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Omega (Asia album) - Wikipedia

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Omega

Studio album by

Asia

Released

21 April 2010

Recorded

October 2009 – February 2010

Studio

Liscombe Park, Buckinghamshire

Genre

Progressive rock

Length

61:51

Asia chronology

Phoenix
(2008)

Omega
(2010)

XXX
(2012)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Omega is the eleventh studio album by British rock band Asia, released on 21 April 2010 in Japan by Melodious Frontier and on 23 April 2010 in Europe by Frontiers Records. It was the fourth studio recording with the original line-up and second after the reunion in 2006.

Production

Omega was recorded from October 2009 to February 2010 at Steve Rispin's Liscombe Park Studios, Buckinghamshire, where Asia had already worked on their previous album, Phoenix (2008). For the first time since the debut album, released in 1982, the group employed an outside producer, Mike Paxman.^[2] The cover artwork was designed by Roger Dean, who had collaborated with Asia since their inception and with Yes, of which guitarist Steve Howe and keyboard player Geoff Downes had previously been members. The white tiger on the front cover indicates that 2010 is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese calendar.^[3]

"Finger on the Trigger" was previously recorded by vocalist/bassist John Wetton and Downes for their collaboration studio album Icon II: Rubicon (2006).

Reception

Bret Adams gave Omega a rating of three-and-a-half stars out of five on AllMusic. "Finger on the Trigger", "Holy War", "Light the Way" and "I Believe" were selected as four "Track Picks". He compared the album with the previous one and summarized that "Phoenix has better songs overall than Omega — probably due to the initial excitement and creative surge spawned by the reunion — but Omega satisfies, and longtime fans will enjoy it".^[1]

The album did not sell well, failing to chart in both United Kingdom and United States, but reached number 29 in Japan, where Asia were always a popular foreign act.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Wetton and Geoff Downes, except where noted

European release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Finger on the Trigger"		4:30
2.	"Through My Veins"	Steve Howe, Wetton	5:08
3.	"Holy War"		5:59
4.	"Ever Yours"		4:04
5.	"Listen, Children"		5:56
6.	"End of the World"		5:39
7.	"Light the Way"	Howe, Wetton	5:09
8.	"Emily" (bonus track)		5:12
9.	"I'm Still the Same"		4:43
10.	"There Was a Time"		5:58
11.	"I Believe"		4:42
12.	"Don't Wanna Lose You Now"		4:45
Total length:			61:51

Japanese release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Finger on the Trigger"		4:30
2.	"Through My Veins"	Steve Howe, Wetton	5:09
3.	"Holy War"		6:00
4.	"Ever Yours"		4:05
5.	"Listen, Children"		5:57
6.	"End of the World"		5:39
7.	"Light the Way"	Howe, Wetton	5:10
8.	"I'm Still the Same"		4:44
9.	"There Was a Time"		5:57
10.	"Drop a Stone" (bonus track)	Wetton, Downes, Howe, Carl Palmer	5:09
11.	"I Believe"		4:43
12.	"Don't Wanna Lose You Now"		4:46
Total length:			61:47

Personnel

Asia

John Wetton – vocals, bass guitar
Steve Howe – electric, acoustic and steel guitars
Geoff Downes – keyboards
Carl Palmer – drums, percussion

Technical personnel

Mike Paxman – producer
Steve Rispin – engineer
Mark "Tufty" Evans – mixing engineer (at Wispington Studios, Cookham, Berkshire)
Secondwave − mastering
Roger Dean – cover, logotype, inside painting
Martyn Dean – computer work, cover design
Michael Inns – photography
Karen Gladwell – artwork

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	56
French Albums (SNEP)^[6]	158
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[4]	29
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[7]	47
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[8]	55
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[9]	13

References

^ ^a ^b Adams, Bret. Asia: Omega > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ "Asia Turn Omega Men on New Record". Planet Rock. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
^ "Asia – Omega: Album Detail". Frontiers Music Srl. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2010-05-03" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Asia – Omega" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "Lescharts.com – Asia – Omega". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Asia – Omega". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Asia – Omega". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 June 2023.

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