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Arrival (2000)

Where the lyrics of Arrival take you, and where it was really made.

Journey's Arrival reached American shops months after a Japanese release, because fan backlash led the band to swap a track and hold the US date until two harder-rocking songs were added.

Key places

Recording site: Power Station at BerkleeNYC (2000)

Recording site Power Station Studio — The source lists Power Station at BerkleeNYC in New York City as the place where this album was recorded. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Arrival: eleventh studio album by the American rock band Journey
• Japanese release in late 2000, with one song substituted
• US release on April 3, 2001
• First full-length studio album with new lead vocalist Steve Augeri, who replaced popular frontman Steve Perry
• Deen Castronovo replaced Steve Smith as the band's drummer on this album
• Hard rock influences akin to the band's 1970s and 1980s material
• Several ballads in the signature style the band achieved with Perry
• Augeri's vocal work keeps a style quite similar to Perry's

Background

• The Japanese version leaked to the internet
• Negative response from American fans
• The band recorded two more songs with a harder rock edge
• US release delayed until the new tracks could be included
• "I'm Not That Way" dropped from the US version
• "World Gone Wild" and "Nothin' Comes Close" added to the US version

Recording

• Kevin Shirley: producer, engineer, mixing
• Aya Takemura: engineer
• George Marino: mastering
• John Kalodner: A&R
• Personnel: Steve Augeri (lead vocals), Neal Schon (guitar, backing vocals), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, backing vocals, string arrangements), Ross Valory (bass, backing vocals), Deen Castronovo (drums, backing vocals)

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1973 by former members of Santana, the Steve Miller Band, and Frumious Bandersnatch.
• The band was originally called the Golden Gate Rhythm Section, intended as a backup group for Bay Area artists, before developing a jazz fusion style.
• The name Journey was suggested by roadie John Villanueva.

Members

• Current lineup includes Neal Schon (guitars, vocals), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, guitars, vocals), Deen Castronovo (drums, vocals), Arnel Pineda (lead vocals), Jason Derlatka (keyboards, vocals), and Todd Jensen (bass, vocals).
• Steve Perry was lead vocalist from 1977 to 1987, the band's most commercially successful period.

Career

• Escape reached number one on the Billboard 200 and produced "Open Arms" and "Don't Stop Believin'".
• Frontiers reached number two in the US and number six on the UK Albums Chart.
• "Don't Stop Believin'" was certified 18-times platinum by the RIAA in 2024, the top-selling digital track in US history.
• The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.
• A farewell tour, the Final Frontier Tour, began in February 2026 after Jonathan Cain announced his departure.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Mixed critical reviews
• Some critics considered the album formulaic
• Neal Schon's guitar playing was praised

Reappraisal

• Relatively successful commercially, per the source's account

Records

• Billboard Top Internet Albums: number 12
• Billboard 200 album chart: peak number 56
• "All the Way": 13 weeks on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, peak number 22
• First Journey album since 1977's Next without at least a gold RIAA certification
• Last studio album under Columbia Records, the band's label since its 1975 debut

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Negative response from American fans prompted the band to record two more songs with a harder rock edge.
• The US CD edition features an edited version of "To Be Alive Again"; the full version is only on the Japanese CD.
• "All the Way" spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, rising as high as No. 22.
• It was also their last studio album under Columbia Records, the band's label since its 1975 debut.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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