Departure [Bonus Tracks]
Departure
The third and final album of what could be called Journey s cocoon phase (Escape would give birth to a fully formed butterfly and put the band through a different stratosphere), 1980's Departure would also be the quintet's last with keyboardist/vocalist Gregg Rolie Produced by Geoff Workman and Kevin Elson (essentially both engineers turned producers), the album continued to build on the band's previous two recordings, but offered an added edge, arrangement-wise. This was likely due to the fact that the band had walked into Automatt Studios with 19 new tunes and proceeded to record most of them live, eventually trimming down to 11 songs. Catapulting all the way up to number eight on the Billboard Top 200, Departure was the band's highest charting album to date and got off to an explosive start with the driving riffs and chorused vocals of "Anyway You Want It" (another radio smash that would chart Top 25). Never sounding tighter, the quintet then launches into "Walks Like a Lady" (another future FM staple, which would climb to number 32) and a string of outstanding rockers, including future concert opener "Where Were You" and the stop-go-stop-go energy of "Line of Fire." On the other hand, elegant power ballads like "Good Morning" and "Stay Awhile" would foreshadow the band's future commercial triumphs on Escape And even though it packs the occasional filler like "Someday Soon" and "Homemade Love" (a weak attempt to boogie that falls absolutely flat and, tellingly, was the only Gregg Rolie sung tune here), Departure is a solid record all around. Soon, Rolie would be replaced by the greater pop savvy songwriting muscle of former Babys keyboard man Jonathan Caine and Journey would go from huge cult act to monster superstars. [The 2006 reissue contains two bonus tracks: "Natural Thing" (the B-side to "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Little Girl," which appeared on the Dream After Dream soundtrack ] ~ John Franck & Ed Rivadavia, All Music Guide
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Departure [Bonus Tracks]
- UPC:
- 886970011921
- Label:
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Sony
- Released:
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10/3/2006
- Rating:
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0
- Disc:
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1
- Genre:
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ROCK
| | Title | Time |
Preview
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| 1 | Any Way You Want It (Live) | 5:40 |
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| 2 | Walks Like A Lady | 5:16 |
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| 3 | Someday Soon | 5:32 |
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| 4 | People And Places | 8:25 |
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| 5 | Precious Time | 7:29 |
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| 6 | Where Were You | 5:00 |
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| 7 | I'm Cryin' (Album) | 5:43 |
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| 8 | Line Of Fire | 5:05 |
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| 9 | Departure | 0:39 |
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| 10 | Good Morning Girl | 2:24 |
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| 11 | Stay Awhile | 4:06 |
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| 12 | Homemade Love | 4:13 |
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| 13 | Natural Thing | 5:45 |
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| 14 | Little Girl | 9:08 |
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Credits »
John Jackson - Repackaging
Mouse - Lettering
Kevin Elson - Producer
Kevin Elson - Live Sound
Herbie Herbert - Management
Pat Johnson - Photography
Ken Kessie - Engineer
Scott Ross - Stage Manager
Jim Welch - Art Direction
Jim Welch - Art Producer
Geoff Workman - Producer
Geoff Workman - Engineer
Geoff Workman - Mixing
William Hames - Photography
Peter Ogilvie - Photography
Johnny Villanueva - Promoter
Michael N. Marks - Photography
Ken Mednick - Lighting Design
Cyndy Poon - Memorabilia
Carolina Bagnarol - Management
Sandy Einstein - Promoter
Mike Hausmann - Photography
Kelley - Cover Art
Pat Marrow - Management
Tena Schon - Make-Up
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