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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Departure
| name = Departure
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| alt =
| alt =
| caption = Cover art by [[Alton Kelley]] and [[Stanley Mouse]]
| caption = Cover art by [[Alton Kelley]] and [[Stanley Mouse]]
| released = February 29, 1980<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Journey#search_section|title=RIAA certifications}}</ref>
| released = February 29, 1980
| recorded = November 5–12, 1979
| recorded = November 5–12, 1979
| venue =
| studio = [[The Automatt]], [[San Francisco]]
| studio = [[The Automatt]], [[San Francisco]]
| genre =
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[hard rock]]
*[[Hard rock]]
*[[progressive rock]]
| length = 37:49
| length = 37:49
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer = [[Geoff Workman]], [[Kevin Elson]]
| producer = [[Geoff Workman]], Kevin Elson
| prev_title = [[In the Beginning (Journey album)|In the Beginning]]
| prev_title = [[In the Beginning (Journey album)|In the Beginning]]
| prev_year = 1979
| prev_year = 1979
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| single2 = Walks Like a Lady
| single2 = Walks Like a Lady
| single2date = May 1980
| single2date = May 1980
| single3 = Good Morning Girl - Stay Awhile
| single3 = Good Morning Girl"/"Stay Awhile
| single3date = 30 July 1980 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Journey&titel=Good+Morning+Girl&cat=s|title=Journey singles}}</ref>
| single3date = July 30, 1980<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Journey&titel=Good+Morning+Girl&cat=s|title=Journey singles}}</ref>
}}
}}
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic" >{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/departure-mw0000194387 | title = Journey Departure review | access-date = 2013-07-05 | last = Franck | first = John | work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic" >{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/departure-mw0000194387 |title=Journey Departure review |access-date=2013-07-05 |last=Franck |first=John |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| rev2 =''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev2 =''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev2Score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/journey/albums/album/195518/review/5946245/departure | title = Album Reviews: Journey - Departure | access-date = 2013-07-07 | last = Swenson | first = John | date = 12 June 1980 | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070703192405/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/journey/albums/album/195518/review/5946245/departure | archive-date = 3 July 2007}}</ref>
| rev2Score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/journey/albums/album/195518/review/5946245/departure |title=Album Reviews: Journey - Departure |access-date=2013-07-07 |last=Swenson |first=John |date=June 12, 1980 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703192405/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/journey/albums/album/195518/review/5946245/departure |archive-date=July 3, 2007}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
| noprose = yes
}}
}}


'''''Departure''''' is the sixth [[studio album]] by American rock band [[Journey (band)|Journey]]. It was released on March 23, 1980, by [[Columbia Records]].<ref name=ClassicRock>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YZ2bT1mu97kC&pg=PA108 |page=108 |last1=Franck |first1=John |last2=Rivadavia |first2=Ed |editor=Chris Woodstra |editor2=John Bush |editor3=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=All Music Guide Required Listening: Classic Rock |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-87930-917-6}}</ref>
'''''Departure''''' is the sixth studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Journey (band)|Journey]]. It was released on February 29, 1980, by [[Columbia Records]].


''Departure'' was Journey's highest-charting album to that point, giving them their first appearance in the top 10 of the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album charts, peaking at No. 8. The album includes "[[Any Way You Want It]]", the lead off track and top 25 single.<ref name=ClassicRock/>
''Departure'' was Journey's highest-charting album to that point, giving them their first appearance in the top 10 of the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album charts, peaking at No. 8. The album includes "[[Any Way You Want It]]", the leadoff track and top 25 single.<ref name=ClassicRock>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YZ2bT1mu97kC&pg=PA108 |page=108 |last1=Franck |first1=John |last2=Rivadavia |first2=Ed |editor=Chris Woodstra |editor2=John Bush |editor3=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=All Music Guide Required Listening: Classic Rock |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-87930-917-6}}</ref>


The album featured an edgier sound, thanks partly to the "live in studio" way the songs were recorded.<ref name="allmusic" /> The band went into [[The Automatt]] studio with 19 tracks, eventually trimming down to 12.<ref name=ClassicRock/>
The album featured an edgier sound, thanks partly to the "live in studio" way the songs were recorded.<ref name="allmusic" /> The band went into [[The Automatt]] studio with 19 tracks, eventually trimming down to 12.<ref name=ClassicRock/>

Three singles were released off ''Departure''. "[[Any Way You Want It]]" reached #23 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and the follow-up "[[Walks Like a Lady]]" reached #32.<ref name=hot100/> The last single was a medley of "Good Morning Girl" and "Stay Awhile" which only reached #55.<ref name=hot100>{{cite web|title=Journey: Billboard Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/journey/chart-history/hsi/|accessdate=2023-02-21|publisher=Billboard}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' called the medley "an epic ballad" with "healthy amounts of pomp and bravado."<ref name=rw>{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=August 9, 1980|accessdate=2023-02-20|title=Single Picks|page=16|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/80/Record-World-1980-08-09.pdf}}</ref>


