Journey / Arrival

The Journey’s 11th studio album was released in Japan 3 months ahead of worldwide with a substituted song in October 2000. The album was the first full-length studio album with lead vocalist Steve Augeri (ex. Tall Stories) and with Deen Castronovo (ex. Bad English). It was a little surprise for me that this album included not only hard-edge Journey Rock tunes but also typical Journey ballads tunes. Arrival received mixed critical reviews, with some considering the album formulaic, while praising such elements as Neal Schon's guitar playing.
The 2001 US edition was released with 2 alternate tracks "World Gone Wild" and "Nothin' Comes Close" and "I'm Not That Way" was dropped. The US CD edition features an edited version of "To Be Alive Again", the full version is only on the Japanese CD. And the artworks was also replaced with the black one ( see the second pohoto).

Release: 25 October, 2000 (Japan) / January 2001(USA)
Label: SME Records, Japan (SRCS2330) / Columbia ‎Records, USA (CK 69864)

Tracks (Japanese edition):
1. Higher Place
2. All The Way
3. Signs Of Life
4. All The Things
5. Loved By You
6. Livin' To Do
7. I Got A Reason
8. With Your Love
9. Lifetime Of Dreams
10. Live And Breathe
11. Kiss Me Softly
12. I'm Not That Way **
13. We Will Meet Again
14. To Be Alive Again *

* Bonus Track for Japanese edition
** dropped on US edition

Tracks (US edition):
1. Higher Place
2. All The Way
3. Signs Of Life
4. All The Things
5. Loved By You
6. Livin' To Do
7. World Gone Wild
8. I Got A Reason
9. With Your Love
10. Lifetime Of Dreams
11. Live And Breathe
12. Nothin' Comes Close
13. To Be Alive Again (edited version)
14. Kiss Me Softly
15. We Will Meet Again

Producer: Kevin Shirley

Journey is:
Neal Schon: Guitars, Background Vocals
Jonathan Cain: Keyboards, Background Vocals
Ross Valory: Bass, Background Vocals
Dean Castronovo: Drums, Background Vocals
Steve Augeri: Lead Vocals

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