"[8] The album's concluding track, "Here Comes the Feeling" (credited to Wetton and Howe) was a reworking of a song written by Wetton and recorded with French progressive rock band Atoll in 1979: the original version was released as a bonus track on Atoll's 1993 reissue of their 1979 album Rock Puzzle.

There was a concern that having Dean do the cover would produce something that looked too much like his famed artwork for Yes, but Howe and Downes pushed for his involvement.

He stated that it had been a rare occasion that "a big new group is bad enough to sink your teeth into any more" and called the album "pompous – schlock in the grand manner".

[12] Melody Maker's Adam Sweeting similarly lambasted the band: "Designed by computer, hand-built by robots...Completely calculated, thoroughly contemptible, Asia is every bit as hollow, shallow and nasty as anyone had a right to expect.

"[13] On the other side, in a Billboard review, it was favourably noted that "the caliber of the [band's] playing is superb and the music sounds fresh and perfect fare for AOR".

[14] In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Tom Demalon awarded Asia four-and-a-half out of five, saying that "there's no denying the epic grandeur of the music, which provided some much-needed muscle to radio at the time, and did so with style".

[11] Upon its release in March 1982, Asia reached #1 in the US and spent nine weeks at the top of the Billboard album chart.

[18] In 2010, Audio Fidelity released a 24 Karat Gold CD (AFZ 068) remaster of the album, mastered by Kevin Gray.