Journey Discography: All 15 Studio Albums in Order

Journey has released 15 studio albums since 1975. Here they are with release date, label, peak on the US Billboard 200 and US certification (Wikipedia, Journey discography):

• Journey — 1 April 1975, Columbia, No. 138
• Look into the Future — January 1976, Columbia, No. 100
• Next — 9 February 1977, Columbia, No. 85
• Infinity — 30 January 1978, Columbia, No. 21, 3× Platinum
• Evolution — 23 March 1979, Columbia, No. 20, 3× Platinum
• Departure — 29 February 1980, Columbia, No. 8, 3× Platinum
• Escape — July 1981, Columbia, No. 1, Diamond
• Frontiers — 1 February 1983, Columbia, No. 2, 6× Platinum
• Raised on Radio — 21 April 1986, Columbia, No. 4, 2× Platinum
• Trial by Fire — 22 October 1996, Columbia, No. 3, Platinum
• Arrival — 3 April 2001 (US), Columbia, No. 56
• Generations — 4 October 2005, Sanctuary, No. 170
• Revelation — 3 June 2008, Nomota, No. 5, Platinum
• Eclipse — 24 May 2011, Nomota, No. 13
• Freedom — 8 July 2022, BMG, No. 88

The first three albums came out before Steve Perry joined as lead singer on 10 October 1977. None of them was certified. From Infinity onward every album up to Trial by Fire went platinum at least once. Perry left in 1987 after the Raised on Radio tour. The current line-up has Arnel Pineda on lead vocals with founding guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist Jonathan Cain (Wikipedia, Journey).

Outside the studio albums, the releases collectors look for are these (Wikipedia):

• Dream, After Dream — soundtrack, 10 December 1980, Columbia
• Captured — live, 1981
• Greatest Hits Live — 1998
• Live in Houston 1981: The Escape Tour — 2005
• Escape & Frontiers Live in Japan — 2019
• Live in Concert at Lollapalooza — 2022

Greatest Hits came out on 15 November 1988 on Columbia with 15 tracks. It is the band's best-selling release, 18 times platinum in the US as of January 2024, and it has spent 927 weeks on the Billboard 200 as of September 2026 (Wikipedia). A 2006 remaster added a sixteenth track.

Don't Stop Believin' was written by Steve Perry, Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain and released on 19 October 1981. It reached No. 9 on the Hot 100 and only No. 62 in the UK at the time. After its use in the final episode of The Sopranos in 2007 and the Glee cover in 2009, it climbed to No. 6 in the UK in 2010. In 2012 it became the best-selling digital track from the twentieth century, with over 7 million US downloads by 2017, and it is certified 18 times platinum (Wikipedia).

The other Escape singles were Who's Crying Now (No. 4), Open Arms (No. 2) and Still They Ride (No. 19) (Wikipedia, Escape). From Frontiers, Separate Ways reached No. 8 and is 4× Platinum; Faithfully is 6× Platinum (Wikipedia, Journey discography).

The certifications are the first thing to read. Escape (Diamond), Frontiers (6× Platinum) and Infinity, Evolution and Departure (3× Platinum each) were pressed in millions, so a played copy is a common record and is priced on grade. The first three albums have no certification at all and never charted higher than No. 85.

To tell an original from a reissue, use the label and the runout, not the cover. Escape's cover, a scarab beetle by Stanley Mouse with the title written E5C4P3, was used on reissues too (Wikipedia, Escape). Copy the catalogue number from the label and the full string in the dead wax on both sides. Our first pressing guide explains what each part means. Then grade the disc and sleeve separately on the vinyl grading scale. A photo of the label in the app identifies the pressing.