Английская Википедия:Frontiers (Journey album)
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Frontiers is the eighth studio album by the American rock band Journey, released in February 1983, by Columbia Records.[1] This was the band's last album to feature bassist Ross Valory until 1996's Trial by Fire.
The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart[2] 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),[3] and a rock radio hit in "Chain Reaction". The album would later achieve the RIAA certification of six times platinum.[4]
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, as part of the soundtrack of the movie Vision Quest.[5]
The band recorded a song called "All That Really Matters," with keyboardist Jonathan Cain singing lead, during the album sessions. It didn't see release until the 1992 release of the Time3 box set.
Frontiers was the band's highest-charting album in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart in 1983.[6]
Album artwork
Jim Welch designed the album cover. This was the first album cover since Next that did not employ the talents of Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley.
Welch, who has been Journey's art designer for more than 30 years (as of 2022), commented: "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."[7]
Critical reception
In 2005, Frontiers was ranked number 363 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[8]
Track listing
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Personnel
- Band members
- Steve Perry - lead vocals
- Neal Schon - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Jonathan Cain - keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Ross Valory - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Steve Smith - drums, percussion
- Additional Musicians
- Randy Jackson - bass guitar on "After the Fall"
- Production
- Mike Stone - producer, engineer, mixing
- Kevin Elson - producer, mixing
- Wally Buck - assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig - mastering
Charts
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- Album
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[9] | 80 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] | 26 |
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Oricon Japanese Albums Charts[11] | 143 |
- Singles
| Year | Title | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" | Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[3] | 8 |
| Mainstream Rock (USA)[3] | 1 | ||
| RPM100 Hit Tracks (Canada)[12] | 11 | ||
| "Faithfully" | Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[3] | 12 | |
| Adult Contemporary (USA)[3] | 7 | ||
| RPM100 Hit Tracks (Canada)[13] | 36 | ||
| "After the Fall" | Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[3] | 23 | |
| Mainstream Rock (USA)[3] | 30 | ||
| "Send Her My Love" | Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[3] | 23 | |
| Adult Contemporary (USA)[3] | 27 |
Certifications
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References
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- ↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Journey. Retrieved on June 30, 2013.
- ↑ Journey "Time3" Box Set, page 41, 2005
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