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2022 studio album by Journey
Freedom
Released July 8, 2022 Recorded 2021 Studio Tarpan Studio (San Rafael, California) Yo Mama's House (Hollywood, California) Left On Sunset (Hollywood, California)
NRG Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) Addiction Sound (Nashville, Tennessee) Dreamsong (Orlando, Florida) Length 73 :12
Label
BMG
Producer
"The Way We Used to Be" Released: June 24, 2021
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"You Got the Best of Me" Released: April 26, 2022
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"Let It Rain" Released: May 17, 2022
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"Don't Give Up on Us" Released: June 7, 2022
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"United We Stand" Released: July 4, 2022
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Freedom is the fifteenth studio album by the American
rock band
Journey , released on July 8, 2022, through
BMG Rights Management and
Frontiers Records . It is the band's second album to date not to feature founding bassist
Ross Valory , who was dismissed in 2020; he is replaced by
Randy Jackson , who was last on
Raised on Radio (1986). With fifteen songs and a run time of one hour and thirteen minutes, it is the longest Journey album ever released, excluding compilations.
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Upon its release Freedom received mixed critical reviews – despite the performances and musicianship receiving near-universal praise, criticism was directed at its production, mixing and length.
Background and title
The album's 11-year gap from
Eclipse (2011) marked the longest between two Journey studio albums to date. It is the only Journey album to feature drummer and producer
Narada Michael Walden , as well as the first album to feature bassist
Randy Jackson since
Raised on Radio (1986). Both departed the group before its release.
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The album's title of Freedom was the original title of the group's 1986 album Raised on Radio , but was changed by then lead singer
Steve Perry .
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Track listing
All tracks are written by
Neal Schon ,
Jonathan Cain , and
Narada Michael Walden , except where noted
Title 1. "Together We Run" (Walden, Rachel Efron,
Randy Jackson , Cain, Schon) 4:49 2. "Don't Give Up on Us" 5:23 3. "Still Believe in Love" 5:16 4. "You Got the Best of Me" 5:33 5. "Live to Love Again" (Cain) 5:30 6. "The Way We Used to Be" 3:35 7. "Come Away with Me" 4:02 8. "After Glow" 5:22 9. "Let It Rain" 4:40 10. "Holdin' On" (Schon, Cain, Jackson, Walden) 3:14 11. "All Day and All Night" 3:38 12. "Don't Go" (
Arnel Pineda , Schon, Walden, Cain) 4:58 13. "United We Stand" (Schon, Cain, Walden, Jackson) 5:05 14. "Life Rolls On" (Schon, Walden) 4:57 15. "Beautiful as You Are" 7:10 Total length: 73:12
Japanese edition bonus track Title 16. "Hard to Let It Go" (Cain) 4:08
Notes
The CD released by BMG does not list Walden among the writers of "The Way We Used to Be".
Personnel
Journey
Neal Schon – guitars, backing vocals, keyboards
Jonathan Cain – keyboards (except "All Day and All Night" and "Don't Go"), backing vocals, synth bass on "Still Believe in Love"
Arnel Pineda – lead vocals (except "After Glow")
Randy Jackson – bass (except "Still Believe in Love"), backing vocals
Narada Michael Walden – drums, backing vocals, keyboards
Jason Derlatka – backing vocals on tracks 5, 6, 9, 12, 14, 15
Deen Castronovo – lead vocals on "After Glow"
Production
Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Narada Michael Walden – production
Bob Clearmountain , Adam Ayan, Jim Reitzel, Keith Gretlein, David Kalmusky – engineering
Charts
References
^ Kaufman, Gil (June 24, 2021).
"Journey Release First New Song in Decade, 'The Way We Used to Be' " .
Billboard . Retrieved May 16, 2022 .
^ Greene, Andy (April 26, 2022).
"Journey Preview New LP 'Freedom' With 'You Got the Best of Me' " .
Rolling Stone . Retrieved May 16, 2022 .
^ Irwin, Corey (May 17, 2022).
"Listen to Journey's New Song 'Let It Rain' " .
Ultimate Classic Rock . Retrieved May 17, 2022 .
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"Journey Releases New Single 'Don't Give Up On Us' " .
Blabbermouth.net . June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022 .
^ Irwin, Corey (July 4, 2022).
"Listen to Journey's New Single 'United We Stand' " . Ultimate Classic Rock . Retrieved July 4, 2022 .
^ Monger, James Christopher.
"Journey Freedom review" .
AllMusic .
Rovi Corporation . Retrieved July 9, 2022 .
^ Barton, Geoff (July 8, 2022).
"Journey's Freedom: a succession of songs that are the stuff of legend" . Classic Rock . Future plc. Retrieved July 8, 2022 .
^ Hicks, Tony (July 4, 2022).
"ALBUM REVIEW: After 11 years, Journey overstays its welcome on 'Freedom' " . Riff Magazine . Retrieved July 20, 2022 .
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"Journey Releases Official Visualizer For New Single 'You Got The Best Of Me' " .
Blabbermouth.net . May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2022 .
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"Jonathan Cain Says Journey 'Step Out a Little Bit' on New Album" . Ultimate Classic Rock . March 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022 .
^ Wardlaw, Matt (May 24, 2022).
"Journey's 'Raised on Radio' Was Almost Called 'Freedom' " . Ultimate Classic Rock . Retrieved May 26, 2022 .
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GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved July 15, 2022.
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"Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2022-07-18/p/3" (in Japanese).
Oricon . Retrieved July 13, 2022.
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"Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2022/07/13 公開" .
Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved July 13, 2022 .
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"Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100" .
Official Charts Company . Retrieved July 16, 2022.
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Promusicae . Retrieved July 20, 2022 .
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Official Charts Company . Retrieved July 16, 2022.
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"Journey Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved July 19, 2022.
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"Journey Chart History (Independent Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved July 19, 2022.
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"Journey Chart History (Top Rock Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved July 19, 2022.
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