Journey (Journey album)

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 primarily a 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
Studio album by Journey
Released	April 1, 1975[1]
Recorded	November 1974
Studio	CBS Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre	Progressive rock[2] jazz rock[2]
Length	36:57
Label	Columbia
Producer	Roy Halee
Journey chronology
Journey (1975) Look into the Future (1976)
Singles from Journey
"To Play Some Music" Released: June 1975

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10[3]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[4]

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Of a Lifetime"	Gregg Rolie, George Tickner, Neal Schon	6:54
2.	"In the Morning Day"	Rolie, Ross Valory	4:27
3.	"Kohoutek" (instrumental)	Schon, Rolie	6:46

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"To Play Some Music"	Rolie, Schon	3:19
5.	"Topaz" (instrumental)	Tickner	6:12
6.	"In My Lonely Feeling / Conversations"	Rolie, R. Valory	5:01
7.	"Mystery Mountain"	Rolie, Tickner, Diane Valory	4:23

Personnel

Journey

• Gregg Rolie – lead vocals, keyboards
• Neal Schon – lead guitar, vocals
• George Tickner – rhythm guitar
• Ross Valory – bass, piano, vocals
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums

Production

• Roy Halee – producer, engineer
• Mark Friedman – recording
• George Horn – mastering at CBS Studios, San Francisco
• Nancy Donald – art direction
• Steven Silverstein – photography
• Richard Swanson – production management

Charts

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

See also

• Comet Kohoutek

References

1. Nick DeRiso. "How Journey Totally Jammed Out on Their Self-Titled Debut". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
2. 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.

External links

• Journey - Journey (1975) album review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, credits and releases at AllMusic.com
• Journey - Journey (1975) album releases & credits at Discogs.com
• Journey - Journey (1975) album to be listened as stream at Play.Spotify.com