Asia was a true 'supergroup' pooling the talents of John Wetton, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes and Steve Howe and was the logical successor to their collective bands of the 70s. Moving beyond their progressive roots, Asia embraced the commercial FM rock sound that dominated US airwaves and took that, and the new MTV video channel, by storm. The single "Heat Of The Moment" was a world-wide monster smash and their eponymous 1982 debut album spent an incredible nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard chart as Asia became the biggest selling album of the year. 2008's Phoenix, the band's tenth studio album overall, marked the first studio recording with the original line-up after their 2006 reunion.