17-11-2011, 08:09
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JOURNEY "evolution" cd,1979/2011 remaster.
with all the talk on here over the last week or so re: this group i thought i best dig through my "to play" bag and pick the first cd i purchased in the US,
got this one only a couple of days in on my trip at Walmart with MH..actually picked up three or four Jouney cd's, MH offered his opinion that this is the one i should get...
when the master speaks-the pupil always listens and obeys!
hadnt really heard much Journey prior to this, maybe a couple of radio songs over the years(decades)...never enough to buy an album though.
that guy Steve Perry is the vocalist on this one, and he doesnt have too bad a voice actually, nice range IMO.
not really into this "wanksy prog rock guitar" rubbish...i like to hear the deafening roar of an "A" or "D" chord rattling through my speakers over the "busy bee" frantic guitar work anyday....
anyways,
not a bad album, some real good tunes on this one,nice harmonies,melodies and vocals also pretty good.
on one listen i cant say anything really stands out as being great but "too late" comes pretty darn close!, and at the same time nothing hits me in the face as being that bad neither.
three singles from this one in the US, "lovin,touchin,squeezin: gave the band their first US Top 20 hit...seemed all to go well for them after this album for a few years...the album was their fifth studio effort and highest chart placer at the time reaching #22 Stateside, didnt really have as much success outside the US...well, aint no way this kind of rock was ever going to replace the late 70s "ska/2-Tone" artists in the UK nor the blues/rock of AC/DC, Cold Chisel etc here in Australia.....
all up a pretty good album that seems to have stood the test of time pretty good IMO..
"allmusic" rates this one 4.5/5 which equates to 2.7 on the MHRS....not sure if that is too high or not yet as ive only heard it once, and gave it a solid 2.0 based on that listen, certainly has room to grow on me in the future...
links for three of my favourites from the album starting with my favourite track:
WHEN YOU'RE ALONE(it aint easy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4gfeWjB3qY audio
TOO LATE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip_VQZjAzhs live
LOVIN' TOUCHIN' SQUEEZIN'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9m_C6jAT7U live
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.