''Frontiers'' is the eighth studio album by the American

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band

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, released on February 1, 1983 by

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. This was the band's last album to feature bassist

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until 1996's '' Trial by Fire''. The album reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and would garner four top 40 singles: " After the Fall" (No. 23), "

Send Her My Love "Send Her My Love" is a 1983 song by the American rock band Journey. Released in September of that year as the fourth single from their album ''Frontiers'', this Cain/Perry-penned ballad went to number 23 on the U.S. pop charts in November of the ...

" (No. 23), " Faithfully" (No. 12), and "

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" (No. 8), and a rock radio hit in "Chain Reaction". The album would later achieve the

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certification of six times platinum.RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Journey
Retrieved on June 30, 2013. The album had been sequenced and prepped for pressing when, in a last-minute conference with Journey's A&R man Michael Dillbeck, two songs were pulled from the original lineup, "Ask the Lonely" and "Only the Young". These two tracks were replaced with "Back Talk" and "Troubled Child". "Ask the Lonely" was utilized in the soundtrack for the film '' Two of a Kind''. "Only the Young" would find its way into the Top Ten two years later, as part of the soundtrack of the movie ''

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''. The band recorded a song called "All That Really Matters," with keyboardist Jonathan Cain singing lead, during the album sessions. It didn't see release until the 1992 release of the '' Time³'' box set. ''Frontiers'' was the band's highest-charting album in the United Kingdom, reaching No. 6 on the

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in 1983.

Album artwork

Jim Welch designed the album cover. This was the first album cover since ''

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'' that did not employ the talents of

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and

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. Welch, who has been Journey's art designer for more than 30 years (as of 2022), commented: "''Frontiers'' was a subtle shift. Mouse and Kelley were not involved with that cover. My vision for ''Frontiers'' was based on "tunnels" and the relativity of time and motion. Light stays the same, but time bends. It was Einstein theories for artist interpretation. The alien in ''Frontiers'' wasn't really an alien at all, he was a connection to a higher level of listening to Journey."

Critical reception

In 2005, ''Frontiers'' was ranked number 363 in ''

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'' magazine's book ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.

Track listing

Personnel

;Band members *

Steve Perry Stephen Ray Perry (born January 22, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the rock band Journey during their most commercially successful periods from 1977 to 1987, and again from 1995 to 1998. He also wrote/co ...

- lead vocals *

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- lead guitar, backing vocals *

Jonathan Cain Jonathan Leonard Friga (born February 26, 1950), known professionally as Jonathan Cain, is an American musician and songwriter best known as the keyboardist for Journey. He has also worked with the Babys and Bad English. Cain was inducted into ...

- keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

- bass guitar, backing vocals *

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- drums, percussion ;Additional Musicians *

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- bass guitar on "After the Fall" ;Production * Mike Stone - producer, engineer, mixing *Kevin Elson - producer, mixing *Wally Buck - assistant engineer *

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- mastering

Charts

;Album ;Singles

Certifications

References

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