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Frontiers by Journey
Frontiers is an album by Journey, released in 1983. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 119 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”, on 79 lists with a best position of #4.
Frontiers, Journey's eighth album, arrived on Columbia on February 1, 1983, with the unenviable job of following Escape, and it very nearly matched it. Mike Stone and Kevin Elson produced at Fantasy Studios, and the Steve Perry lineup, with Neal Schon on guitar, Jonathan Cain on keyboards, Ross Valory on bass and Steve Smith on drums, went bigger and colder, pushing synthesizers up front and chasing arena-sized drama.
"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" hits like a slammed door, and "Faithfully", the big ballad, is the one the lighters still come out for. "After the Fall" and "Send Her My Love" were hits too, and "Chain Reaction" was a rock radio favorite. The track list was changed at the last minute, with "Ask the Lonely" and "Only the Young" pulled for "Back Talk" and "Troubled Child". It went to number 2 in the US, gave them their best UK showing at number 6, and was Valory's last Journey album until 1996.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Frontiers on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)#229 of all time | 79 | #4 | – | 1983–2026 | |
| 2 | Faithfully | 40 | #16 | – | 1997–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.