Editing Departure (Journey album)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Departure
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
| cover      = Journey_Departure.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    = Cover art by [[Alton Kelley]] and [[Stanley Mouse]]
| released   = February 29, 1980<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Journey#search_section|title=RIAA certifications}}</ref>
| recorded   = November 5–12, 1979
| studio     = [[The Automatt]], [[San Francisco]] 
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[hard rock]]
| length     = 37:49
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer   = [[Geoff Workman]], Kevin Elson
| prev_title = [[In the Beginning (Journey album)|In the Beginning]]
| prev_year  = 1979
| next_title = [[Dream, After Dream]]
| next_year  = 1980
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Departure
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Any Way You Want It]]
 | single1date = February 1980
 | single2     = Walks Like a Lady
 | single2date = May 1980
 | single3     = Good Morning Girl"/"Stay Awhile
 | single3date = July 30, 1980<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Journey&titel=Good+Morning+Girl&cat=s|title=Journey singles}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 =  [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic" >{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/departure-mw0000194387 |title=Journey Departure review |access-date=2013-07-05 |last=Franck |first=John |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| rev2 =''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev2Score = (favorable)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/journey/albums/album/195518/review/5946245/departure |title=Album Reviews: Journey - Departure |access-date=2013-07-07 |last=Swenson |first=John |date=June 12, 1980 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703192405/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/journey/albums/album/195518/review/5946245/departure |archive-date=July 3, 2007}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''Departure''''' is the sixth studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Journey (band)|Journey]]. It was released on February 29, 1980, by [[Columbia Records]].

''Departure'' was Journey's highest-charting album to that point, giving them their first appearance in the top 10 of the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album charts, peaking at No. 8. The album includes "[[Any Way You Want It]]", the leadoff track and top 25 single.<ref name=ClassicRock>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YZ2bT1mu97kC&pg=PA108 |page=108 |last1=Franck |first1=John |last2=Rivadavia |first2=Ed |editor=Chris Woodstra |editor2=John Bush |editor3=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=All Music Guide Required Listening: Classic Rock |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-87930-917-6}}</ref>

The album featured an edgier sound, thanks partly to the "live in studio" way the songs were recorded.<ref name="allmusic" /> The band went into [[The Automatt]] studio with 19 tracks, eventually trimming down to 12.<ref name=ClassicRock/>

Three singles were released off ''Departure''.  "[[Any Way You Want It]]" reached #23 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and the follow-up "[[Walks Like a Lady]]" reached #32.<ref name=hot100/> The last single was a medley of "Good Morning Girl" and "Stay Awhile" which only reached #55.<ref name=hot100>{{cite web|title=Journey: Billboard Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/journey/chart-history/hsi/|accessdate=2023-02-21|publisher=Billboard}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' called the medley "an epic ballad" with "healthy amounts of pomp and bravado."<ref name=rw>{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=August 9, 1980|accessdate=2023-02-20|title=Single Picks|page=16|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/80/Record-World-1980-08-09.pdf}}</ref>

''Departure'' would mark the last full-time 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".

In 1986, Columbia reissued ''Departure'' on compact disc in the U.S. and Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Journey-Departure/master/80585|title=1986 CD reissue: Catalog numbers CK 36339 (USA) and CDCBS 84101 (Europe)|work=[[Discogs]]|publisher=Zink Media|access-date=2014-08-06}}</ref> They subsequently remastered the album in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Journey-Departure/master/80585|title=1996 CD remaster: Catalog numbers 486667 2 (Europe) and CK 67727 (USA)|work=[[Discogs]]|publisher=Zink Media|access-date=2014-08-06}}</ref> BMG/Columbia remastered ''Departure'' again in 2006 for European, Japanese and American listeners,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Journey-Departure/master/80585|title=2006 CD remaster: Catalog numbers MHCP 1169 (Japan), 82876895442 (Europe) and 88697 00119 2 (USA)|work=[[Discogs]]|publisher=Zink Media|access-date=2014-08-06}}</ref> adding bonus tracks 13 "Natural Thing" and 14 "Little Girl".  Dave Donnelly at DNA Mastering in New York City led the 2006 project.<ref>{{cite book|title=Liner notes, CD # 88697 00119 2|page=14|publisher=BMG Music Entertainment|year=2008}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline        = Side one
| all_writing     = [[Steve Perry]] and [[Neal Schon]], except where noted
| title1          = [[Any Way You Want It]]
| length1         = 3:22
| title2          = [[Walks Like a Lady]]
| writer2         = Perry
| length2         = 3:17
| title3          = Someday Soon
| writer3         = {{hlist|Perry|[[Gregg Rolie]]|Schon}}
| length3         = 3:32
| title4          = People and Places
| writer4         = {{hlist|Perry|Schon|[[Ross Valory]]}}
| length4         = 5:05
| title5          = Precious Time
| length5         = 4:49
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = Side two
| title6          = Where Were You
| length6         = 3:01
| title7          = I'm Cryin{{'-}}
| writer7         = {{hlist|Perry|Rolie}}
| length7         = 3:43
| title8          = Line of Fire
| length8         = 3:06
| title9          = Departure
| writer9         = Schon
| length9         = 0:38
| title10         = Good Morning Girl
| length10        = 1:44
| title11         = Stay Awhile
| length11        = 2:48
| title12         = Homemade Love
| writer12        = {{hlist|Perry|Schon|[[Steve Smith (musician)|Steve Smith]]}}
| length12        = 2:54
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = 2006 remaster bonus tracks
| title13         = Natural Thing
| note13          = B-Side of ''[[Don't Stop Believin']]''
| writer13        = {{hlist|Perry|Valory}}
| length13        = 3:43
| title14         = Little Girl
| writer14        = {{hlist|Schon|Perry|Rolie}}
| note14          = from the soundtrack ''[[Dream, After Dream]]''
| length14        = 5:47
}}

==Personnel==
'''Journey'''
* [[Steve Perry]] – lead vocals
* [[Neal Schon]] – guitars, co-lead vocals on "People and Places", backing vocals
* [[Gregg Rolie]] – keyboards, harmonica, co-lead vocals on "Someday Soon", backing vocals
* [[Ross Valory]] – bass guitar, bass pedals, backing vocals
* [[Steve Smith (musician)|Steve Smith]] – drums, percussion

'''Production'''
* [[Geoff Workman]] – producer, engineer, mixing
* Kevin Elson – producer, live sound
* Ken Kessie – engineer
* Jim Welch – art direction

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1980)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Canada|48|artist=Journey|album=Departure|chartid=0168a|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|[[1980 in Japanese music|Japanese Albums]] ([[Oricon]])<ref name="jpn">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
| align="center"| 61
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|8|artist=Journey|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}}
|}

==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Departure |artist=Journey|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1980|certyear=1994|access-date=July 25, 2022}}
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==References==
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[[Category:Albums produced by Kevin Elson]]