Arrival (Journey album)

Arrival is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band Journey, released in the United States in 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
Cover art by Chris Moore
Studio album by
Journey
ReleasedDecember 2000
Recorded1999-2000
StudioAvatar Studios, New York City
GenreHard rock
Length73:57
LabelColumbia/Sony
ProducerKevin Shirley
Journey studio album chronology
Trial by Fire
(1996)		 Arrival
(2000)		 Generations
(2005)
Japanese edition cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone(mixed)[2]
PopMatters(favorable)[3]

"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 first released in Japan in late 2000 but, due to Internet leakage, the band decided to delay its release in the United States. Based on feedback from fans who heard the leaked version, the band decided to record two harder rocking songs, "World Gone Wild" and "Nothin' Comes Close," which were included on the American version of the album, which now did not retain "I'm Not That Way" from the Japanese release.

Arrival produced a minor adult contemporary hit with the ballad "All the Way," which 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,[4] Arrival was the band's first album to not receive at least gold status since 1977's Next.[5] 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 US 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 US CD edition features an edited version of "To Be Alive Again", the full version is only on the Japanese CD

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Higher Place"Jack Blades, Neal Schon5:10
2."All the Way"N. Schon, Jonathan Cain, Taylor Rhodes, Steve Augeri3:35
3."Signs of Life"N. Schon, J. Cain, Elizabeth Cain4:54
4."All the Things"N. Schon, J. Cain, Andre Pessis4:24
5."Loved by You"J. Cain, Tammy Hyler, Kim Tribble4:03
6."Livin' to Do"N. Schon, Matt Schon, J. Cain, Tribble6:25
7."World Gone Wild"J. Blades, N. Schon, J. Cain6:00
8."I Got a Reason"J. Blades, N. Schon, J. Cain4:20
9."With Your Love"Schon, J. Cain, E. Cain4:25
10."Lifetime of Dreams"N. Schon, J. Cain, Tribble5:29
11."Live and Breathe"N. Schon, J. Cain, Augeri5:15
12."Nothin' Comes Close"N. Schon, J. Cain, Augeri5:41
13."To Be Alive Again (edit)"J. Cain, Augeri, Tribble, Eric Bazilian4:22
14."Kiss Me Softly"J. Blades, N. Schon, Augeri4:48
15."We Will Meet Again"N. Schon, Augeri, Tribble5:06
Japanese edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Higher Place"Blades, N. Schon5:10
2."All the Way"N. Schon, J. Cain, Rhodes, Augeri3:35
3."Signs of Life"N. Schon, J. Cain, E. Cain4:54
4."All the Things"N. Schon, Cain, Pessis4:24
5."Loved by You"Cain, Hyler, Tribble4:03
6."Livin' to Do"N. Schon, M. Schon, Cain, Tribble6:25
7."I Got a Reason"J. Blades, N. Schon, Cain4:20
8."With Your Love"N. Schon, J. Cain, E. Cain4:25
9."Lifetime of Dreams"N. Schon, J. Cain, Tribble5:29
10."Live and Breathe"N. Schon, J. Cain, Augeri5:15
11."Kiss Me Softly"Blades, N. Schon, Augeri4:48
12."I'm Not That Way"N. Schon, J. Cain, Augeri, Tribble4:23
13."We Will Meet Again"N. Schon, Augeri, Tribble5:06
14."To Be Alive Again"J. Cain, Augeri, Tribble, Bazilian4:48

Personnel
Band members
Production

Charts
Year Chart Position
2000 Oricon Japanese Albums Charts[6] 19
2001 Billboard 200 (USA)[4] 56
Top Internet Albums (USA)[4] 12
German Albums Chart[7] 75

References
  1. Ruhlmann, William. "Journey Arrival review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  2. Masuo, Sandy (3 April 2001). "Album Reviews: Journey - Arrival". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 20 December 2007. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
  3. Ellis, Andrew. "Journey: Arrival". PopMatters. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  4. "Arrival Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
  5. RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Journey Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2013-06-30.
  6. 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 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
  7. "Album – Journey, Arrival". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
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