''The Journey Within'' is the debut album by Bernie Williams, who at the time of its release was still an outfielder for the

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. Released on July 15, 2003, by

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, Williams played both lead and rhythm guitar on the album and composed seven of the album's songs. The album peaked at number 151 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 3 on the

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albums chart.

Marketing

The album's label, GRP, hoping to capitalize on Williams's popularity as a baseball player, released the album to coincide with the

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. They also organized a Bernie Williams CD night at

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and distributed a sampler CD with proof of purchase of

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products.

Track listing

#"La Salsa en Mi" (Bernie Williams)-4:37 #"The Way" ( John DeNicola, Patti Maloney)-5:14 #"Para Don Berna" (Bernie Williams)-3:23 #"Desvelado" (Bernie Williams)-5:30 #"Just Because" (Bernie Williams)-6:16 #"Samba Novo" (Bernie Williams)-1:46 #"

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)-3:28 #"Stranded on the Bridge" (Bernie Williams)-4:43 #"Bernie Jr." (Bernie Williams)-6:13 #"Enter the Bond" (Bernie Williams)-5:03 #"

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)-3:46 #"Just Because"

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(Bernie Williams)-3:49 #"The Williams Kids"-4:27

Personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes.

Musicians

* Bernie Williams - lead guitar, rhythm guitar (1, 3-5, 8-10, 12), additional percussion (4, 10) *Mike Alvarez - additional guitar (track 10) * Kenny Aronoff - drums (tracks 1, 2, 5, 10, 12) *

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- additional piano (track 12) * Rubén Blades - background vocals (track 1) * Luis Conte - percussion (tracks 1, 2, 5, 12) * Béla Fleck - banjo (tracks 1, 8) * Jerry Hey - additional

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(track 12) *Bashiri Johnson - percussion (tracks 3, 4, 8-10) *B.J. Lequerica - background vocals (track 2) *

Shawn Pelton Shawn Pelton is an American drummer and percussionist. He has recorded with a wide range of artists and has been a first call player since moving to New York in the late 1980s. Shawn has recorded with artists such as Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, ...

- drums (tracks 4, 8, 9) * Tim Pierce - rhythm guitar (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12), lead guitar (10) * Mark Rivera -

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(tracks 1, 2, 8, 9) * David Sancious - keyboards (tracks 3, 4, 8, 9) * Gilberto Santa Rosa - background vocals (track 1) * Leland Sklar- bass (tracks 1, 2, 5, 10, 12) * David Spinozza - rhythm guitar (tracks 3, 4, 8, 9) *John Thomas - keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 5, 10, 12), piano and strings (11) *Hiram Williams - cello (tracks 3, 7) *Larry Williams -

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(track 12) *

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- bass (tracks 4, 8, 9), acoustic bass (3)

Production

*Lorren Harriet - producer *Tally Sherwood - engineer (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 10-12) *Danny Bernini - engineer (tracks 3, 4, 6-11) *Mike Alvarez - additional engineering (tracks 1, 4) *Paul Brown - remixing *Bud Harner - remixing * Stephen Marcussen - mastering *Hollis King - art direction *

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- paintings *Jorge Alvarez - photography, back cover *Kelly Pratt - release coordinator *Robert Silverberg - release coordinator *Bernie Williams - liner notes *

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- liner notes

Charts

''The Journey Within'' charted on several ''

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Journey Within 2003 debut albums Bernie Williams albums GRP Records albums