''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".
''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Journey-Departure/master/80585|title=1986 CD reissue: Catalog numbers CK 36339 (USA) and CDCBS 84101 (Europe)|work=[[Discogs]]|publisher=Zink Media|access-date=2014-08-06}}</ref> They subsequently remastered the album in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Journey-Departure/master/80585|title=1996 CD remaster: Catalog numbers 486667 2 (Europe) and CK 67727 (USA)|work=[[Discogs]]|publisher=Zink Media|access-date=2014-08-06}}</ref> BMG/Columbia remastered ''Departure'' again in 2006 for European, Japanese and American listeners,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Journey-Departure/master/80585|title=2006 CD remaster: Catalog numbers MHCP 1169 (Japan), 82876895442 (Europe) and 88697 00119 2 (USA)|work=[[Discogs]]|publisher=Zink Media|access-date=2014-08-06}}</ref> adding bonus tracks 13 "Natural Thing" and 14 "Little Girl". Dave Donnelly at DNA Mastering in New York City led the 2006 project.<ref>{{cite book|title=Liner notes, CD # 88697 00119 2|page=14|publisher=BMG Music Entertainment|year=2008}}</ref>
In 1986, Columbia reissued ''Departure'' on compact disc in the U.S. and Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Journey-Departure/master/80585|title=1986 CD reissue: Catalog numbers CK 36339 (USA) and CDCBS 84101 (Europe)|work=[[Discogs]]|publisher=Zink Media|access-date=2014-08-06}}</ref> They subsequently remastered the album in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Journey-Departure/master/80585|title=1996 CD remaster: Catalog numbers 486667 2 (Europe) and CK 67727 (USA)|work=[[Discogs]]|publisher=Zink Media|access-date=2014-08-06}}</ref> BMG/Columbia remastered ''Departure'' again in 2006 for European, Japanese and American listeners,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Journey-Departure/master/80585|title=2006 CD remaster: Catalog numbers MHCP 1169 (Japan), 82876895442 (Europe) and 88697 00119 2 (USA)|work=[[Discogs]]|publisher=Zink Media|access-date=2014-08-06}}</ref> adding bonus tracks 13 "Natural Thing" and 14 "Little Girl". Dave Donnelly at DNA Mastering in New York City led the 2006 project.<ref>{{cite book|title=Liner notes, CD # 88697 00119 2|page=14|publisher=BMG Music Entertainment|year=2008}}</ref>

''[[Cash Box]]'' called the single "Walks Like a Lady" a "short, to-the-point, easy blues/pop track" with "finger lickin’ good blues [guitar] leads in a subdued but tasteful style" and "moodsetting organ work."<ref name=cb>{{cite news|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=May 17, 1980|page=18|newspaper=Cash Box|accessdate=2022-01-01|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1980/CB-1980-05-17.pdf}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| headline = Side one
⚫
| all_writing = [[Steve Perry]] and [[Neal Schon]], except where noted
| title1 = [[Any Way You Want It]]
| title1 = [[Any Way You Want It]]
⚫
| writer1 = [[Steve Perry]], [[Neal Schon]]
| length1 = 3:22
| length1 = 3:22
| title2 = Walks Like a Lady
| title2 = [[Walks Like a Lady]]
| writer2 = Perry
| writer2 = Perry
| length2 = 3:17
| length2 = 3:17
| title3 = Someday Soon
| title3 = Someday Soon
| writer3 = Perry, [[Gregg Rolie]], Schon
| writer3 = {{hlist|Perry|[[Gregg Rolie]]|Schon}}
| length3 = 3:32
| length3 = 3:32
| title4 = People and Places
| title4 = People and Places
| writer4 = Perry, Schon, [[Ross Valory]]
| writer4 = {{hlist|Perry|Schon|[[Ross Valory]]}}
| length4 = 5:05
| length4 = 5:05
| title5 = Precious Time
| title5 = Precious Time
| writer5 = Perry, Schon
| length5 = 4:49
| length5 = 4:49
}}
}}
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| headline = Side two
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Where Were You
| title6 = Where Were You
| writer6 = Perry, Schon
| length6 = 3:01
| length6 = 3:01
| title7 = I'm Cryin{{'-}}
| title7 = I'm Cryin{{'-}}
| writer7 = Perry, Rolie
| writer7 = {{hlist|Perry|Rolie}}
| length7 = 3:43
| length7 = 3:43
| title8 = Line of Fire
| title8 = Line of Fire
| writer8 = Perry, Schon
| length8 = 3:06
| length8 = 3:06
| title9 = Departure
| title9 = Departure
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| length9 = 0:38
| length9 = 0:38
| title10 = Good Morning Girl
| title10 = Good Morning Girl
| writer10 = Perry, Schon
| length10 = 1:44
| length10 = 1:44
| title11 = Stay Awhile
| title11 = Stay Awhile
| writer11 = Perry, Schon
| length11 = 2:48
| length11 = 2:48
| title12 = Homemade Love
| title12 = Homemade Love
| writer12 = Perry, Schon, [[Steve Smith (musician)|Steve Smith]]
| writer12 = {{hlist|Perry|Schon|[[Steve Smith (musician)|Steve Smith]]}}
| length12 = 2:54
| length12 = 2:54
}}
}}
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| title13 = Natural Thing
| title13 = Natural Thing
| note13 = B-Side of ''[[Don't Stop Believin']]''
| note13 = B-Side of ''[[Don't Stop Believin']]''
| writer13 = Perry, Valory
| writer13 = {{hlist|Perry|Valory}}
| length13 = 3:43
| length13 = 3:43
| title14 = Little Girl
| title14 = Little Girl
| writer14 = Schon, Perry, Rolie
| writer14 = {{hlist|Schon|Perry|Rolie}}
| note14 = from the soundtrack ''[[Dream, After Dream]]''
| note14 = from the soundtrack ''[[Dream, After Dream]]''
| length14 = 5:47
| length14 = 5:47
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* Jim Welch – art direction
* Jim Welch – art direction


