On October 22, 1996, “Columbia” label released “Trial by Fire”, the tenth Journey studio album. It was recorded in 1996, at “Ocean Way Recording” in Hollywood, “The Site” in Marin County, California, “Wildhorse” in Marin County, California, and was produced by Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

• Steve Perry – lead vocals
• Neal Schon – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Ross Valory – bass, backing vocals
• Steve Smith – drums, percussion
• Jonathan Cain – keyboards, piano, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, engineer
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Scott Pinkerton – programming
• David Campbell – string arrangements
• Kevin Shirley – engineer, mixing
• George Massenburg – engineer, mixing
• John Hurlbut, Bob Levy – engineer
• George Marino – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Steve Perry, Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain, except where noted.

1. Message of Love – Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, John Bettis
2. One More
3. When You Love a Woman
4. If He Should Break Your Heart
5. Forever in Blue
6. Castles Burning
7. Don’t Be Down On Me Baby
8. Still She Cries
9. Colors of the Spirit – Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, John Bettis
10. When I Think of You – Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain
11. Easy to Fall
12. Can’t Tame the Lion
13. It’s Just the Rain – Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain
14. Trial by Fire
15. Baby I’m a Leavin’ You