Journey was formed originally as a vehicle for Neal Schon's guitar pyrotechnics, but after five years the band sought out a lead singer to give them mainstream pop appeal, and Steve Perry did that, helping them to a string of seven consecutive multi-platinum albums before the band broke up in 1987. A 1996 reunion put them back in the winners' circle with Trial by Fire, but Perry then bowed out for health reasons, putting Journey in the sticky position of recruiting a new lead singer. (D   [ read more ]

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After spending the better half of the '70s as an ersatz prog band given to Neal Schon's noodling, never-ending solos, low record sales, and muddling about on the marginal rock circuit, the members of Journey certainly welcomed the phenomenal chart success and arena tours that came their way in the late '70s. With Captured, a live double-disc from 1980, the newly crowned kings of AOR show off like a formerly fat girl at prom. "Separate Ways" and "Faithfully" were still a few years awa   [ read more ]

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After spending the better half of the '70s as an ersatz prog band given to Neal Schon's noodling, never-ending solos, low record sales, and muddling about on the marginal rock circuit, the members of Journey certainly welcomed the phenomenal chart success and arena tours that came their way in the late '70s. With Captured, a live double-disc from 1980, the newly crowned kings of AOR show off like a formerly fat girl at prom. "Separate Ways" and "Faithfully" were still a few years awa   [ read more ]

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This three-disc set collects three of Journey's finest records -- Escape, Frontiers, and Infinity -- and puts them under one roof, complete with original artwork and packaging. This span of time in the group's career was also their most crucial, departing from the prog rock-led sensibilities and graduating into the suit that would eventually make them arena rock overlords for the rest of the late '70s and '80s. The songs on these three records also make up a significant portion of the band   [ read more ]

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The third and final album of what could be called Journey's cocoon phase (Escape would give birth to a fully formed butterfly and put the band through the stratosphere), 1980's Departure would also be the quintet's last with keyboardist/vocalist Gregg Rolie. Produced by Geoff Workman and Kevin Elson (essentially both engineers turned producers), the album continued to build on the band's previous two recordings, but offered an added edge, arrangement-wise. This was likely due to the fact t   [ read more ]

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The third and final album of what could be called Journey's cocoon phase (Escape would give birth to a fully formed butterfly and put the band through a different stratosphere), 1980's Departure would also be the quintet's last with keyboardist/vocalist Gregg Rolie. Produced by Geoff Workman and Kevin Elson (essentially both engineers turned producers), the album continued to build on the band's previous two recordings, but offered an added edge, arrangement-wise. This was likely due to th   [ read more ]

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Escape was a groundbreaking album for San Francisco's Journey, charting three singles inside Billboard's Top Ten, with "Don't Stop Believing" reaching number nine, "Who's Crying Now" number four, and "Open Arms" peaking at number two and holding there for six weeks. Escape flung Journey steadfastly into the AOR arena, combining Neal Schon's grand yet palatable guitar playing with Jonathan Cain's blatant keyboards. All this was topped off by the passionate, wide-ranged vocals   [ read more ]

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Sony Legacy's X2 series repackages two of Journey's best known recordings: the consecutively issued Escape from 1981, and Frontiers, from 1983. This is when the band were at the peak of their MTV-era multi-platinum success. Both albums are remastered versions from the 2006 series that reissued their catalog, and each disc contains four bonus cuts. If you didn't snag them when they were issued, here is another opportunity to get a slight price break in snagging them both. ~ Thom Jurek,    [ read more ]

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