Arrival (Journey album)

{{Infobox album|

| name = Arrival

| type = studio

| artist = Journey

| cover = Journeyarrival.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Cover art by Chris Moore

| released =

  • 2000 (Japan)
  • April 3, 2001 (US)

| recorded = 1999–2000

| studio = Avatar, New York City

| genre = Arena rock

| length = 73:57

| label = Columbia/Sony

| producer = Kevin Shirley

| chronology = Journey studio album

| prev_title = Trial by Fire

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Generations

| next_year = 2005

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Japanese edition cover

| type = studio

| cover = Journey arrival Jap.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption =

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/arrival-mw0000086103 | title = Journey Arrival review | access-date = December 15, 2015 | last = Ruhlmann | first = William| publisher = AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Rolling Stone

| rev2Score = (mixed){{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/journey/albums/album/189414/review/6067478/arrival | title = Album Reviews: Journey - Arrival | access-date = 2013-07-25 | last = Masuo | first = Sandy | date = 3 April 2001 | magazine = Rolling Stone | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071220232340/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/journey/albums/album/189414/review/6067478/arrival | archive-date = 20 December 2007}}

| rev3 = PopMatters

| rev3Score = (favorable){{cite magazine | url = http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/journey-arrival/ | title = Journey: Arrival | access-date = 2013-08-04 | last = Ellis | first = Andrew | magazine = PopMatters}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Arrival is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band Journey, released on April 3, 2001. 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.

"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.

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.{{cite web |title=Arrival (album) on Journey home page |url=https://www.journeymusic.com/pages/disc/122 |website=www.journeymusic.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301163038/https://www.journeymusic.com/pages/disc/122 |archive-date=March 1, 2009 |access-date=January 24, 2023}}

"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,{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/arrival-mw0000086103/awards | title = Arrival Billboard Albums | access-date = 2013-07-25 | work = AllMusic | publisher = All Media Network}} Arrival was the band's first album to not receive at least a gold certification by the RIAA since 1977's Next.[https://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] {{webarchive|url=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 |date=2015-09-24 }}. Retrieved on 2013-06-30. 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.

{{track listing

| headline = U.S. edition

| title1 = Higher Place

| writer1 = {{hlist|Jack Blades|Neal Schon}}

| length1 = 5:10

| title2 = All the Way

| writer2 = {{hlist|N. Schon|Jonathan Cain|Taylor Rhodes|Steve Augeri}}

| length2 = 3:35

| title3 = Signs of Life

| writer3 = {{hlist|N. Schon|J. Cain|Elizabeth Cain}}

| length3 = 4:54

| title4 = All the Things

| writer4 = {{hlist|N. Schon|J. Cain|Andre Pessis}}

| length4 = 4:24

| title5 = Loved by You

| writer5 = {{hlist|J. Cain|Tammy Hyler|Kim Tribble}}

| length5 = 4:03

| title6 = Livin' to Do

| writer6 = {{hlist|N. Schon|Matt Schon|J. Cain|Tribble}}

| length6 = 6:25

| title7 = World Gone Wild

| writer7 = {{hlist|Blades|N. Schon|J. Cain}}

| length7 = 6:00

| title8 = I Got a Reason

| writer8 = {{hlist|Blades|N. Schon|J. Cain}}

| length8 = 4:20

| title9 = With Your Love

| writer9 = {{hlist|N. Schon|J. Cain|E. Cain}}

| length9 = 4:25

| title10 = Lifetime of Dreams

| writer10 = {{hlist|N. Schon|J. Cain|Tribble}}

| length10 = 5:29

| title11 = Live and Breathe

| writer11 = {{hlist|N. Schon|J. Cain|Augeri}}

| length11 = 5:15

| title12 = Nothin' Comes Close

| writer12 = {{hlist|N. Schon|J. Cain|Augeri}}

| length12 = 5:41

| title13 = To Be Alive Again (Edit)

| writer13 = {{hlist|J. Cain|Augeri|Tribble|Eric Bazilian}}

| length13 = 4:22

| title14 = Kiss Me Softly

| writer14 = {{hlist|Blades|N. Schon|Augeri}}

| length14 = 4:48

| title15 = We Will Meet Again

| writer15 = {{hlist|N. Schon|Augeri|Tribble}}

| length15 = 5:06

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Japanese edition

| title1 = Higher Place

| writer1 = {{hlist|Blades|N. Schon}}

| length1 = 5:10

| title2 = All the Way

| writer2 = {{hlist|N. Schon|J. Cain|Rhodes|Augeri}}

| length2 = 3:35

| title3 = Signs of Life

| writer3 = {{hlist|N. Schon|J. Cain|E. Cain}}

| length3 = 4:54

| title4 = All the Things

| writer4 = {{hlist|N. Schon|J. Cain|Pessis}}

| length4 = 4:24

| title5 = Loved by You

| writer5 = {{hlist|J. Cain|Hyler|Tribble}}

| length5 = 4:03

| title6 = Livin' to Do

| writer6 = {{hlist|N. Schon|M. Schon|Cain|Tribble}}

| length6 = 6:25

| title7 = I Got a Reason

| writer7 = {{hlist|Blades|N. Schon|J. Cain}}

| length7 = 4:20

| title8 = With Your Love

| writer8 = {{hlist|N. Schon|J. Cain|E. Cain}}

| length8 = 4:25

| title9 = Lifetime of Dreams

| writer9 = {{hlist|N. Schon|J. Cain|Tribble}}

| length9 = 5:29

| title10 = Live and Breathe

| writer10 = {{hlist|N. Schon|J. Cain|Augeri}}

| length10 = 5:15

| title11 = Kiss Me Softly

| writer11 = {{hlist|Blades|N. Schon|Augeri}}

| length11 = 4:48

| title12 = I'm Not That Way

| writer12 = {{hlist|N. Schon|J. Cain|Augeri|Tribble}}

| length12 = 4:23

| title13 = We Will Meet Again

| writer13 = {{hlist|N. Schon|Augeri|Tribble}}

| length13 = 5:06

| title14 = To Be Alive Again

| writer14 = {{hlist|J. Cain|Augeri|Tribble|Bazilian}}

| length14 = 4:48

}}

Personnel

;Band members

;Production

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" style="width:16em"| Chart (2000-2001)

!scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Germany4|62|id=19850|artist=Journey|album=Trial by Fire|rowheader=true|access-date=July 25, 2021}}
scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}

| align="center"| 19

{{album chart|Billboard200|56|artist=Journey|rowheader=true|access-date=July 25, 2021}}

References

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