Asia 
The best album credited to Asia is Asia which is ranked number 2,704 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 574.
Asia is ranked number 1,420 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 985.
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- Carl Palmer
- John Wetton
- Steve Howe
- Greg Lake
- See also:
- Steve Howe Trio
- Bodast
- PM
- Yes & Friends
- Virgil & Steve Howe
- King Crimson
- Yes
- Wishbone Ash
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Uriah Heep
- Renaissance
- Family (UK)
- Atomic Rooster
- The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
- Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
- Tomorrow
- Emerson, Lake & Powell
- Bryan Ferry / Roxy Music
- GTR
- John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes
- The Gods
- Mogul Thrash
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Asia best albums
The following albums by Asia are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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Asia bestography composition
Asia best tracks
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Asia ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 01/21/2025 20:12 | Johnnyo | 3,095 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/18/2023 13:12 |  paladisiac | 1,035 | 67/100 |
| ! | 09/23/2023 10:22 | Stevo796 | 980 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/13/2019 13:16 |  TheDude85 | 363 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/08/2018 12:06 | mostlymor | 4,299 | 70/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some artists can have several thousand ratings)
This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 70.8/100, a mean average of 69.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.0/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.9.
Asia favourites
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Asia comments
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TheDude85 04/13/2019 13:17 | #234896
Asia shot out of the box rip roaring with hits - but descended quickly into a cloud of dust. That first album has all you really need from this group.
Captain_Dude 08/01/2011 23:08 | #25497
In a world of new wave, early rap, heavy metal, and Top 40 fluff, Asia rose up with their self-titles debut that blew everything else out of the water. Asia was formed by veteran prog rockers John Wetton (King Crimson, Roxy Music, and Uriah Heep), Steve Howe (Yes), Geoff Downes (Buggles, Yes), and Carl Palmer (ELP, Atomic Rooster, Crazy World of Arthur Brown) and even though the line-up has changed many times, excellence is always to be had. This is truly an infectious band whose music demands attention and just oozes with importance. I love 'em!
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