Departure would be the band's highest charting album to date, giving Journey their first appearance in the top 10 of the Billboard album charts. The album featured an edgier sound, thanks partly to the "live in studio" way the songs were recorded. The band went into The Automatt studio with 19 tracks, eventually trimming down to 12.
Departure would mark the last full-time studio album appearance of founding member Gregg Rolie, and his penultimate recording with the band: his final contributions would appear on Dream, After Dream, a soundtrack album to the Japanese film of the same name, which would also be released in 1980. Rolie had become tired of life on the road and decided to leave the band after assisting in the selection of his replacement, Jonathan Cain, then of The Babys. Rolie sang lead vocals on only one song on Departure, the ballad "Someday Soon".
The album peaked at #8 on the charts, and had three singles hit the Top 100: "Anyway You Want It" (#23), "Walks Like a Lady" (#32), and the medley "Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile" (#55).
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