Trial By Fire

Journey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 22, 1996)
• Original Release Date: October 22, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002BGM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MiniDisc  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (122 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #173,626 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Message of Love

2. One More

3. When You Love a Woman

4. If He Should Break Your Heart

5. Forever in Blue

6. Castles Burning

7. Don't Be Down on Me Baby

8. Still She Cries

9. Colors of the Spirit

10. When I Think of You

11. Easy to Fall

12. Can't Tame the Lion

13. It's Just the Rain

14. Trial by Fire

15. Baby I'm a Leavin' You [Hidden Track]

Editorial Reviews

Japanese edition of the rocker's 1996 reunion album with 'I Can See It In Your Eyes' added as a bonus track. 15 tracks total, also featuring the single 'When A Man Loves A Woman'. 1996 Sony release. Color picture disc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Steve Perry ruined the effort ? Ridiculous !!, March 11, 2004

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Jazzcat "stef" (Genoa, Italy Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trial By Fire (Audio CD)

I mean, sometimes you read some reviews and you try to figure out who could write such incredible things. This is a really strong album in my opinion and if Steve Perry had a great responsability in the making, well honor to him because this is a fantastic release and come back album. Too bad Steve left the band again. Don't have nothing with Augeri which sings well, but Perry is simply a legend. Going deep inside the album contents, in my opinion Trial by fire contains some true Journey classics. The first five tracks are perfect, simply perfect Journeyrama, love songs with a punch. Melody and energy. Perfect AOR. Then after those five songs obviously come some weaker songs but some other tunes are great too. Can't tame the lion for example or the titletrack. Second this album sports incredible contributions from all the guys in the band, Schon and Cain for example are at the top of their game. They never sounded so right. Perry has simply the best voice around in this kind of music. He is always touching, soulful, he communicates. He is one of a kind. He's magic. Maybe he cannot scream like he did in the past, so what? His voice is like a good old wine, it is fantastic to hear him still in the new millennium. In the end this album has tremendous quality in the sound department. It is recorded really really well, the overall sound is full, powerful but sophisticated. Guitars has been recorded in a fantastic way. I really love this album which for me is one of the best in the entire exceptional Journey discography. Steve Perry? .. well, his voice is simply fantastic.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Reissue With Great Remastered Sound!, August 19, 2007

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B. J O'Connor "noonions" (Holmdel,NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trial By Fire (Exp) (Dig) (Audio CD)

Though it was short-lived,Journey's 1996 comeback "Trial By Fire" featured the classic trademark Steve Perry-led Journey sound of polished pop-rock(Message Of Love,Castles Burning,Can't Tame The Lion and the bonus track I Can See It In Your Eyes) and soulful power ballads(their last big hit When You Love A Woman,Don't Be Down On Me Baby,Easy To Fall and If He Should Break Your Heart)with some other things thrown in,like even a pop-reggae number Baby I'm A Leavin You.Sadly,this would be the final Journey album with Steve Perry.He was let go due to an injury and since then the band has been with two different lead singers(Steve Auguria and Jeff Scott Soto,namely),neither was able to fill the big hole in Perry's absence.This 2006 reissue contains a nice booklet,though unlike the other 2006 Journey reissues,there are no tour dates(for reasons said above).It also contains superb remastered sound which like Frontiers and Raised on Radio was done by Dave Donnelly at DNA Mastering.While it may not contain a "Don't Stop Believin" or an "Open Arms",Trial By Fire will satisfy many a Journey fan,as well as those of contemporay soft-rock.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extra song on this ROCKS!!!!, August 16, 2000

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Todd Davisson (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trial By Fire (Audio CD)

The Japanese version of Trial By Fire has one more track then the U.S. release. It's called "I Can See It In Your Eyes" and it rocks! This song should have been kept on the U.S. release and replaced by another. But Over in the good ole U.S.A THE RECORDS COMPANIES FORGOT HOW TO ROCK OR ARE RUN BY CORPORATE SUCKA$$'S WHO GOT THERE A$$ES KICKED EVERYDAY BY HARD ROCK LOVERS AND THIS IS THEIR PAYBACK TO US!!! Hey whatever right????? Journey rocks and if your a die-hard having this cd with the bonus is well worth it!