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by the American

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band

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. It was the band's last album with lead singer

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and second album with drummer

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, confirming the line-up of 2000's ''

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'' and 2002's ''

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'' EP. The album was given away for free by the band during most of the concerts of the ''Generations Tour'' in 2005, and subsequently released on

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later the same year. This was the first Journey album where all of the band members share lead vocal duties, which Augeri later admitted in 2022 was due to his voice suffering from fatigue at the time.

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sings lead on "Every Generation" and "Pride of the Family" (the latter of which is only found on the Japanese edition), the first time he sang lead since "All That Really Matters" (originally a ''

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'' outtake) from the '' Time³'' box set.

sings lead on "A Better Life" and "Never Too Late".

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provides lead vocals for "In Self Defense" (previously recorded for the

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album '' Here to Stay'') and

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lends his vocals to "Gone Crazy". Critical reception was mixed upon the album's release; Most critics praised Augeri's vocal performance and the band's more diverse musical direction compared to previous albums, but many were divided on the band's decision to share lead vocals. The album peaked at No. 170 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart. ''Generations'' was the last album to feature Augeri, who left the band mid-tour in 2006 due to a throat infection.

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replaced him and toured with the band until June 2007. It was also the only Journey album released by the now-defunct Sanctuary Records. The latter portion of the song "Faith in the Heartland" was heard during the December 10, 2006 edition of

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's ''

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'', during a segment about

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. "Faith in the Heartland" and "The Place in Your Heart" were re-recorded by the band with new vocalist

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on their 2008 album ''

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'', but "The Place in Your Heart" was only released as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of that album.

Track listing

Personnel

;Band members *

- lead vocals (unless otherwise noted), additional guitar on "Butterfly (She Flies Alone)" and "Believe" *

- lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "In Self-Defense" *

- keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Every Generation" and "Pride of the Family" *

- bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Gone Crazy" *

- drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on "A Better Life" and "Never Too Late" ;Production *

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- producer * Mike Fraser - engineer, mixing at

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, Vancouver, B.C. *Tom Size, Bill Donnelly - engineers *

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- mastering

Charts

References

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