Journey - Departure [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]
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Free Music Review: To Steve Perry
Hit: 5 Stars
To Steve Perry (and I KNOW he will read this): Quit being such a WUSS.. if you are going to act this way then remove your contract from Journey and let them perform without paying you. Believe it or not Journey DOES go on without you. Neal is playing his BEST EVER guitar work. And while their current foreign singer (name "escapes" me) really was a huge mistake, Augeri was awesome and I hope he comes back. Frankly I listen to his work with Journey almost daily.. its is incredible. He doesnt sing like you or try to copy you (listen to his previous work Steve) he is a singer with soul.. are you "better" than him? Well, music is a state of preference.. so there is no correct answer to that.. so you go on doing your stupid remastering projects and thinking about whether you want to put yourself out there and do some solo stuff. Thats fine.. nothing wrong with that.. but in YOUR words: leave Journey ALONE.
Oh and "I never really felt I was part of Journey".. what a joke. You acted like a jacka$$ while you were in Journey Steve.. grow up.. call Neal and make your peace.. lose the weight you put on, and maybe drop down an octave and perform NEW material.. dont even do the old stuff if you cant anymore.. dont do anything to tarnish your history.. just be who you are NOW and do your best..
I only tell you this because I have seen Neal recently and Im telling you he is at his all time best! You are missing something! Please boot that Perry sound alike they have now.. UGH... NEAL! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING??
Free Music Review: Journey's "Departure" From The 70's Into The 80's!
Hit: 5 Stars
Released in early 1980,"Departure" was the last album to feature Gregg Rolie on keyboards and vocals.It was also their first Top 10 album(#8),continuing their ascent from journeyman rockers to mainstream pop/rock hitmakers which,with the addition of Jonathan Cain on keys,would finally pay off the following year with "Escape".Back to this album,it kicks off in stellar form with Journey's most popular rockers "Any Way You Want It" and moves on to a very diverse set of songs-the bluesy tinge of "Walks Like A Lady" and "Precious Time";the melodic AOR of "Someday Soon"(the last time Gregg Rolie sang on a Journey album)and "People And Places"(which features Neal Schon on vocals along with Steve Perry);the straight-up hard-rockers "Where Were You" and "Line Of Fire",and the dramatic,emotional ballads "I'm Crying" and "Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile",which would be,like or not,Steve Perry's trademark for the 1980's.The only track that doesn't work is "Homemade Love",a boogie-rocker that fall flat.Luckily,this album has been reissued with two strong tracks:the soulful "Natural Thing",which was the B-side to "Don't Stop Believin",and the searing "Little Girl",which first appeared on the "Dream After Dream" soundtrack.This reissue also has excellent remastering (done by Dave Donnelly at DNA Mastering),which is superior to previous CD editions, and a nice 16-page booklet contain photos,press clips,tour dates,and other memorabilia from the "Departure" period.Plus it's dirt cheap too.Essential for any Journey fan!Free Music Review: SUPERB.
Hit: 5 Stars
Hey music fans, I was born in the sixties, came of age in the 70's and 80's (graduated high school 1984). I'm a teacher now and at some point when kids find out when I graduated, they say, "what a lame time for music". So I have to say, "oh really?", lets compare shall we? I put up a list of bands that came out from roughly late 70's to early 80's (roughly 1976-1985), and we can compare bands that have come out during the last few years, I won't even go into it but let me just say Ramones, Clash, Pretenders, Talking Heads, Cars, Police, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Metallica, Megadeth, Red Hot Chili Peppers just to get the ball rolling! And yes, Journey. I know that they got together before the time line I just mentioned, but Journey was a kick ass band of my youth. Their three albums Inifinity, Evolution, and Departure with THE line up were incredible. I still listen to them all the time. Let me state that Rollie and Perry were so damn good on vocals! Perry's vocal prowess speaks for itself, however, Gregg Rollie was brilliant as well. Yes, they had some "pop" hits, fine, but the true test becomes whether or not the music stands the test of time, and these three albums are superb. cheers.Free Music Review: Wonderful transitional work btn late 70s and early 80s Journey
Hit: 5 Stars
Fantastic music as always -- a great example of the stylistic shifting between late 70s and early-to-mid 80s Journey. Glorious work by all members, and sadly the last we hear of Rolie and Dunbar with this band. Perry's vocals are brilliant as usual -- champagne-clear and eerily spotless before his voice began to develop more of a texture through hard use.
Fantastic music to listen to closely; it's easy to think of anything off the pop charts as suitable for background listening, but I strongly recommend putting in the earphones, leaning back, and really listening with all attention to this album. It merits it.
Free Music Review: Classic Journey
Hit: 5 Stars
I find this CD to be closer to the early work of the band. There are definitely hits here; however, I think some tracks are better than others at delivering the recognized Journey sound. To a non-Journey fan some of these songs would be considered not worth a listen. A true Journey fan would be much more forgiving. I am a Journey fan but not a fanatic. I do consider this CD worth a listen in its entirety.