- rock, hard rock, soft rock, arena rock
- 72 min
- 14 tracks
- Columbia
Trial by Fire is the tenth studio album by the American rock band Journey. Released on October 22, 1996, the album marked the reunion of the classic 1981–1985 lineup, which had not recorded together since 1983's Frontiers. Trial by Fire was produced by Kevin Shirley, who continues to produce the band's albums. It is the first album to feature bassist Ross Valory and drummer Steve Smith since Frontiers and the last to feature Smith and vocalist Steve Perry.
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Spare, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- 1Message of Love5:38
- 2One More5:31
- 3When You Love a Woman4:10
- 4If He Should Break Your Heart4:26
- 5Forever in Blue3:38
- 6Castles Burning6:03
- 7Don’t Be Down on Me Baby4:05
- 8Still She Cries5:07
- 9Colors of the Spirit5:38
- 10When I Think of You4:24
- 11Easy to Fall5:18
- 12Can’t Tame the Lion4:36
- 13It’s Just the Rain5:17
- 14Trial by Fire7:58
14 tracks, 72 minutes.
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