2022 studio album by Journey
Freedom Studio album byReleased July 8, 2022 Recorded 2021 Studio Tarpan Studio (San Rafael, California)NRG Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) Length 73 :12 Label BMG Producer Journey chronologySingles from Freedom "The Way We Used to Be" [ 1] "You Got the Best of Me" [ 2] "Let It Rain" [ 3] "Don't Give Up on Us" [ 4] "United We Stand" [ 5]
Freedom rock bandJourney , released on July 8, 2022, throughBMG Rights Management andFrontiers Records . It is the band's second album to date not to feature founding bassistRoss Valory , who was dismissed in 2020; he was replaced byRandy Jackson , who previously replaced Valory onRaised on Radio [ 9] [ 10]
Upon its releaseFreedom 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 [ edit ] The album's 11-year gap fromEclipse Narada Michael Walden , as well as the first album to feature bassistRandy Jackson sinceRaised on Radio [ 11]
The album's title ofFreedom was the original title of the group's 1986 albumRaised on Radio , but was changed by then lead singerSteve Perry .[ 12]
All tracks are written byNeal Schon ,Jonathan Cain , andNarada Michael Walden , except where noted.
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Together We Run" 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" 3:14 11. "All Day and All Night" 3:38 12. "Don't Go" 4:58 13. "United We Stand" 5:05 14. "Life Rolls On" 4:57 15. "Beautiful as You Are" 7:10 Total length: 73:12
Japanese edition bonus track No. Title Writer(s) Length 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". Journey
Neal Schon – guitars, backing vocals, keyboardsJonathan 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 vocalsNarada Michael Walden – drums, backing vocals, keyboardsJason Derlatka – backing vocals on tracks 5, 6, 9, 12, 14, 15 Deen Castronovo – lead vocals on "After Glow"Production
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