Departure (Journey album)

Departure
Cover art by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse
Studio album by Journey
Released	March 23, 1980
Recorded	The Automatt, San Francisco, California, November 5–12, 1979
Genre	Rock, hard rock, progressive rock
Length	37:49
Label	Columbia
Producer	Geoff Workman, Kevin Elson
Journey chronology
In the Beginning (1980) Departure (1980) Dream After Dream (1980)
Singles from Departure
"Any Way You Want It/When You're Alone (It Ain't Easy)" Released: February 1980 "Walks Like a Lady/People and Places" Released: May 1980 "Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile (Medley)/Line of Fire"" Released: August 1980 "Any Way You Want It/Do You Recall" Released: September 1980

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Departure is the sixth studio album by American rock band Journey. It was released on March 23 1980 by Columbia Records.

Departure is Journey's highest charting album to date, giving them their first appearance in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 album charts, peaking at No. 8. The album includes "Any Way You Want It", the lead off track and top 25 single.

The album featured an edgier sound, thanks partly to the "live in studio" way the songs were recorded. The band went into The Automatt studio with 19 tracks, eventually trimming down to 12.

Departure would mark the last full-time studio album appearance of founding member Gregg Rolie, and his penultimate recording with the band: his final contributions would appear on Dream, After Dream, a soundtrack album to the Japanese film of the same name, which would also be released in 1980. Rolie had become tired of life on the road and decided to leave the band after assisting in the selection of his replacement, Jonathan Cain, then of The Babys. Rolie sang lead vocals on only one song on Departure, the ballad "Someday Soon".

In 1986, Columbia reissued Departure on compact disc in the U.S. and Europe. They subsequently remastered the album in 1996. BMG/Columbia remastered Departure again in 2006 for European, Japanese and American listeners, adding bonus tracks 13 "Natural Thing" and 14 "Little Girl". Dave Donnelly at DNA Mastering in New York City led the 2006 project.