Journey-Edge of the Blade

Frontiers, Journey's eighth album, was released in February 1983 on the Columbia Records label. It is Journey's second best selling album, behind Escape.
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 bands 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.
The album has sold over six million copies since its 1983 release.
Highest chart position: the album reached #2 on the Billboard album charts.
The song "Edge of the Blade" was covered by Norwegian hard rock vocalist Jorn Lande on his 2000 album Starfire.
Randy Jackson of American Idol played bass on 2 tracks including After The Fall.

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• journey
• edge
• of
• the
• blade
• frontiers
• 1976
• steve
• perry
• neal
• schon
• smith
• jonathan
• cain

[HonouredAssassin]

What a song!

One of the best journey songs & one of my favs too!

Thanks for the upload!!

[ru2388]

Neal Schon is an underrated badass.

[ZIONFIN]

@ter50 definately agree with you. this is my personal favorite

[GrekuSigh8]

This riff makes me shiver, its genious,like ter50 i like the heavy songs from Journey

[ter50]

I love the heaviest side of Journey, I've always thought that their most unknown songs like this are the best!

[powerml2]

Una version power metal de esta cancion estaria muy buena!

[65bobolink]

This is, bar none, my favorite Journey song!!! Steve Perry is one of the greatest singers of all time! Thanks for posting this true GEM!!!!

[reptilia5]

Quite possibly,IMOA, one of the BEST guitar solos in rock music history!!!

[smallsaves]

South Florida Sunrise Ice Hockey Rink! Some GREAT goaltending seen there back in '83.......everyone knows about it now! : )

[donteventrip43]

Recall vividly getting ready for school in the 4th Grade  - MTV (back when it actually played Music Videos) was playing a Journey video - my Mom and I sat down on the coffee table to catch the rest of video and all of the sudden both of us said out loud..in stereo.."Steve Perry is so cute!" LOL I believe the video was Whos Crying Now...he was a hottie! :)

[Thrills2010]

needless to say, after we came home I got some of the best " I'm So Gratful " pussy i ever had lol