Journey LIST OF ALBUM REVIEWS: Journey (1975) Look into the Future (1976) Next (1977) Infinity (1978) Evolution (1979) Departure (1980) Escape (1981) Frontiers (1983) Raised on Radio (1986) Journey over to the e-mail form and send me your thoughts about this band here. Brief album summaries: Journey (1975) One of the scenes most beloved AOR groups got their starts as ... a prog-rock band. And a kinda mediocre prog-rock band at that. But with a good guitarist. Overall Album Score: 7.1 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.2 Album Tilt: 7.0 Artist Tilt: 7.0 Link to the full review: Blarney Look into the Future (1976) 'Tis kinda like the last album, except they're doing hard rock circa 1968. Overall Album Score: 7.1 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.3 Album Tilt: 7.0 Artist Tilt: 7.0 Link to the full review: Look into the Future!!!!! Next (1977) Journey returns to their progressive rock roots ... with something terribly uninspired. Overall Album Score: 6.6 out of 10 Average Song Score: 6.9 Album Tilt: 6.5 Artist Tilt: 6.5 Link to the full review: More Crap is Next Infinity (1978) Steve Perry joins the band giving Journey their signature sound!!!!! ... Too bad he couldn't have given the band any hits... Overall Album Score: 7.4 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.8 Album Tilt: 7.5 Artist Tilt: 7.0 Link to the full review: Infinity Times Bad Evolution (1979) This isn't any better than Journey's pre-Perry albums!!!! What the--!!!! This is boring, flats and gutless AOR baloney. Overall Album Score: 6.8 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.4 Album Tilt: 6.5 Artist Tilt: 6.5 Link to the full review: Only a Theory Departure (1980) Oh, finally!!!! Journey gives us a good reason to call them "awesome!" They finally have a big hit ("Anyway You Want it") and they also have a pretty dang solid album otherwise. Overall Album Score: 8.5 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.7 Album Tilt: 8.5 Artist Tilt: 8.0 Link to the full review: Departure from Purgatory Escape (1981) This album might have Journey's definitive classic on it ("Don't Stop Believin'") ... but the rest of the album ain't that grand. Overall Album Score: 7.4 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.8 Album Tilt: 7.5 Artist Tilt: 7.0 Link to the full review: S-Grape Frontiers (1983) Journey + 1983 = ... Overall Album Score: 6.5 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.0 Album Tilt: 6.5 Artist Tilt: 6.0 Link to the full review: Trump's Ears Raised on Radio (1986) ...Now this is awful! Overall Album Score: 3.3 out of 10 Average Song Score: 3.8 Album Tilt: 3.3 Artist Tilt: 3.3 Link to the full review: Raised on Stupid trumpeteer@comcast.net (styxrox) received Feb. 8, 2005 once again, you prove to know NOTHING about good music. even if you didn't write that review yourself, you're an idiot for putting it in your website. Journey has been called one of the best bands by many people. Don Ignacio responds: I don't think I ever called Journey a bad band. I think they have some very talented musicians, and, as I've said in my Journey reviews posted so far, I love their songs "Anyway You Want it" and "Don't Stop Believin'." When you sent me this comment, I only reviewed the band's first two relatively lackluster albums ... before Steve Perry joined up. ... Not that he really made Journey become one of the "best bands" unless we're talking about one of the "best arena rock bands." In that case I'd agree with you. They're much more consistant than many of their contemporaries.

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