Asia - Alpha (1983) {2001, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}

Posted By: popsakov
Date: Jan. 16, 2023

Asia - Alpha (1983) {2001, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 292 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 111 Mb
Scans Included | 00:42:26 | RAR 5% Recovery
Geffen Records / Universal Music / Victor Entertainment #UICY-9124
Art Rock / Progressive Rock

Alpha is the second studio album by British rock band Asia, released in 1983. It was certified platinum in the United States, eventually selling close to two million copies. Released one year before the departure of guitarist Steve Howe, Alpha was the last album with the band's original line-up until 2008's Phoenix, after the original members reunited in 2006, and the last album with Howe until Aqua in 1992. Alpha was written by the songwriting tandem of John Wetton and Geoff Downes, with the exception of "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes", which was written by Wetton alone. Alpha was recorded during the spring of 1983 at Le Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec and Manta Sound in Toronto.

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Track List:

01. Don't Cry [0:03:38.35]
02. The Smile Has Left Your Eyes [0:03:13.10]
03. Never In A Million Years [0:03:47.00]
04. My Own Time (I'll Do What I Want) [0:04:49.17]
05. The Heat Goes On [0:04:56.13]
06. Eye To Eye [0:03:12.62]
07. The Last To Know [0:04:41.33]
08. True Colors [0:03:52.17]
09. Midnight Sun [0:03:48.68]
10. Open Your Eyes [0:06:26.20]

Personnel:
Drums - Carl Palmer
Guitar - Steve Howe
Keyboards - Geoff Downes
Vocals, Bass - John Wetton

Exact Audio Copy V1.2 from 12. August 2016

EAC extraction logfile from 26. February 2018, 16:29

Asia / Alpha [UICY-9124]

Used drive : HL-DT-STBD-RE BH10LS38 Adapter: 1 ID: 1

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 667
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\wavpack-4.60.1\wavpack.exe
Additional command line options : -hm -w "Year=%year%" -w "Genre=%genre%" %source% %dest%


TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 3:38.35 | 0 | 16384
2 | 3:38.35 | 3:13.10 | 16385 | 30869
3 | 6:51.45 | 3:47.00 | 30870 | 47894
4 | 10:38.45 | 4:49.17 | 47895 | 69586
5 | 15:27.62 | 4:56.13 | 69587 | 91799
6 | 20:24.00 | 3:12.62 | 91800 | 106261
7 | 23:36.62 | 4:41.33 | 106262 | 127369
8 | 28:18.20 | 3:52.17 | 127370 | 144786
9 | 32:10.37 | 3:48.68 | 144787 | 161954
10 | 35:59.30 | 6:26.20 | 161955 | 190924


Range status and errors

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Filename G:\Rips by Alder\Asia - Alpha [UICY-9124].wav

Peak level 99.9 %
Extraction speed 7.1 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 12428562
Copy CRC 12428562
Copy OK

No errors occurred


AccurateRip summary

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foobar2000 1.3.16 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-02-27 00:56:31

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Analyzed: Asia / Alpha [UICY-9124]
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.01 dB -14.09 dB 3:38 01-Don't Cry
DR10 -0.01 dB -13.08 dB 3:13 02-The Smile Has Left Your Eyes
DR11 -0.70 dB -14.07 dB 3:47 03-Never In A Million Years
DR10 -0.01 dB -13.75 dB 4:49 04-My Own Time (I'll Do What I Want)
DR12 -0.19 dB -14.64 dB 4:56 05-The Heat Goes On
DR12 -0.01 dB -13.99 dB 3:13 06-Eye To Eye
DR12 -0.12 dB -15.82 dB 4:41 07-The Last To Know
DR13 -0.01 dB -15.79 dB 3:52 08-True Colors
DR10 -0.01 dB -12.84 dB 3:49 09-Midnight Sun
DR11 -0.01 dB -14.69 dB 6:26 10-Open Your Eyes
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 887 kbps
Codec: WavPack
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