Journey

Description

Journey is the third album by the American singer and songwriter Bob Ayala, released on Myrrh Records in 1980, a division of Word. The album was produced by Buddy King for Pure Joy Productions. All songs written by Bob Ayala.

As with most Myrrh albums from this time period, Journey finds itself mostly within a mellow pop/CCM and ballads format. There’s an occasional light rock edge, but overall the album seems significantly softer than his previous two. Here the music takes a back seat to the lyrical concerns, which includes such topics as child neglect («Dear God»), a martyred Soviet believer («Vanya»), empty Christian marriages («We’ve All Seen Them»), Bob’s personal testimony (the title track), confession («Valerie») and get-rich Christians («Positive Confession»). «Beauty For Ashes» closes the album with a touch of Dan Fogelberg. Among the participants are David Diggs, Al Perkins, Richard Souther and Malcolm Wild. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th edition]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Anna” – 2:38
A2. “Dear God” – 3:20
A3. “Head In The Clouds” – 3:35
A4. “We’ve All Seen Them” – 3:20
A5. “Vanya” – 3:10
A6. “Little Praise Song” – 1:12

Side Two
B1. “Journey” – 4:25
B2. “Valerie” – 3:53
B3. “Positive Confession” – 3:02
B4. “On My Way” – 3:17
B5. “Beauty For Ashes” – 2:29

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