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Recorded: 1978-1987

Charted: December 3, 1988

Rating: 4.229 (average of 13 ratings)

Genre: classic arena rock

Quotable: --

Album Tracks:

  1. Only the Young
  2. Don’t Stop Believin’
  3. Wheel in the Sky
  4. Faithfully
  5. I’ll Be Alright without You
  6. Any Way You Want It
  7. Ask the Lonely
  8. Who’s Crying Now
  9. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
  10. Lights
  11. Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’
  12. Open Arms
  13. Girl Can’t Help It
  14. Send Her My Love
  15. Be Good to Yourself

Sales:

sales in U.S. only 15 million
sales in U.K. only - estimated --
sales in all of Europe as determined by IFPI – click here to go to their site. --
sales worldwide - estimated 16.5 million

Peak:

peak on U.S. Billboard album chart 10
peak on U.K. album chart --

Singles/Hit Songs:

  • Wheel in the Sky (4/8/78) #57 US
  • Lights (8/19/78) #64a US, #30 AC. Airplay: 1 million
  • Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ (7/21/79) #16 US. Sales: ½ million. Airplay: 1 million
  • Any Way You Want It (3/1/80) #23 US
  • Who’s Crying Now (7/18/81) #4 US, #46 UK, #4AR, #14 AC. Sales: ½ million. Airplay: 2 million
  • Don’t Stop Believin’ (8/15/81) #9 US, #62 UK, #8 AR. Sales: ½ million. Airplay: 1 million
  • Open Arms (1/16/82) #2 US, #35 AR, #7 AC. Sales: ½ million. Airplay: 3 million
  • Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (2/5/83) #8 US, #1 AR
  • Faithfully (4/16/83) #12 US, #24 AC
  • Send Her My Love (9/24/83) #23 US, #27 AC
  • Ask the Lonely (12/3/83) #3 AR
  • Only the Young (1/26/85) #9 US, #3 AR
  • Be Good to Yourself (4/12/86) #9 US, #2 AR
  • Girl Can’t Help It (5/10/86) #17 US, #9 AR
  • I’ll Be Alright without You (12/6/86) #11a US, #26 AR, #7 AC

Greatest Hits
Journey
Review:
Journey began as an offshoot of Santana when the latter’s guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist/vocalist Gregg Rollie jumped ship to form a new band in 1973. The band didn’t really take off until they shifted from the Latin-tinged rock of their early years to the bombastic rock songs and power ballads of the much-aligned arena rock genre. Much of the new sound was due to vocalist Steve Perry, who joined up in 1978 and helmed the band through six multi-platinum studio albums. Four of those were top 10 albums as well – and 1981’s Escape was a #1 album that sold nine million copies on the strength of three top 10 pop hits.

“Greatest Hits is an excellent, thorough 14-track collection containing all of Journey’s big hits, from 1978’s Wheel in the Sky to 1986’s I’ll Be Alright Without You. Although the songs aren't presented in chronological order and a handful of minor hits (‘Suzanne,’ ‘Walks Like a Lady’) aren’t included, it doesn’t matter, since every essential Journey single – Only the Young, Don’t Stop Believin’, Any Way You Want It, Separate Ways, Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’, Open Arms, Send Her My Love – is here, which means that it’s all most casual fans will ever need” (Erlewine).

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previous studio album: Raised on Radio (1986) Journey’s DMDB page next studio album: Arrival (2001)

Last updated October 10, 2008.