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Asia discography

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Asia discography
Studio albums13
EPs2
Live albums35
Compilation albums13
Singles23
Music videos13

This article presents the discography of British progressive rock band Asia.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
GER
[3]
JPN
[4]
NLD
[5]
SWI
[6]
US
[7][8]
Asia
  • Released: 18 March 1982
  • Label: Geffen
11 13 6 15 10 1
Alpha
  • Released: 12 August 1983
  • Label: Geffen
5 46 11 4 9 18 6
Astra
  • Released: 25 November 1985
  • Label: Geffen
68 99 48 15 10 67
Aqua 51 21 20
Aria
  • Released: May 1994
  • Label: InsideOut Music
89 20 31
Arena
  • Released: 4 March 1996
  • Label: InsideOut Music
48 50
Rare
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Resurgence
Aura
  • Released: 12 February 2001
  • Label: Recognition
160
Silent Nation
  • Released: 31 August 2004
  • Label: InsideOut Music
77
Phoenix 166 58 27 75 73
Omega
  • Released: 23 April 2010
  • Label: Frontiers
135 56 29 55
XXX
  • Released: 29 June 2012
  • Label: Frontiers
69 33 36 43 134
Gravitas
  • Released: 21 March 2014
  • Label: Frontiers
92 51 42 24 159
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
JPN
[4]
Live in Moscow
  • Released: December 1991
  • Recorded: 9 November 1990 at Olympijski Stadium (Moscow, USSR)
  • Label: Rhino
Now: Live in Nottingham
  • Released: 1997 at CD + DVD
  • Recorded: 23 June 1990 at Central Studios (Nottingham, UK)
  • Label: Blueprint
Live in Osaka
Live in Köln
  • Released: 1997
  • Recorded: 5 October 1994 at Alter Wartesaal (Cologne, Germany)
  • Label: Blueprint
Live in Philadelphia
Live at the Town & Country Club
Live Acoustic
  • Released: 1999
  • Recorded: 21 September 1997 at Stadthalle (Bruchsal, Germany)
  • Label: Resurgence
The Best of Asia Live
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Eagle Records
Alive in Hallowed Halls
Enso Kai – Live at the Budokan, Tokyo 1983
  • Released: 2001
  • Recorded: 7 December 1983 at Budokan (Tokyo, Japan)
  • Label: MSI / Burning Airlines / Superior
Quadra – Live Througout The Years
Bedrock in Concert
  • Released: 2002
  • Recorded: 1990
  • Label: Classic Rock Productions
America: Live in the USA
Live in Buffalo
Dragon Attack
  • Released: 2003
  • Recorded: 29 September 1990 at Nakano Sunplaza (Tokyo, Japan)
  • Label: Trademark of Quality
Live in Hyogo
  • Released: 2003
  • Recorded: 24 September 1990 at Archaic Hall (Amagasaki, Japan)
  • Label: Trademark of Quality
Different Worlds Live
  • Released: 2003
  • Recorded: 10 November 1992 at Town & Country Club (London, UK), 21 September 1997 at Stadthalle (Bruchsal, Germany)
  • Label: Shakedown Records
Live in Massachussettes '83
  • Released: 2004
  • Recorded: 19 August 1983 at Centrum (Worcester, US)
  • Label: Trademark of Quality
Official Bootleg – Live in the UK – Vol 1
Official Bootleg – Live in the UK – Vol 2
Official Bootleg – Live in the UK – Vol 3
Fantasia: Live in Tokyo 109
Live in San Francisco 2008
  • Released: 2008
  • Recorded: 5 May 2008 at The Regency Ballroom (San Francisco, US)
  • Label: The Store for Music
Live in Tokyo 2008
  • Released: 2008
  • Recorded: 12 May 2008 at International Forum (Tokyo, Japan)
  • Label: The Store for Music
Live in Milwaukee 2008
  • Released: 2008
  • Recorded: 23 April 2008 at Pabst Theater (Milwaukee, US)
  • Label: The Store for Music
Live in São Paulo 2008
  • Released: 2008
  • Recorded: 23 March 2008 (São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Label: The Store for Music
Live in Barcelona 2008
  • Released: 2008
  • Recorded: 19 May 2008 at Luz de Gas (Barcelona, Spain)
  • Label: The Store for Music
Classic Airwaves
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Stratford Copyright Ltd.
Live Around the World
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Music Avenue
At High Voltage 2010
  • Released: 2010
  • Recorded: 24 July 2010 at Victoria Park (London, UK)
  • Label: Concert Live
Spirit of the Night: The Phoenix Tour Live in Cambridge 2009
  • Released: 2010
  • Recorded: 9 August 2009 at Haggis Farm Polo Club (Cambridge, UK)
  • Label: Frontiers Records
271
The Omega Tour Live – Live at the London Forum
  • Released: 2011
  • Recorded: 14 December 2010 at London Forum (London, UK)
  • Label: Concert Live
Resonance: The Omega Tour 2010
  • Released: 2012
  • Recorded: 4 May 2010 at Z7 (Basel, Switzerland)
  • Label: Frontiers Records
Under the Bridge
High Voltage – Live
  • Released: 2014
  • Recorded: 24 July 2010 at Victoria Park (London, UK)
  • Label: Frontiers Records
Axis XXX Live in San Francisco
  • Released: 2015
  • Recorded: 7 November 2012 at Regency Ballroom (San Francisco, US)
  • Label: Frontiers Records
Symfonia – Live in Bulgaria 2013 (with the Plovdiv Opera Orchestra)
  • Released: 2017
  • Recorded: 21 September 2013 at Roman Theatre (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
  • Label: Frontiers Records
Aurora (Live)
  • Released: 2021
  • Recorded: 10 November 1992 at Town & Country Club (London, UK), 21 September 1997 at Stadthalle (Bruchsal, Germany), 4 June 1992 at Koseinenkin Kaikan (Osaka, Japan), 21 November 1992 at Chestnut Cabaret (Philadelphia, US), 5 October 1994 at Alter Wartesaal (Cologne, Germany)
  • Label: Secret Records
The Official Bootlegs, Volume One
  • Released: 2021
  • Recorded: 3 May 1982 at Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo, US), 22 August 1983 at Centrum (Worcester, US), 23 March 2007 at Credicard Hall (São Paulo, Brazil), 12 May 2008 at International Forum (Tokyo, Japan), 14 December 2010 at HMV Forum (London, UK)
  • Label: BMG
Asia in Asia – Live at The Budokan, Tokyo, 1983
  • Released: 2022
  • Recorded: 6 December 1983 at the Budokan arena (Tokyo, Japan)
  • Label: BMG
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[7][8]
Then & Now 1990 114
Archiva 1 1996
Archiva 2
Archives: Best of 1988–1997 1997
Anthology
Axioms 1999
The Very Best of Asia: Heat of the Moment (1982–1990) 2000
The Collection
The Best of Asia Live 2001
Anthologia – The 20th Anniversary – Geffen Years Collection (1982–1990) 2002
Classic Asia – Universal Masters Collection
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Asia 2003
Gold 2005
Definitive Collection 2006 183
Recollections 2014
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

