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Living up to the moniker originally given them via a San Francisco radio contest, Journey traveled a restless, often less-than-promising arc as a prog-centric quartet during the early '70s. But the addition of Steve Perry's soaring tenor to the mix on 1978's
Infinity instantly changed the band's fortunes, which arguably peaked on this 1981 release. While Neal Schon's lyrical guitar work remained a staple, it was Perry's unabashedly mainstream pop ballad sensibilities that carried the album to the top of the charts and multiplatinum sales via its trio of era-defining hit singles, "Who's Crying Now," "Don't Stop Believing," and "Open Arms."
--Jerry McCulley
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This album for me is the best, they also respond with "Infinity", but "Escape" is a rock ballad, and CD, which came early '80s that was not the hair band stuff, but overall is quite like all the better if near enough to hear.
Today can be like a "Guilty Pleasure" Perhaps because of their commercial attraction to young girls, women and men who were perhaps not really Metal, but somewhere between. I think, travelmy sister some guys attractive, accessible songs, songs with catchy hooks and melody that has shaken enough to annoy your parents but had this lush ballads that made her faint. After many years, for me, they appeal to a wider range than I can remember, and when you consider all the hair bands played the second half of year 80 is the same and have been painfully obvious, to give a chance to an initial glimpse of the journey, as it should be conducted, and in '81 he founded the model placesBallad of Rock and Cd. UFO had a band like this fund, including Scorpions back before, and all had their own sound. Travel has a good dose of melody, which is standard in hard rock. Perhaps they were a little 'softer your average 80's rock hard, but it's time to hear a CD jam fun to have this is not a fill line only here, and my songs fav are not usually single, apparently , and lesser-known songs.
Fav song of all time, the band is herein "Stone In Love", a song classic route, hard rock, guitar solos, lots of melody. FAV Aanother the title track "Escape" and rocks a lot with "Lay It Down," "Dead Or Alive" and "On Runnin '" Keep, and I like one of the three ballads "Still laughing." And 'many radio single with "Do not Stop Believin'," "Open Arms" (another ballad) and "Who's Crying Now" (ballad). The three received the most attention, and if you like maybe you should check theat the songs on to their travel better. Steve Perry could sing well, so it's not as hard rock's commercial today, where all sounds as if they were forced against the drummer for the band, my apoligies Dave Grohl ... But is it true?
Also the title Live in Houston are a nice addition to the latest new release. This CD is a must, not just for fans of the journey, but an avid rock hard for me, blame them comfortable, but very good, in that place and much better than anything elsethe late '80s hard rock clones. The Beatles had the Beach Boys melody also, but at this point where it really starts in a tone more difficult to get back to me the natural progression is to a band like Journey, Boston, perhaps even with the short stroke. I personally like Ratt, Dokken, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Hanoi Rocks and some names along with travel, and finally, Jane's Addiction, Saigon Kick, Extreme, Kings X, it all comes back to this CD in my advancedI think it is influential, even if nobody wants to admit a lot out there.
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