Captured (Journey album)

Captured
Cover art by Stanley Mouse
Live album by
Journey
ReleasedJanuary 30, 1981
Recorded
  • August 4 & 5, 1980 (Detroit)
  • August 8, 1980 (Montreal)
  • October 13, 1980 (Tokyo)
Venue
StudioFantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
GenreRock
Length71:18
LabelColumbia
ProducerKevin Elson
Journey chronology
Dream, After Dream
(1980) 		Captured
(1981) 		Escape
(1981)
Singles from Captured
  1. "The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love)"
    Released: February 14, 1981[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Captured is Journey's first live album. It was released on January 30, 1981 on the Columbia Records label. The album reached No. 9 on the Billboard 200 albums chart[3] and went on to sell two million copies.[4]

This album was recorded during the band's Departure Tour in 1980. Tracks 1 to 4 were taken from a performance recorded at The Forum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on August 8, 1980. Tracks 5 & 6 were from the performance at the end of the tour in Koseinenkin Hall, Shinjyuku, Tokyo, Japan on October 13, 1980 and tracks 7 to 16 came from two shows at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan on August 4 & 5, 1980.[5] The song "Dixie Highway" had not previously been (nor was it subsequently) recorded on any Journey studio album. Closing the album is the lone studio track, "The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love)", which was released as a single.

In the liner notes, the album is dedicated to AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott, who died in February 1980. Scott is referred to as "a friend from the highway," as AC/DC had supported Journey the previous year on their "If You Want Blood" tour.

This was the last Journey album for keyboard player and founder Gregg Rolie.

Record World called the single "The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love)" a "shining testimony to the band's commanding stage presence."[6]

  1. ^ "Journey singles".
  2. ^ Kurutz, Steve. "Journey Captured review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  3. ^ "Captured Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  4. ^ "RIAA – Searchable Database: Journey". Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Journey's Past Tour Information". The Journey Tribute Page. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  6. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. February 21, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-23.