The Journey (911 album)

The Journey
Studio album by 911
Released 1 March 1997 (1997-03-01)
Recorded 1995–96
Genre Pop, dance-pop
Length 50:53
Label EMI
Producer Eliot Kennedy, Mike Percy, Tim Lever
911 chronology
The Journey
(1997)		 Moving On
(1998)
Singles from The Journey
  1. "Night to Remember"
    Released: 5 May 1996
  2. "Love Sensation"
    Released: 3 August 1996
  3. "Don't Make Me Wait"
    Released: 2 November 1996
  4. "The Day We Find Love"
    Released: 15 February 1997
  5. "Bodyshakin'"
    Released: 26 April 1997
  6. "The Journey"
    Released: 5 July 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

The Journey is the debut studio album by English boy band 911. Released in the United Kingdom through EMI on 8 March 1997, it peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart and spent 17 weeks in the top 40.[1] However, the album was extremely popular in Asia, where it topped the Malaysian Albums Chart and went 12× Platinum. It also reached number six in Taiwan. The Journey contains 911's signature song, "Bodyshakin'".

Critical reception

Peter Fawthorp of Allmusic said the following about the album; "It is amazing to think of all the education that could be learned if boy bands from around the world added some cultural flavor to their music. Instead of Irish tin whistles and accordions and Scottish bagpipes, we get the common denominator of '80s American/Euro synthesized pop music, albeit lifted by '90s production quality and slight traces of accents. None of this is to say that 911's The Journey is unengaging. They seem to be having as much fun as the American Backstreet Boys -- and for the record, have been around just as long. A pound of pretzels couldn't drown the taste of sugar that fizzes from The Journey, and while there is nothing original or spectacular to be found, the group deserves credit for packaging the album with as much glee as humanly possible. If you don't hum along to "Love Sensation" you're too stuffy. If you don't at least laugh with "Bodyshakin'", you're too hard. And if you mistake their version of "Rhythm of the Night" for the original (by DeBarge) and feel the need to dance... well, no one's looking."[2]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Don't Make Me Wait"  John McLaughlin, Graham Gouldie, Alan Rankine 4:21
2. "Bodyshakin'"  McLaughlin, Gouldie 3:47
3. "Can't Stop"  McLaughlin, Gouldie 4:07
4. "The Day We Find Love"  Eliot Kennedy, Helen Boulding 4:52
5. "Our Last Goodbye"  Kennedy, McLaughlin, Brennan, Constable, Dawbarn 4:37
6. "Night to Remember"  Leon Sylvers III, Dana Meyers, Nidra Beard 4:00
7. "Take Good Care"  Kennedy, Brennan 4:12
8. "Love Sensation"  McLaughlin, Gouldie 3:43
9. "One More Try"  McLaughlin, Gouldie, Rankine 4:32
10. "The Swing"  Kennedy, Mike Shayne 4:13
11. "Rhythm of the Night"  Diane Warren 3:42
12. "The Journey"  McLaughlin, Brennan 4:47

Credits and personnel

(Credits taken from AllMusic[4] and The Journey's liner notes.)

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Malaysian Albums Chart[5] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[6] 1
Taiwan Albums Chart[7] 6
UK Albums (OCC)[1] 13

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Malaysia (RIM)[8] 12× Platinum 600,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[9] Gold 100,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country Date Format(s) Label
United Kingdom[10] 1 March 1997 CD, Cassette Virgin Records

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/911/
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-journey-mw0001084258
  3. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/911-The-Journey/release/1493698
  4. ↑ "The Journey – 911". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. 8 March 1997. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Hits of the World: June 07 1997 (Pages 65)". Billboard. 7 June 1997. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "1997-03-02 Top 40 Scottish Albums Archive". Official Charts Company.
  7. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/19980530084027/http://www.ifpi.org.tw/chart/1997/intl35.htm
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "British album certifications – 911 – The Journey". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 July 2012. Enter The Journey in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  10. ↑ "911 - The Journey". iTunes Store (Apple Inc.). Retrieved 10 April 2013.
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