Departure
by Journey

Departure by Journey
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 22,154th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
62/100 (from 81 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (297th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,873rd)
Award Best albums of all time (22,154th)

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Journey bestography

Departure is ranked 8th best out of 25 albums by Journey on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Journey is Escape which is ranked number 1643 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,033.

Journey album bestography « Higher ranked (20,840th)
Trial By Fire
This album (22,154th)
Departure
Lower ranked (31,614th) »
Live In Houston 1981: Escape Tour

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Departure rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 22,154th | 1980s rank: 2,873rd | 1980 rank: 297th

Departure collection

Departure ratings

Average Rating: 
62/100 (from 81 votes)
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11/12/2025 20:48 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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07/03/2025 07:36 steve397  Ratings distribution  47876/100
 
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02/26/2025 19:59 Muriloferreira  Ratings distribution  5775/100
 
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01/05/2025 21:39 traistboar  Ratings distribution  1,63979/100
 
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10/05/2024 14:22 iann97  Ratings distribution  2,01874/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 62.1/100, a mean average of 60.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 60.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.

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From 01/26/2016 12:49 | #157793
In the day I loved this band. Their work has not aged very well.
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From 06/06/2011 15:03 | #22773
Some talented musicians but their sound has always been boring to me. Mediocre album.
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Best Albums of 1980
1. Remain In Light by Talking Heads
2. Closer by Joy Division
3. Back In Black by AC/DC
4. Scary Monsters by David Bowie
5. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by Dead Kennedys
6. Peter Gabriel (1980) by Peter Gabriel
7. The River by Bruce Springsteen
8. Pretenders by Pretenders
9. Permanent Waves by Rush
10. Seventeen Seconds by The Cure
11. Making Movies by Dire Straits
12. Crazy Rhythms by The Feelies
13. Sandinista! by The Clash
14. Heaven And Hell by Black Sabbath
15. Ace Of Spades by Motörhead
16. Boy by U2
17. Dirty Mind by Prince
18. Gaucho by Steely Dan
19. Sound Affects by The Jam
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