The Journey (Earl Klugh album)

{{Infobox album

| name = The Journey

| type = studio

| artist = Earl Klugh

| cover = The Journey (Earl Klugh album) coverart.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 5, 1997

| recorded = 1997

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Smooth jazz, crossover jazz

| length = {{Duration|m=51|s=29}}

| label = Warner Bros.

| producer = Earl Klugh

| prev_title = Sudden Burst of Energy

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Peculiar Situation

| next_year = 1999

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r308100}}

}}

The Journey is a smooth jazz studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1997. The album stayed on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums charts for several weeks at No 6.{{cite web|title=Top Contemporary Jazz Albums|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQoEAAAAMBAJ&q=earl+klugh+%22the+journey%22&pg=PA39|website=Google Books/Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media.|access-date=15 June 2017|language=en|date=20 September 1997}} This was the final album that Klugh recorded for Warner Bros. Records.{{cite web|title=The Artists: Earl Klugh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p-ECAAAAMBAJ&q=klugh+%22The+Journey%22&pg=PA212|website=Google Books/Atlanta (magazine)|publisher=Emmis Communications|access-date=15 June 2017|language=en|date=September 2004}}{{cite news|title=Capsule Reviews|last=Shull|first=Chris|date=29 August 1997|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|location=Fort Worth, Texas}}