== Charts ==
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{{col-begin}}
! scope="col"| Chart (1980)
{{col-break}}
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
;Album
{| class="wikitable" width="330px"
!align="center"|Year
!align="center"|Chart
!align="center"|Position
|-
|-
{{album chart|Canada|48|artist=Journey|album=Departure|chartid=0168a|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|align="center" rowspan="2"|1980
|align="center"|[[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] (USA)<ref name="singles" >{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/departure-mw0000194387/awards | title = Departure Billboard Albums | access-date = 2013-07-06 | work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|8
|-
|-
!scope="row"|[[1980 in Japanese music|Japanese Albums]] ([[Oricon]])<ref name="jpn">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
|align="center"|[[RPM100]] Albums (Canada)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0168a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=jtplqq69av1ak6pm4oopjq6ko1| title = Top Albums/CDs - Volume 33, No. 9, May 24, 1980| access-date = 2013-07-06| date = 24 May 1980| publisher = [[Library and Archives Canada]]| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140912005658/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0168a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=jtplqq69av1ak6pm4oopjq6ko1| archive-date = 2014-09-12| url-status = dead}}</ref>
|align="center"|48
| align="center"| 61
|-
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|8|artist=Journey|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|align="center"|2006
|align="center"|[[Oricon]] Japanese Albums Charts<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/84198/ranking/cd_album/| script-title=ja:ジャーニー - クイーンズライクのアルバム売り上げランキング | access-date = 2013-02-17 | publisher = [[Oricon]] | language = ja}}</ref>
|align="center"|221
|}
|}
{{col-break}}
;Singles
{| class="wikitable" width="440px"
!align="center"|Year
!align="center"|Title
!align="center"|Chart
!align="center"|Position
|-
|align="center" rowspan="5"|1980
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Any Way You Want It]]"
|align="center"|[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="singles" />
|align="center"|23
|-
|align="center"|[[RPM100]] Hit Tracks (Canada)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0163a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=jtplqq69av1ak6pm4oopjq6ko1 | title = Top Singles - Volume 33, No. 8, May 17, 1980 | access-date = 2013-07-06 | date = 17 May 1980 | publisher = [[Library and Archives Canada]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140912005833/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0163a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=jtplqq69av1ak6pm4oopjq6ko1 | archive-date = 12 September 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|align="center"|50
|-
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"Walks Like a Lady"
|align="center"|[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="singles" />
|align="center"|32
|-
|align="center"|[[RPM100]] Hit Tracks (Canada)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0224a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=f1lv9jampqj6jcuv424n306pl3| title = Top Singles - Volume 33, No. 22, August 23, 1980| access-date = 2013-07-06| date = 17 May 1980| publisher = [[Library and Archives Canada]]| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140912001813/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0224a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=f1lv9jampqj6jcuv424n306pl3| archive-date = 12 September 2014| url-status = dead}}</ref>
|align="center"|31
|-
|align="center"| "Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile (medley)"
|align="center"|[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="singles" />
|align="center"|55
|}
{{col-end}}


