| Freedom | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Journey |
| Cover: | Journey - Freedom.png |
| Released: | July 8, 2022 |
| Recorded: | 2021 |
| Studio: | Tarpan Studio (San Rafael, California) Yo Mama's House (Hollywood, California) Left On Sunset (Hollywood, California) NRG Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) Addiction Sound (Nashville, Tennessee) Dreamsong (Orlando, Florida) |
| Length: | 73:12 |
| Label: | BMG |
| Producer: | |
| Prev Title: | Live in Japan 2017: Escape + Frontiers |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
| Next Title: | Live in Concert at Lollapalooza |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
Freedom is the fifteenth studio album by the American rock band Journey, released on July 8, 2022, through BMG Rights Management and Frontiers Records. It is the band's second album to date not to feature founding bassist Ross Valory, who was dismissed in 2020; he is replaced by Randy Jackson, who was last on Raised on Radio (1986). With fifteen songs and a run time of one hour and thirteen minutes, it is the longest Journey album ever released, excluding compilations.[1] [2]
Upon its release Freedom received mixed critical reviews – despite the performances and musicianship receiving near-universal praise, criticism was directed at its production, mixing and length.
The album's 11-year gap from Eclipse (2011) marked the longest between two Journey studio albums to date. It is the only Journey album to feature drummer and producer Narada Michael Walden, as well as the first album to feature bassist Randy Jackson since Raised on Radio (1986). Both departed the group before its release.[3]
The album's title of Freedom was the original title of the group's 1986 album Raised on Radio, but was changed by then lead singer Steve Perry.[4]
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| Peak position | |
| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[5] | 29 |
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