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Arrival

 
Album Review: Arrival

  • Artist: Journey
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: April 03, 2001
  • Total Time: 73:50
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Journey was formed originally as a vehicle for Neal Schon's guitar pyrotechnics, but after five years the band sought out a lead singer to give them mainstream pop appeal, and Steve Perry did that, helping them to a string of seven consecutive multi-platinum albums before the band broke up in 1987. A 1996 reunion put them back in the winners' circle with Trial by Fire, but Perry then bowed out for health reasons, putting Journey in the sticky position of recruiting a new lead singer. (Drummer Steve Smith has also been replaced by Deen Castronovo formerly of Bad English.) They chose a soundalike, Steve Augeri, which suggests that they are more concerned with recreating their hits in concert than in making new music. A group of Journey's vintage always risks sounding like a copy band of itself, and Arrival, the first full-length album with Augeri, realizes that danger. The singer doesn't quite have Perry's smooth, flowing tenor, but he's close enough so that much of the time, especially in big arrangements, he can fool you, though at unadorned moments on ballads he sounds different. When he's not singing, the music is even more like Journey, with Schon's soaring leads supported by Jonathan Cain's bright keyboards in typical arena rock arrangements. It's hard to argue that the generalized romantic sentiments that make up the lyrics, here contributed by a variety of people including Augeri and Cain's wife, are any worse than Perry's, but Perry sang his words with more feeling than Augeri does. So, the new Journey turns out to be a half-step back to the old (make that the old, old Journey -- pre-Perry, when Schon ruled). Odds are, that will be a more difficult sell at record stores, though Augeri's similarity to Perry means that the concert revenues shouldn't suffer. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Higher Place (Lyrics) Jack Blades, Neal Schon Journey (5:09)
All the Way Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Steve Augeri Journey (3:35)
Signs of Life Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain Journey (4:54)
All the Things Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain Journey (4:23)
Loved by You (Lyrics) Tammy Hyler, Jonathan Cain Journey (4:02)
Livin' to Do (Lyrics) Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon Journey (6:24)
World Gone Wild (Lyrics) Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Jack Blades Journey (6:00)
I Got a Reason (Lyrics) Neal Schon, Jack Blades, Jonathan Cain Journey (4:20)
With Your Love Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon Journey (4:25)
Lifetime of Dreams (Lyrics) Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon Journey (5:29)
Live and Breathe Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Steve Augeri Journey (5:15)
Nothin' Comes Close Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Steve Augeri Journey (5:41)
To Be Alive Again (Lyrics) Jonathan Cain, Steve Augeri Journey (4:21)
Kiss Me Softly (Lyrics) Steve Augeri, Jack Blades, Neal Schon Journey (4:47)
We Will Meet Again (Lyrics) Neal Schon, Steve Augeri Journey (5:05)

Credits

Neal Schon (Guitar), Jason Patterson (Technician), Jonathan Cain (Vocals (Background)), Pat Thrall (Editing), Kevin Shirley (Mixing), Aya Takemura (Engineer), Kevin Shirley (Producer), Ross Valory (Guitar (Bass)), Neal Schon (Cover Art Direction), Deen Castronovo (Vocals (Background)), Deen Castronovo (Group Member), Ross Valory (Group Member), Neal Schon (Cover Art), Leff Lefferts (Assistant), Marina Chavez (Photography), Neal Schon (Vocals (Background)), Leslie Langlo (A&R), Neal Schon (Art Direction), Jonathan Cain (Keyboards), Kevin Shirley (Engineer), Kevin "Spank" Shirley (Producer), Jen Wyler (Author), George Marino (Mastering), Jonathan Cain (String Arrangements), David Daoud Coleman (Cover Art Direction), Steve Augeri (Vocals), Jonathan Cain (Group Member), Ross Valory (Bass), Robert Allen Craft, Jr. (Technician), Claudius Mittendorfer (Assistant Engineer), Richard "Rindell" Ivers (Project Coordinator), Leff Lefferts (Assistant Engineer), Chris Moore (Illustrations), Neal Schon (Group Member), Steve Augeri (Group Member), Gary Cirimelli (Programming), David Coleman (Art Direction), David Daoud Coleman (Art Direction), Ross Valory (Vocals (Background)), David Coleman (Cover Art), Chris Moore (Cover Illustration), Deen Castronovo (Drums), Claudius Mittendorfer (Assistant)
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Arrival
Studio album by Journey
Released April 3, 2001
Recorded 1999-2000
Genre Rock
Length 73:50
Label Columbia
CK 69864
Producer Kevin Shirley
Professional reviews
Journey chronology
Greatest Hits Live
(1998)
Arrival
(2001)
Red 13
(2002)

Arrival is the eleventh studio album by the rock band Journey, released in 2000.

