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Frontiers
Studio album by Journey
Released	February 22, 1983
Recorded	1982
Genre	Rock
Length	44:09
Label	Columbia
Producer	Kevin Elson, Mike Stone
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (D+) link Rolling Stone link
Journey chronology
Escape (1981) Frontiers (1983) Raised on Radio (1986)

Frontiers, Journey's eighth album, was released in February of 1983 on the Columbia Records label.

The album would garner four top 40 singles: "After the Fall" (#23), "Send Her My Love" (#23), "Faithfully" (#12), and "Separate Ways" (#8), and a rock radio hit in "Chain Reaction." All of the first five tracks (the album's first side) had videos created for them.

Arguably the album would have been an even bigger success had it not been for the last minute decision by Michael Dilbeck, the band’s longtime A & R man, to switch two tracks; he put "Back Talk" and "Troubled Child" in, and took out "Ask the Lonely" and "Only the Young." Jonathan Cain had more input on this album; not only did he once again help co-write all the tracks, he was the main pen behind "Faithfully", and there is more emphasis on keyboards.

• Highest chart position: the album reached #2 on the Billboard album charts.

1. "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" (Cain/Perry) – 5:24
2. "Send Her My Love" (Cain/Perry) – 3:54
3. "Chain Reaction" (Cain/Perry/Schon) – 4:21
4. "After the Fall" (Cain/Perry) – 5:00
5. "Faithfully" (Cain) – 4:26
6. "Edge Of The Blade" (Cain/Perry/Schon) – 4:30
7. "Troubled Child" (Cain/Perry/Schon) – 4:29
8. "Back Talk" (Cain/Perry/Smith) – 3:16
9. "Frontiers" (Cain/Perry/Schon/Smith) – 4:09
10. "Rubicon" (Cain/Perry/Schon) – 4:18
11. "Only the Young" (Cain/Perry/Schon) – 4:17
12. "Ask the Lonely" (Cain/Perry) – 3:54
13. "Liberty" (Cain/Perry/Schon) – 2:54
14. "Only Solutions" (Cain/Perry/Schon) – 3:32

• Tracks 11-14 are bonus tracks on the 2006 CD reissue.

• Steve Perry - lead vocals
• Neal Schon - guitar (acoustic and electric), vocals
• Jonathan Cain - keyboards, vocals, rhythm guitar on "Back Talk"
• Steve Smith - drums and percussion
• Ross Valory - bass, vocals