Eclipse (Journey album)
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| Studio album by Journey | ||||
| Released | 24 May 2011 | |||
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Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California, The Blue Loft, County Q Nashville and Quad Nashville, Nashville, Tennessee, 2010–2011 |
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| Genre | Hard rock, arena rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 66:20 | |||
| Label | Nomota LLC (US) Frontiers (Europe) Universal (rest of Asia) LOEN (South Korea) King (Japan) |
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| Producer | Kevin Shirley, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain | |||
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Eclipse (sometimes stylized as ECL1P53) is the 14th studio album by American rock band, Journey, and the second with Filipino lead singer, Arnel Pineda. Penned by Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain with contributions from Pineda, the album was released in the United States and Canada on 24 May 2011, on 27 May 2011 in Japan, in the United Kingdom on 30 May 2011, and internationally on 3 June 2011. It is the last album to feature drummer Deen Castronovo.
Eclipse was recorded in Berkeley, CA. As the album was near completion, producer Kevin Shirley ran out of time. In an effort for the band to release the album in time for the tour, Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain produced the remaining tracks in Nashville. The album was a departure, focusing on a harder rock sound rather than the formulaic pop hits and ballads. Schon, feeling the pop formula became repetitive, wanted to experiment on Eclipse and make it more guitar-oriented and less radio-friendly. Shirley had trepidation about the direction of the album, clashing with Schon creatively. Many of the tracks were re-recorded in Nashville under Schon and Cain's production. Cain supported Eclipse, saying "we’d had this concept in mind from the get go. We’ve got the ballads we can play all day long. If people want to hear ballads, they can certainly find them on other records."
Eclipse was released on May 24, 2011. In North America it was exclusively sold at Wal-Mart.Eclipse sold 21,400 copies in the United States in its debut week, reaching No. 13 on the US Billboard 200 chart.Eclipse marks Journey's second straight Top 20 album with current lead singer, Arnel Pineda. Internationally, Eclipse entered the Top 40 album charts in five different countries.
Despite high chart positions it quickly descended from the charts within weeks. Eclipse was unable to match the success of Revelation, barely selling 100,000 copies—an 1/8th of the previous album's sales.
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