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The Journey (911 album)

The Journey
911 - The Journey album cover.jpg
Studio album by 911
Released 24 February 1997 (1997-02-24)
Recorded 1995–96
Genre Pop, dance-pop
Length 50:53
Label EMI
Producer Eliot Kennedy, Mike Percy, Tim Lever
911 chronology
The Journey
(1997)
Moving On
(1998)
Singles from The Journey
  1. "Night to Remember"
    Released: 29 April 1996
  2. "Love Sensation"
    Released: 29 July 1996
  3. "Don't Make Me Wait"
    Released: 28 October 1996
  4. "The Day We Find Love"
    Released: 10 February 1997
  5. "Bodyshakin'"
    Released: 21 April 1997
  6. "The Journey"
    Released: 30 June 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars

The Journey is the debut studio album by English boy band 911. Released in the United Kingdom through EMI on 24 February 1997, it peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and spent 17 weeks in the top 40. However, the album was extremely popular in Asia, where it topped the Malaysian Albums Chart and went 12× Platinum. It also reached number six in Taiwan. The Journey contains 911's signature song, "Bodyshakin'".

Peter Fawthorp of Allmusic said the following about the album; "It is amazing to think of all the education that could be learned if boy bands from around the world added some cultural flavor to their music. Instead of Irish tin whistles and accordions and Scottish bagpipes, we get the common denominator of '80s American/Euro synthesized pop music, albeit lifted by '90s production quality and slight traces of accents. None of this is to say that 911's The Journey is unengaging. They seem to be having as much fun as the American Backstreet Boys -- and for the record, have been around just as long. A pound of pretzels couldn't drown the taste of sugar that fizzes from The Journey, and while there is nothing original or spectacular to be found, the group deserves credit for packaging the album with as much glee as humanly possible. If you don't hum along to "Love Sensation" you're too stuffy. If you don't at least laugh with "Bodyshakin'", you're too hard. And if you mistake their version of "Rhythm of the Night" for the original (by DeBarge) and feel the need to dance... well, no one's looking."

(Credits taken from AllMusic and The Journey's liner notes.)

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone


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