Journey
Studio album by
Journey
ReleasedApril 1, 1975[1]
RecordedNovember 1974
StudioCBS Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre
Length36:57
LabelColumbia
ProducerRoy Halee
Journey chronology
Journey
(1975) 		Look into the Future
(1976)
Singles from Journey
  1. "To Play Some Music"
    Released: June 1975
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[3]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[4]

Journey is the debut studio album by American rock band Journey. It was released on April 1, 1975, by Columbia Records. Unlike their later recordings, this is a jazzy progressive rock album which focuses mainly on the band's instrumental talents.[5] It is the only album to include rhythm guitarist George Tickner among their lineup.

Journey recorded a demo album prior to the release of Journey, with the same songs in different order and with Prairie Prince as the drummer. There were additional tracks, including instrumental pieces, that did not make it to the final product, including the original title track of the demo album, "Charge of the Light Brigade".

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Of a Lifetime"Gregg Rolie, George Tickner, Neal Schon6:54
2."In the Morning Day"Rolie, Ross Valory4:27
3."Kohoutek" (instrumental)Schon, Rolie6:46
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."To Play Some Music"Rolie, Schon3:19
5."Topaz" (instrumental)Tickner6:12
6."In My Lonely Feeling / Conversations"Rolie, R. Valory5:01
7."Mystery Mountain"Rolie, Tickner, Diane Valory4:23

Personnel

Journey

Production

Charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] 72
US Billboard 200[7] 138

See also

References

  1. ^ Nick DeRiso. "How Journey Totally Jammed Out on Their Self-Titled Debut". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  2. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Journey - Journey (1975) review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 153. ISBN 978-1894959025.
  4. ^ Bowman, Cynthia (5 June 1975). "Journey - Journey (1st LP)". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 9 May 2006. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  5. ^ Pete Prown, HP Newquist, Jon F. Eiche Legends of rock guitar: the essential reference of rock's greatest guitarists, pg. 175, Hal Leonard Corporation (1997), ISBN 0-7935-4042-9
  6. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  7. ^ "Journey Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 May 2022.

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