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Asia discography
Studio albums	13
EPs	2
Live albums	35
Compilation albums	13
Singles	23
Music videos	13

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

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions							Certifications (sales thresholds)
Title	Album details	UK ^[1]	AUS ^[2]	GER ^[3]	JPN ^[4]	NLD ^[5]	SWI ^[6]	US ^[7]^[8]	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Asia	Released: 18 March 1982 Label: Geffen	11	13	6	15	10	—	1	AUS: Gold^[9] CAN: 3× Platinum^[10] FRA: Gold^[11] JP: Platinum^[12] SWI: Gold^[13] UK: Gold^[14] US: 4× Platinum^[15]
Alpha	Released: 12 August 1983 Label: Geffen	5	46	11	4	9	18	6	CAN: Platinum^[10] JP: 2 x Platinum^[4] UK: Silver^[14] US: Platinum^[15]
Astra	Released: 25 November 1985 Label: Geffen	68	99	48	15	—	10	67
Aqua	Released: 8 June 1992 Label: InsideOut Music	—	—	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	Released: 11 April 2008 Label: Frontiers	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

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	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	Released: 1997 Recorded: 4 June 1992 at Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan (Osaka, Japan) Label: Blueprint	—
Live in Köln	Released: 1997 Recorded: 5 October 1994 at Alter Wartesaal (Cologne, Germany) Label: Blueprint	—
Live in Philadelphia	Released: 1997 Recorded: 21 November 1992 at Chestnut Cabaret (Philadelphia, US) Label: Blueprint	—
Live at the Town & Country Club	Released: 1999 Recorded: 10 November 1992 at Town & Country Club (London, UK) Label: Resurgence	—
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	Released: 2001 Recorded: 10 September 1983 at Pine Knob Music Theatre (Detroit, US) Label: Zoom Club Records	—
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	Released: 2001 Recorded: 25 April 1982 at Stanley Theater (Pittsburgh, US), 22 August 1983 at Centrum (Worcester, US), 13 December 1990 at Frankfurt Music Hall (Frankfurt, Germany) Label: Zoom Club Records	—
Bedrock in Concert	Released: 2002 Recorded: 1990 Label: Classic Rock Productions	—
America: Live in the USA	Released: 2002 Recorded: 5 October 2002 at Patriot's Theater (Trenton, US) Label: Classic Rock Productions	—
Live in Buffalo	Released: 2003 Recorded: 3 May 1982 at Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo, US) Label: Trademark of Quality	—
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	Released: 2007 Recorded: 28 November 2006 at Carling Academy (Liverpool, UK)	—
Official Bootleg – Live in the UK – Vol 2	Released: 2007 Recorded: 30 November 2006 at Carling Academy (Glasgow, UK)	—
Official Bootleg – Live in the UK – Vol 3	Released: 2007 Recorded: 3 December 2006 at Shepherd's Bush Empire (London, UK)	—
Fantasia: Live in Tokyo	Released: 2007 at CD + DVD Recorded: 8 March 2007 at Tokyo Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan (Tokyo, Japan) Label: Eagle Records	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	Released: 2012 Recorded: 5 May 2008 at the Grand Ballroom of the Regency Center (San Francisco, California) Label: The Vinyl Countdown	—
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

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Title	Album details	US ^[7]^[8]	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Then & Now	1990	114	US: Gold^[15]
Archiva 1	1996	—
Archiva 2	1996	—
Archives: Best of 1988–1997	1997	—
Anthology	1997	—
Axioms	1999	—
The Very Best of Asia: Heat of the Moment (1982–1990)	2000	—
The Collection	2000	—
The Best of Asia Live	2001	—
Anthologia – The 20th Anniversary – Geffen Years Collection (1982–1990)	2002	—
Classic Asia – Universal Masters Collection	2002	—
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

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

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Album
Title	Year	US ^[7]^[16]	US Main ^[17]	GER ^[18]	UK ^[1]	Album
"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"	1986	—	—	—	—
"Days Like These"	1990	64	2	—	—	Then & Now
"Who Will Stop the Rain"	1992	—	—	—	—	Aqua
"Little Rich Boy" ^[D]	1993	—	—	—	—	Aqua
"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

Year	Title	Director(s)^[19]	Album
1982	"Heat of the Moment"	Kevin Godley, Lol Creme	Asia
	"Only Time Will Tell"	Kevin Godley, Lol Creme
	"Wildest Dreams"	John Doyle
1983	"Don't Cry"	Brian Grant	Alpha
1983	"The Smile Has Left Your Eyes"	Brian Grant	Alpha
1985	"Go"	Unknown	Astra
1989	"Prayin' For a Miracle"	Unknown	Then & Now
1990	"Days Like These"	Unknown	Then & Now
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
2012	"Faithful"	Unknown	XXX
2014	"Valkyrie"	Unknown	Gravitas

References

^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ "Asia in German charts" (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
^ ^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.
^ "Asia in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
^ "Asia – Alpha". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Artist Chart History – Asia". Billboard charts. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Albums (Seventh ed.). Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-183-3.
^ "Asia Strikes it Gold" (PDF). Cashbox. 20 November 1982. p. 28. Retrieved 5 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
^ ^a ^b "Canadian certifications – Asia". Music Canada. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
^ "InfoDisc: Les Certifications Officielles d'un Artiste depuis 1973 (Argent, or, Platine, Diamant)".
^ "Sony Platinum Award 1982 Platinum | Re-Play | Reverb".
^ "Bonhams: Carl Palmer: Album cover artwork and a 'Gold' sales award, 2".
^ ^a ^b "British certifications – Asia". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 October 2016. Type Asia in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ ^a ^b ^c "American certifications – Asia". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Top Pop Singles 1955–2012. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, Inc. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-89820-205-2.
^ "Asia Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
^
German Singles:
- "Heat of the Moment" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- "Only Time Will Tell" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- "Sole Survivor" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- "Don't Cry" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
^ "Asia – artist videography". mvdbase.com. Alex S. Garcia. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

External links

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Asia discography at Discogs

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Studio albums	Asia Alpha Astra Aqua Aria Arena Rare Aura Silent Nation Phoenix Omega XXX Gravitas
Extended plays	Aurora
Live albums	Fantasia: Live in Tokyo
Compilations	Then & Now Archiva 1 Archiva 2 Anthology Axioms The Very Best of Asia: Heat of the Moment (1982–1990)
Singles	"Heat of the Moment" "Only Time Will Tell" "Sole Survivor" "Don't Cry" "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes" "Go" "Days Like These"
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