Arrival (Journey album)

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Arrival
Journeyarrival.jpg
Cover art by Chris Moore
Studio album by
Released
  • 2000 (Japan)
  • April 3, 2001 (US)
Recorded1999–2000
Studio Avatar, New York City
Genre Arena rock [1]
Length73:57
Label Columbia/Sony
Producer Kevin Shirley
Journey studio album chronology
Trial by Fire
(1996)
Arrival
(2000)
Generations
(2005)
Japanese edition cover
Journey arrival Jap.jpg
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Rolling Stone (mixed) [2]
PopMatters (favorable) [3]

Arrival is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band Journey, released on April 3, 2001. [1] A version with one substituted song was released in Japan in 2000. The album was the band's first full-length studio album with new lead vocalist Steve Augeri, who replaced popular frontman Steve Perry, and with Deen Castronovo, who replaced Steve Smith as the band's drummer.

Contents

"Arrival" exhibits hard rock influences akin to the band's material from the 1970s and 1980s, while also featuring several ballads in the signature style the band achieved with Perry. Frontman Augeri's vocal work also retains a style quite similar to Perry. While relatively successful commercially, reaching the #12 spot on Billboard 's Top Internet Albums chart, Arrival received mixed critical reviews, with some considering the album formulaic, while praising such elements as Neal Schon's guitar playing. [1]

Album details and reception

The album was released in Japan in late 2000, and it leaked to the internet. Negative response from American fans prompted the band to record two more songs with a harder rock edge, and delay the release of the album in the US until these new tracks could be included. The song "I'm Not That Way" was dropped on US version, and the songs "World Gone Wild" and "Nothin' Comes Close" were added. [4]

"All the Way" spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts, rising as high as No. 22. The album peaked at No. 56 on Billboard 's album chart, [5] Arrival was the band's first album to not receive at least a gold certification by the RIAA since 1977's Next. [6] It was also their last studio album under Columbia Records, which had been the band's label since their self-titled 1975 debut.

Track listings

The U.S. and SACD editions do not include "I'm Not That Way" as on the Japanese edition, but instead add "World Gone Wild" and "Nothin' Comes Close". The U.S. CD edition features an edited version of "To Be Alive Again", the full version is only on the Japanese CD.

U.S. edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Higher Place"5:10
2."All the Way"3:35
3."Signs of Life"
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
  • Elizabeth Cain
4:54
4."All the Things"
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
  • Andre Pessis
4:24
5."Loved by You"
4:03
6."Livin' to Do"
  • N. Schon
  • Matt Schon
  • J. Cain
  • Tribble
6:25
7."World Gone Wild"
  • Blades
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
6:00
8."I Got a Reason"
  • Blades
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
4:20
9."With Your Love"
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
  • E. Cain
4:25
10."Lifetime of Dreams"
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
  • Tribble
5:29
11."Live and Breathe"
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
  • Augeri
5:15
12."Nothin' Comes Close"
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
  • Augeri
5:41
13."To Be Alive Again (Edit)"
4:22
14."Kiss Me Softly"
  • Blades
  • N. Schon
  • Augeri
4:48
15."We Will Meet Again"
  • N. Schon
  • Augeri
  • Tribble
5:06
Japanese edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Higher Place"
  • Blades
  • N. Schon
5:10
2."All the Way"
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
  • Rhodes
  • Augeri
3:35
3."Signs of Life"
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
  • E. Cain
4:54
4."All the Things"
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
  • Pessis
4:24
5."Loved by You"
  • J. Cain
  • Hyler
  • Tribble
4:03
6."Livin' to Do"
  • N. Schon
  • M. Schon
  • Cain
  • Tribble
6:25
7."I Got a Reason"
  • Blades
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
4:20
8."With Your Love"
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
  • E. Cain
4:25
9."Lifetime of Dreams"
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
  • Tribble
5:29
10."Live and Breathe"
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
  • Augeri
5:15
11."Kiss Me Softly"
  • Blades
  • N. Schon
  • Augeri
4:48
12."I'm Not That Way"
  • N. Schon
  • J. Cain
  • Augeri
  • Tribble
4:23
13."We Will Meet Again"
  • N. Schon
  • Augeri
  • Tribble
5:06
14."To Be Alive Again"
  • J. Cain
  • Augeri
  • Tribble
  • Bazilian
4:48

Personnel

Band members
Production

Charts

Chart (2000-2001)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 62
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [8] 19
US Billboard 200 [9] 56

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