CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
ASIA (Geffen):: The art-rock Foreigner is a find—rare that a big new group is bad enough to sink your teeth into any more. John Wetton and Steve Howe added excitement to contexts as pretentious as King Crimson and Yes, but this is just pompous—schlock in the grand manner, with synthesizers John Williams would love.
September 1, 1982