== Certifications ==
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Departure |artist=Journey|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1980|certyear=1994|access-date=July 25, 2022}}
|-
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
|'''Country'''
|'''Organization'''
|'''Year'''
|'''Sales'''
|-
|USA
|[[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]
|1994
|3× Platinum (+ 3,000,000)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924154533/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=3&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Journey&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25 RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Journey]. Retrieved on 2013-06-30.</ref>
|-
|}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 04:18, 12 November 2024

Departure
Cover art by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse
Studio album by
Journey
ReleasedFebruary 29, 1980[1]
RecordedNovember 5–12, 1979
StudioThe Automatt, San Francisco
GenreRock, hard rock
Length37:49
LabelColumbia
ProducerGeoff Workman, Kevin Elson
Journey chronology
In the Beginning
(1979) 		Departure
(1980) 		Dream, After Dream
(1980)
Singles from Departure
  1. "Any Way You Want It"
    Released: February 1980
  2. "Walks Like a Lady"
    Released: May 1980
  3. "Good Morning Girl"/"Stay Awhile"
    Released: July 30, 1980[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[4]

Departure is the sixth studio album by American rock band Journey. It was released on February 29, 1980, by Columbia Records.

Departure was Journey's highest-charting album to that point, giving them their first appearance in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 album charts, peaking at No. 8. The album includes "Any Way You Want It", the leadoff track and top 25 single.[5]

The album featured an edgier sound, thanks partly to the "live in studio" way the songs were recorded.[3] The band went into The Automatt studio with 19 tracks, eventually trimming down to 12.[5]

Three singles were released off Departure. "Any Way You Want It" reached #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the follow-up "Walks Like a Lady" reached #32.[6] The last single was a medley of "Good Morning Girl" and "Stay Awhile" which only reached #55.[6] Record World called the medley "an epic ballad" with "healthy amounts of pomp and bravado."[7]

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.[8] They subsequently remastered the album in 1996.[9] BMG/Columbia remastered Departure again in 2006 for European, Japanese and American listeners,[10] adding bonus tracks 13 "Natural Thing" and 14 "Little Girl". Dave Donnelly at DNA Mastering in New York City led the 2006 project.[11]

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Steve Perry and Neal Schon, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Any Way You Want It" 3:22
2."Walks Like a Lady"Perry3:17
3."Someday Soon"
3:32
4."People and Places"
5:05
5."Precious Time" 4:49
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Where Were You" 3:01
7."I'm Cryin'"
  • Perry
  • Rolie
3:43
8."Line of Fire" 3:06
9."Departure"Schon0:38
10."Good Morning Girl" 1:44
11."Stay Awhile" 2:48
12."Homemade Love"
2:54
2006 remaster bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Natural Thing" (B-Side of Don't Stop Believin')
  • Perry
  • Valory
3:43
14."Little Girl" (from the soundtrack Dream, After Dream)
  • Schon
  • Perry
  • Rolie
5:47

Personnel

[edit]

Journey

  • Steve Perry – lead vocals
  • Neal Schon – guitars, co-lead vocals on "People and Places", backing vocals
  • Gregg Rolie – keyboards, harmonica, co-lead vocals on "Someday Soon", backing vocals
  • Ross Valory – bass guitar, bass pedals, backing vocals
  • Steve Smith – drums, percussion

Production

  • Geoff Workman – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Kevin Elson – producer, live sound
  • Ken Kessie – engineer
  • Jim Welch – art direction

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1980) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[12] 48
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[13] 61
US Billboard 200[14] 8

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[15] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "RIAA certifications".
  2. ^ "Journey singles".
  3. ^ a b Franck, John. "Journey Departure review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
  4. ^ Swenson, John (June 12, 1980). "Album Reviews: Journey - Departure". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 3, 2007. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Franck, John; Rivadavia, Ed (2008). Chris Woodstra; John Bush; Stephen Thomas Erlewine (eds.). All Music Guide Required Listening: Classic Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-87930-917-6.
  6. ^ a b "Journey: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  7. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. August 9, 1980. p. 16. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  8. ^ "1986 CD reissue: Catalog numbers CK 36339 (USA) and CDCBS 84101 (Europe)". Discogs. Zink Media. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  9. ^ "1996 CD remaster: Catalog numbers 486667 2 (Europe) and CK 67727 (USA)". Discogs. Zink Media. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  10. ^ "2006 CD remaster: Catalog numbers MHCP 1169 (Japan), 82876895442 (Europe) and 88697 00119 2 (USA)". Discogs. Zink Media. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  11. ^ Liner notes, CD # 88697 00119 2. BMG Music Entertainment. 2008. p. 14.
  12. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0168a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  13. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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  15. ^ "American album certifications – Journey – Departure". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
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