished....shiny rather than fuzzy. It opened the door for Yes' Drama album and neo-prog/pop-prog, like the first Asia album. That first Asia album was all over MTV and FM radio....it's a shame this is the way that a lot of folks were introduced to Howe, Wetton, Lake and Palmer. It's also a shame that Asia was set up from the start to sell, sell, sell.....even the name was chosen as a way to sell records (Howe recalled that the name Asia was chosen 'cause it was a short, sharp name that started with "A" so that browsers at record stores would see their album first.....alphabetical order, you see). Asia "sucked".....and the first album was so much better than anything else they came up with.....what a waste of talent.
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grantman
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Posted: April 07 2016 at 11:48 |
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I agree about asia john paynes aura and some other stuff was by all accounts pretty lame or tame stuff compared to the first studio lp although I heard john payne ,s asia (live) if you can get not bad ac,tually rather good .
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grantman
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Posted: April 07 2016 at 11:51 |
My first album was night after night always liked rendezvous 6.02 
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Steve Wyzard
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Posted: March 29 2018 at 10:02 |
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Despite being very different, I would put both the first U.K. and the first Asia albums among my 10 favorite of all-time!
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Argo2112
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Posted: March 29 2018 at 10:11 |
Asia was kind of my gateway drug to prog so I will always have a place in my heart for it but UK is probably the better album.
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Jeffro
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Posted: March 29 2018 at 10:58 |
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UK all the way
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SteveG
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Posted: March 29 2018 at 11:33 |
Asia is AOR crap. UK was Prog with a capital P.
Btw, why wasn't this a poll?
Edited by SteveG - March 29 2018 at 11:36
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Posted: March 29 2018 at 11:39 |
 Atavachron wrote:
No love for the Danger Money LP?
Both UK albums are gems. At the time they seemed antiseptic but now they just cook.
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Luv me some Danger Money!
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Posted: March 29 2018 at 11:55 |
Atavachron wrote:
No love for the Danger Money LP?
Both UK albums are gems. At the time they seemed antiseptic but now they just cook.
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Yes, it rules! I really enjoy UK. Their debut is my personal favorite.
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Squonk19
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Posted: March 29 2018 at 12:52 |
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Both are very good albums in their own ways. UK is more overtly prog, but Asia has some very catchy melodic songs and Howe's trademark imprint is across most of it too. With the exception of Wetton's voice on both, they are chalk and cheese, and I wouldn't really want to choose one over the other. I've had pleasure from both over the years at different times and moods.
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wiz_d_kidd
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Posted: March 30 2018 at 13:33 |
UK. Period. While Asia had an amazing prog lineup in their first release (with Wetton in common), they played radio pop. Nice enjoyable music, but not prog.
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