Departure (Journey album)

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Departure
Journey Departure.jpg
Cover art by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse
Studio album by Journey
Released March 23, 1980
Recorded The Automatt, San Francisco, California, November 5–12, 1979
Genre Rock, arena rock
Length 37:49
Label Columbia
Producer Geoff Workman, Kevin Elson
Journey chronology
In the Beginning
(1980)In the Beginning1980		 Departure
(1980)		 Dream After Dream
(1980)Dream After Dream1980
Singles from Departure
  1. "Any Way You Want It" / "When You're Alone (It Ain't Easy)"
    Released: February 1980
  2. "Walks Like a Lady" / "People and Places"
    Released: May 1980
  3. "Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile (medley)" / "Line Of Fire""
    Released: August 1980
  4. "Any Way You Want It" / "Do You Recall"
    Released: September 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone (favorable)[2]

Departure is the sixth studio album by the American rock band Journey. It was released in March 1980 on the Columbia Records label.[3]

Departure would be the band's highest charting album to date, giving Journey their first appearance in the top 10 of the Billboard album charts, peaking at No. 8. The album includes "Any Way You Want It", the lead off track and top 25 single.[3]

The album featured an edgier sound, thanks partly to the "live in studio" way the songs were recorded.[1] The band went into The Automatt studio with 19 tracks, eventually trimming down to 12.[3]

Departure would mark the last full-time studio album appearance of founding member Gregg Rolie, and his penultimate recording with the band: his final contributions would appear on Dream, After Dream, a soundtrack album to the Japanese film of the same name, which would also be released in 1980. Rolie had become tired of life on the road and decided to leave the band after assisting in the selection of his replacement, Jonathan Cain, then of The Babys. Rolie sang lead vocals on only one song on Departure, the ballad "Someday Soon".

In 1986, Columbia reissued Departure on compact disc in the U.S. and Europe.[4] They subsequently remastered the album in 1996.[5] BMG/Columbia remastered Departure again in 2006 for European, Japanese and American listeners,[6] adding bonus tracks 13 "Natural Thing" and 14 "Little Girl". Dave Donnelly at DNA Mastering in New York City led the 2006 project.[7]

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Any Way You Want It"   Steve Perry, Neal Schon 3:22
2. "Walks Like a Lady"   Perry 3:17
3. "Someday Soon"   Perry, Gregg Rolie, Schon 3:32
4. "People and Places"   Perry, Schon, Ross Valory 5:05
5. "Precious Time"   Perry, Schon 4:49
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
6. "Where Were You"   Perry, Schon 3:01
7. "I'm Cryin'"   Perry, Rolie 3:43
8. "Line of Fire"   Perry, Schon 3:06
9. "Departure"   Schon 0:38
10. "Good Morning Girl"   Perry, Schon 1:44
11. "Stay Awhile"   Perry, Schon 2:48
12. "Homemade Love"   Perry, Schon, Steve Smith 2:54
2006 remaster bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
13. "Natural Thing"   Perry, Valory 3:43
14. "Little Girl" (from the soundtrack Dream, After Dream) Schon, Perry, Rolie 5:47

Personnel

Band members
Production
  • Geoff Workman - producer, engineer, mixing
  • Kevin Elson - producer, live sound
  • Ken Kessie - engineer
  • Jim Welch - art direction

Charts

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
USA RIAA 1994 3x Platinum (+ 3,000,000)[13]

References

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  13. ↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Journey. Retrieved on 2013-06-30.
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