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CD/DVD Releases: Journey Continues With Release Of ''Eclipse''

Posted on Sunday, April 03 @ 15:00:00 UTC by nightowl

Journey, one of the most popular American rock bands of all time, is gearing up to unleash its latest album of brand new material, Eclipse. The effort will be released in the U.S. and Canada on May 24 exclusively at Walmart and beginning June 3 in Europe on Frontiers Records. The 12 tracks were written over the past 18 months by the core team of guitarist Neal Schon and keyboard player Jonathan Cain, with collaboration from singer Arnel Pineda.

"I'm in love with this record, which I haven't said about one of our albums for a long time," says founding member and lead guitarist, Neal Schon. "It's a rock record and it sounds amazing."

Commenting on the upcoming tour, Schon continues, "We've got a lot of hits to play and there's plenty of time to do some new stuff too, so we're gonna mix it up. We haven't toured with Foreigner for over 10 years, so we're really looking forward to this run."

Journey debuted five news songs from Eclipse -- "Edge Of The Moment," "Resonate," "Chain Of Love," "City Of Hope" and "Human Feel" -- on February 23, 2011 at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in las Vegas, Nevada.

In a recent interview with Boomerocity.com, Cain stated about Eclipse, "It's very guitar-driven. This album has very little of me, keyboard-wise. Neal wanted to do a heavier rock album. So, this is kind of his baby. I wrote the lyrics on the thing and lots of the melodies that sit above the guitars. So, then I had to find some place to play in the nooks and crannies."

He continued, "It's a very hard-hitting record that has some conscience to it. It's about lots of things -- spirituality, sexuality. There's a song called 'Tantra' on it about tantric circles. I was fascinated with all of that. It's definitely a departure from what we've done before. It's more like a concept record. I think Arnel shines. He sounds great. It's probably one of Neal's best guitar albums. I think he's on a mission on this album -- to play, and he did."

To follow the release of Eclipse, Journey will launch the "Eclipse Tour" with Foreigner, and special guest Night Ranger, beginning July 21 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. Fans can expect to hear new songs from Eclipse as well as classics such as "Don't Stop Believin'," "Any Way You Want It," "Faithfully", "Lights," "Separate Ways," "Wheel In The Sky", and many more.

Tickets for the "Eclipse Tour" went on sale beginning March 11 at all the usual online, phone and physical retail outlets, including select Walmart Ticketmaster locations across the country.

Eclipse track listing:

01. City Of Hope
02. Edge Of The Moment
03. Chain Of Love
04. Tantra
05. Anything Is Possible
06. Resonate
07. She's A Mystery
08. Human Feel
09. Ritual
10. To Whom It May Concern
11. Someone
12. Venus

[Source: Blabbermouth.net]

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