It was Journey's first studio album with new lead singer Steve Augeri, who had replaced the better-known Steve Perry. Journey also had a new drummer, Deen Castronovo, for this record.

The album was originally first released in Japan in late 2000, but due to its leakage onto the Internet, the band decided to delay its release in the United States. Due to feedback from fans who heard the leaked version of Arrival, the band decided to record two harder rocking songs, which were included on the American version of the album.

Arrival produced a minor adult contemporary hit with the ballad "All the Way", while rock fans were more satisfied with songs like "Higher Place" and the two new tracks on the American release, "World Gone Wild" and "Nothin' Comes Close".

Arrival was Journey's first album that did not receive at least gold status, since 1977's Next.

Highest Chart Position: #56

Contents

U.S. and SACD Track listing

  1. "Higher Place" – 5:09 (Jack Blades/Neal Schon)
  2. "All the Way" – 3:35 (N. Schon/Jonathan Cain/Michael Rhodes/Steve Augeri)
  3. "Signs of Life" – 4:54 (N. Schon/J. Cain/Elizabeth Cain)
  4. "All the Things" – 4:23 (N. Schon/J. Cain/Andre Pessis)
  5. "Loved By You" – 4:02 (J. Cain/Tammy Hyler/Tribble)
  6. "Livin' to Do" – 6:24 (N. Schon/Matt Schon/J. Cain/Tribble)
  7. "World Gone Wild" – 6:00 (Blades/N. Schon/J. Cain)
  8. "I Got a Reason" – 4:20 (Blades/N. Schon/J. Cain)
  9. "With Your Love" – 4:25 (Schon/J. Cain/E. Cain)
  10. "Lifetime of Dreams" – 5:29 (N. Schon/J. Cain/Tribble)
  11. "Live and Breathe" – 5:15 (N. Schon/J. Cain/Augeri)
  12. "Nothin' Comes Close" – 5:41 (N. Schon/J. Cain/Augeri)
  13. "To Be Alive Again" – 4:21 (J. Cain/Augeri/Tribble/Eric Bazilian)
  14. "Kiss Me Softly" – 4:47 (Blades/N. Schon/Augeri)
  15. "We Will Meet Again" – 5:05 (N. Schon/Augeri/Tribble)

Japanese Track listing

  1. "Higher Place" – 5:09 (Jack Blades/Neal Schon)
  2. "All the Way" – 3:35 (N. Schon/Jonathan Cain/Michael Rhodes/Steve Augeri)
  3. "Signs of Life" – 4:54 (N. Schon/J. Cain/Elizabeth Cain)
  4. "All the Things" – 4:23 (N. Schon/J. Cain/Andre Pessis)
  5. "Loved By You" – 4:02 (J. Cain/Tammy Hyler/Tribble)
  6. "Livin' to Do" – 6:24 (N. Schon/Matt Schon/J. Cain/Tribble)
  7. "I Got a Reason" – 4:20 (Blades/N. Schon/J. Cain)
  8. "With Your Love" – 4:25 (Schon/J. Cain/E. Cain)
  9. "Lifetime of Dreams" – 5:29 (N. Schon/J. Cain/Tribble)
  10. "Live and Breathe" – 5:15 (N. Schon/J. Cain/Augeri)
  11. "Kiss Me Softly" – 4:47 (Blades/N. Schon/Augeri)
  12. "I'm Not That Way"
  13. "We Will Meet Again" – 5:05 (N. Schon/Augeri/Tribble)
  14. "To Be Alive Again" – 4:21 (J. Cain/Augeri/Tribble/Eric Bazilian)
  • The Japanese version deletes "World Gone Wild" and "Nothin' Comes Close" and adds "I'm Not That Way".

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