Journeys to Glory
Journeys to Glory is the debut studio album by the English synth-pop band Spandau Ballet, released on 6 March 1981 by Chrysalis Records. All of the songs on the album were produced by Richard James Burgess and written by band guitarist Gary Kemp to appeal to the patrons of a weekly Tuesday night club the band started attending called the Blitz, where they were accustomed to hearing "white European dance music".
Journeys to Glory was released on 6 March 1981 and started a UK Albums Chart run of 29 weeks on 14 March that included a number 5 peak position. The British Phonographic Industry awarded the album both Silver and Gold certification on 28 April for reaching the respective 60,000 and 100,000 units of shipment thresholds. It debuted on the Australian album chart on 4 May and reached number 14 over the course of 17 weeks. In the US it spent its sole chart appearance at number 209 on Billboard magazine's list of albums that were Bubbling Under the Top LPs in the issue dated 16 May.