EPs

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Title Album details Peak chart position
JPN
[4]
Aurora
  • Released: 1986
66
Armada 1
  • Released: 2002

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[7][16]
US Main
[17]
GER
[18]
UK
[1]
"Heat of the Moment" 1982 4 1 7 46 Asia
"Wildest Dreams" [airplay] 28
"Only Time Will Tell"
- b/w "Time Again" [airplay]
17
8
43
50
54
"Here Comes the Feeling" [airplay] 40
"Sole Survivor" 10 75
"Don't Cry"
- b/w "Daylight" [airplay]
1983 10
1
24
54
33
Alpha
"The Heat Goes On" [airplay] [A] 5
"True Colors" [airplay] 20
"The Smile Has Left Your Eyes" 34 25 81
"Go" 1985 46 7 Astra
"Too Late" [airplay] 1986 30
"Wishing"
"Days Like These" 1990 64 2 Then & Now
"Who Will Stop the Rain" 1992 Aqua
"Little Rich Boy" [D] 1993
"Anytime" [C] 1994 Aria
"Long Way from Home" [D] 2004 Silent Nation
"Face on the Bridge" 2012 XXX
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes:

  • A^ – Single released in Japan.
  • C^ – released in UK/Europe.
  • D^ – released in Europe.

Music videos

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Year Title Director(s)[19] Album
1982 "Heat of the Moment" Kevin Godley, Lol Creme Asia
"Only Time Will Tell"
"Wildest Dreams" John Doyle
1983 "Don't Cry" Brian Grant Alpha
"The Smile Has Left Your Eyes"
1985 "Go" Unknown Astra
1989 "Prayin' For a Miracle" Unknown Then & Now
1990 "Days Like These" Unknown
1991 "Kari-Anne" Unknown Live in Moscow
1992 "Who Will Stop the Rain" Unknown Aqua
1994 "Anytime" Unknown Aria
2012 "Face on the Bridge" Unknown XXX
"Faithful" Unknown
2014 "Valkyrie" Unknown Gravitas

References

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  1. ^ a b Peak chart positions for releases charting in the UK:
    • "Official Charts – Asia". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
    • "Chart Log UK: A – Azzido De Bass". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 20. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Asia in German charts" (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d エイジアのアルバム売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Asia in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Asia – Alpha". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Artist Chart History – Asia". Billboard charts. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  8. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Albums (Seventh ed.). Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-183-3.
  9. ^ "Asia Strikes it Gold" (PDF). Cashbox. 20 November 1982. p. 28. Retrieved 5 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
  10. ^ a b "Canadian certifications – Asia". Music Canada. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  11. ^ "InfoDisc: Les Certifications Officielles d'un Artiste depuis 1973 (Argent, or, Platine, Diamant)".
  12. ^ "Sony Platinum Award 1982 Platinum | Re-Play | Reverb".
  13. ^ "Bonhams: Carl Palmer: Album cover artwork and a 'Gold' sales award, 2".
  14. ^ a b "British certifications – Asia". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 October 2016. Type Asia in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  15. ^ a b c "American certifications – Asia". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  16. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Top Pop Singles 1955–2012. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, Inc. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-89820-205-2.
  17. ^ "Asia Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
  18. ^ German Singles:
  19. ^ "Asia – artist videography". mvdbase.com. Alex S. Garcia. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
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