Departure (Journey album)

Departure
Studio album by Journey
Released	March 23, 1980[1]
Recorded	November 1979 Automatt Studios[1]
Genre	Hard rock, rock
Length	37:49 (original) 47:29 (reissue)
Label	Columbia
Producer	Geoff Workman, Kevin Elson[1]
Journey chronology
In the Beginning (1980) Departure (1980) Dream, After Dream (1980)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Departure is the name of Journey's sixth album. It was released in March 1980 on the Columbia Records label.^[1]

Departure would be the band's highest charting album to date, giving Journey their first appearance in the top 10 of the Billboard album charts, peaking at #8. The album includes "Any Way You Want It", the lead off track and top 25 single.^[1]

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.^[1]

The album would mark the last 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".

The Departure Tour was one of the first Journey shows to feature pyrotechnics, as a measure before the line "That gunshot echoed through the town" on the song Line of Fire, a burst of fire came through either side of the stage.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Any Way You Want It"	Steve Perry, Neal Schon	3:22
2.	"Walks Like a Lady"	Perry	3:17
3.	"Someday Soon"	Perry, Gregg Rolie, Schon	3:32
4.	"People and Places"	Perry, Schon, Ross Valory	5:05
5.	"Precious Time"	Perry, Schon	4:49
6.	"Where Were You"	Perry, Schon	3:01
7.	"I'm Cryin'"	Perry, Rolie	3:43
8.	"Line of Fire"	Perry, Schon	3:06
9.	"Departure"	Schon	0:38
10.	"Good Morning Girl"	Perry, Schon	1:44
11.	"Stay Awhile"	Perry, Schon	2:48
12.	"Homemade Love"	Perry, Schon, Steve Smith	2:54
13.	"Natural Thing" (Bonus track on the 2006 reissue)	Perry, Valory	3:43
14.	"Little Girl" (Bonus track on the 2006 reissue)	Schon, Perry, Rolie	5:47

Personnel

• Neal Schon - guitars, lead vocals on track 4, backing vocals
• Steve Perry - lead vocals
• Gregg Rolie - keyboards, harmonica, lead vocals on track 3, backing vocals
• Steve Smith - drums and percussion
• Ross Valory - bass, backing vocals

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1980	The Billboard 200	8

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Franck, John; Rivadavia, Ed (2008). Chris Woodstra, John Bush, Stephen Thomas Erlewine. ed. All Music Guide Required Listening: Classic Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 108. ISBN 0879309172. http://books.google.com/books?id=YZ2bT1mu97kC&pg=PA108. 
2. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r10634
3. ^ Allmusic Review