Arrival [Import]

Journey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 18, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Phantom Sound & Visi
• ASIN: B000053SPI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (251 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #433,262 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Higher Place

2. All The Way

3. Signs Of Life

4. All The Things

5. Loved By You

6. Livin' To Do

7. I Got A Reason

8. With Your Love

9. Lifetime Of Dreams

10. Live And Breathe

11. Kiss Me Softly

12. I'm Not That Way

13. We Will Meet Again

14. To Be Alive Again

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The centerpiece of the Paul-is-dead conspiracy theory was that McCartney had died in 1966 and been replaced by a sound-alike augmented with plastic surgery. Journey is hardly the Beatles, but Arrival, the zillion-selling band's first studio album in nearly five years, puts a fitting twist on the scenario by hiding its Steve Perry doppelgänger in plain sight. New lead singer Steve Augeri has not only the voice, but all its inflections--notably Perry's trademark "wo-oh-oh" Sam Cooke homage--down pat, and getting it down pat is what this collection is all about. The opening "Higher Place" thumps with a rock! melodrama so familiar it should be titled "Separate Ways, Part 2," while the power ballads that follow recall the pre-Bon Jovi days when Journey ruled as a kind of high school parking lot Air Supply. Arrival is one of those records you already know you love or hate before you hear it, but even fans might feel a lack of heat compared to the Perry-era outfit's greatest-hits disc. --Rickey Wright

Product Description

Japanese version of their 2000 studio album with one bonus track, 'To Be Alive Again'. 14 tracks in all including the singles, 'Higher Place' and 'All The Way'. The lineup includes original guitarist Neal Schon and bassist Ross Valory along with Steve Perry soundalike Steve Augeri (Tall Stories, Tyketto). No U.S. release scheduled until January 2001. Standard jewelcase.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Journey continues..., May 8, 2001

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sav4210 (N Hollywood, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arrival (Audio CD)

I am a die hard Journey fan and was quite skeptical of a new singer. Journey, without Steve Perry, seemed impossible. I watch the VH1 special on Journey (isn't Steve P bitter!) and heard some of the new tracks before the release of Arrival and I was hooked from the 1st time I listened.

Right now DIRECT TV is showing a concert from earlier in the year, taped in Las Vegas and it is fantastic. They have the same great energy and great sound as they always have. Anyone that thinks the Journey ended @ "Frontiers" is sadly mistaken and shoud NOT consider themself a "Journey Fan." "Rasied on Radio" had a lot of good songs as did "Trial by Fire" (admittedly not their best album). Can every album be better then the last? They're musicians, not gods! "Arrival", as a whole, is as good (if not better) than "Rasied on Radio." If you are a true Journey fan then you will love this record. If you are a Steve Perry fan, you will be bitter about it. I love Steve Perry but I was pleasantly surprised to see the bad did not miss a step when the replaced him with the "new Steve."

Still, I hope one day Steve Perry will reunite with the band but that looks to be a school boy's dream @ this point! Enjoy the album!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Disbeliever converted, April 20, 2001

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Voltron1984 (San Francisco, CA, USA, EARTH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arrival (Audio CD)

In 1999, I GAVE away my Journey tickets to friends when I found out that some Kenny G lookin' dude named Augeri replaced Perry. What a mistake. I missed out. Fan reactions definitely were full of jaw-drops and creative profanity following Augeri's performance. Thinking of Trial By Fire, I bought the new Arrival CD with little enthusiasm. At least the cover doesn't look like an ad for a travel package to Jamaica. Then I heard it off my 10" woofers. Man, I cranked that *&$# up to force the public to hear. That's how much I enjoyed this album. Other reviewers were right to say that it's the best since "Escape." For some reason, "Higher Places" reminded me of Van Halen's "Top of the World". The rock element in Journey has finally surfaced. Van Halen was fortunate to have Sammy Hagar who already made it big as a solo. Journey has a harder road because Augeri is still a no-namer, but have a real chance of restoring itself as a true rock band, something founder Rolie wouldn't mind at all. Bottomline, Arrival is great for Journey fans who can focus appreciation for Schon, Cain and Valory. Die-hard Perry fans will remain unconvinced but tolerate the new Journey as a refreshing oasis in this vast desert of slacker rock, country twang and rap crap.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What are you doing? Buy this CD NOW., July 9, 2004

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S. Basile (Staten Island, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arrival (Audio CD)

This is a great album, hands down. This might be the only album that I can sit down and listen through the whole thing without skipping a song.

When I heard Perry was replaced with some no name singer by the name of Steve Augeri, I was shocked. But one day I stumbled about the internet and found journeyconinues.com. I decided to give them a shot and checked out the live video of "Higher Place". I was blown away and went out the next day and bought the DVD, Arrival, and Red 13. It took a while to make my Dad accept that Perry was gone and I finally got him to listen to all the new Journey material. He loved it. In fact, I just made my Dad buy tickets to one of their live shows this month.

My favorites I would have to say are "Higher Place", "Signs of Life", "World Gone Wild", "Nothin' Comes Close", and "To Be Alive Again". Also the openning drum solo on "We Will Meet Again" is awesome and Steve's vocals on "Kiss Me Softly" are amazing.

So, I ask you. What are you waiting for? Buy this CD, Red 13, and the live DVD right now. And if you still have some money left check out journeymusic.com and see if they're playing anywhere near you so you can buy some tickets to one of their shows.