Frontiers (Journey album)

Frontiers
Studio album by Journey
Released February 22, 1983
Recorded Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California, Autumn 1982
Genre Rock, hard rock
Length 44:09
Label Columbia
Producer Mike Stone, Kevin Elson
Journey chronology
Escape
(1981)		 Frontiers
(1983)		 Raised on Radio
(1986)
Singles from Frontiers
  1. "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" / "Frontiers"
    Released: January 5, 1983
  2. "Faithfully" / "Frontiers"
    Released: April 1983 (US, Australia)
  3. "Faithfully" / "Edge of the Blade"
    Released: April 1983 (Europe)
  4. "After the Fall" / "Only Solutions"
    Released: July 1983 (North America)
  5. "After the Fall" / "Rubicon"
    Released: July 1983 (UK)
  6. "Send Her My Love" / "Chain Reaction"
    Released: September 1983
  7. "Ask the Lonely" / "Troubled Child"
    Released: 1983 (Japan)

Frontiers is the eighth studio album by the American Rock band Journey, released in February 1983 on the Columbia Records label. This is the last album to feature bassist Ross Valory until 1996's Trial by Fire.

The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart[1] and would garner four top 40 singles: "After the Fall" (No. 23), "Send Her My Love" (No. 23), "Faithfully" (No. 12), and "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" (No. 8),[2] and a rock radio hit in "Chain Reaction". The album would later achieve the RIAA certification of six times platinum.[3]

The album had been sequenced and prepped for pressing when, in a last minute conference with Journey's A&R man Michael Dillbeck, two songs were pulled from the original lineup, "Ask the Lonely" and "Only the Young". These two tracks were replaced with "Back Talk" and "Troubled Child". "Ask the Lonely" was utilized in the soundtrack for the film Two of a Kind. "Only the Young" would find its way into the Top Ten two years later, joining the soundtrack of the movie Vision Quest.[4]

Frontiers was the band's highest-charting album in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart in 1983.[5]

Album Artwork

From an exclusive interview via E-Mail with Jim Welch by Scott Sullivan of the Journey WWW Page:

Frontiers was a subtle shift. Mouse and Kelley were not involved with that cover. My vision for Frontiers was based on "tunnels" and the relativity of time and motion. Light stays the same, but time bends. It was Einstein theories for artist interpretation. The alien in Frontiers wasn't really an alien at all, he was a connection to a higher level of listening to Journey.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
The Village VoiceD+[9]

In 2005, Frontiers was ranked number 363 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[10]

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"  Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain 5:23
2. "Send Her My Love"  Perry, Cain 3:55
3. "Chain Reaction"  Perry, Neal Schon, Cain 4:21
4. "After the Fall"  Perry, Cain 5:01
5. "Faithfully"  Cain 4:27
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
6. "Edge of the Blade"  Perry, Schon, Cain 4:30
7. "Troubled Child"  Perry, Schon, Cain 4:29
8. "Back Talk"  Perry, Cain, Steve Smith 3:17
9. "Frontiers"  Perry, Schon, Cain, Smith 4:10
10. "Rubicon"  Perry, Schon, Cain 4:19
2006 CD reissue bonus tracks
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
11. "Only the Young" (from the soundtrack of Vision Quest)Perry, Schon, Cain 4:18
12. "Ask the Lonely" (from the soundtrack of Two of a Kind)Perry, Cain 3:55
13. "Liberty"  Schon, Perry, Cain 2:54
14. "Only Solutions" (from the soundtrack of Tron)Cain, Schon, Perry 3:33

Personnel

Band members
Additional Musicians
Production

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1983 Billboard 200 (USA)[1] 2
UK Albums Chart[5] 6
RPM100 Albums (Canada)[11] 10
Norwegian Albums Chart[12] 12
Swedish Albums Chart[13] 21
German Albums Chart[14] 30
2006 Oricon Japanese Albums Charts[15] 143
Singles
Year Title Chart Position
1983 "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[2] 8
Mainstream Rock (USA)[2] 1
RPM100 Hit Tracks (Canada)[16] 11
"Faithfully" Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[2] 12
Adult Contemporary (USA)[2] 7
RPM100 Hit Tracks (Canada)[17] 36
"After the Fall" Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[2] 23
Mainstream Rock (USA)[2] 30
"Send Her My Love" Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[2] 23
Adult Contemporary (USA)[2] 27

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
USA RIAA 1997 6x Platinum (+ 6,000,000)[3]
Canada CRIA 1983 Platinum (+ 100,000)[18]

References

  1. 1 2 "Frontiers Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Frontiers Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
  3. 1 2 RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Journey. Retrieved on 2013-06-30.
  4. ↑ Journey "Time3" Box Set, page 41, 2005
  5. 1 2 "Journey Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  6. ↑ "Journey WWW Page Exclusive Interview".
  7. ↑ DeGagne, Mike. "Journey Frontiers review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
  8. ↑ Considine, J. D. (14 April 1983). "Album Reviews: Journey - Frontiers". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
  9. ↑ Christgau, Robert (26 July 1983). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  10. ↑ [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 65. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
  11. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 38, No. 3, March 19, 1983". Library and Archives Canada. 19 March 1983. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  12. ↑ "Journey - Frontiers (album)". Norwegiancharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  13. ↑ "Journey - Frontiers (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  14. ↑ "Album – Journey, Frontiers". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 38, No. 4, March 26, 1983". Library and Archives Canada. 26 March 1983. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  17. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 38, No. 15, June 11, 1983". Library and Archives Canada. 11 June 1983. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
  18. ↑ "Gold Platinum Search for Journey". Music Canada. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
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