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Journey - Next

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Artist: Journey
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-02-01
Music Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Soundtracks:
  1. Spaceman
  2. People
  3. I Would Find You
  4. Here We Are
  5. Hustler
  6. Next
  7. Nickel and Dime
  8. Karma

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Music Review: starting to lose it here? Not!!!
Rating: 5 Stars

Update January 23, 2011-

I'm sorry for originally slamming this album. Actually "slamming" is an exaggeration- more like expressing minor disappointment. However now that I own a copy for myself -and not to mention, a freshly remastered version with superior and louder, cleaner sound quality- I can now approach it in a new light. I now *can* differentiate much of the guitar playing, and I really like what I'm hearing.

The album can best be described like this- the first half is the space rock journey, and the second half is the much heavier and bluesy side. Now this is NO ordinary rock band. Forget the fact the first 3 Journey albums are remarkably different from the Steve Perry years. Just the fact a rock band in 1977 was trying to cross into the mainstream by devoting one side to space rock and the other to blues is a risky, interesting move.

Now I will be the first to admit that the songwriting on side one doesn't leave as much of an impression on me as side two. Some of the songs on the first side feels a bit TOO dreamy which means, occasionally, the songs feel unfocused and lack direction. This only occurs *sometimes* however. It definitely does not occur on the pop/rock classic "Spaceman". That's one really beautiful and sad vocal melody right there. Drifting through space alone and feeling depressed. Yup, that's the atmosphere the song contains.

They even resemble the Magical Myster Tour-era of the Beatles with the vocal melody in "People". Listen to THAT excellent song. The next two songs sort of blend together in my mind as relatively aimless attempts at space rock, but they do eventually build into some excellent guitar work, so that makes up for it. Unfortunately "Here We Are" ends too soon because that guitar solo surely deserves a few extra minutes!

Now get THIS! The second side is totally insanely heavy rock and roll, some of it bluesy, some of it not too far off from resembling the classic period of Iron Maiden or Judas Priest. NOW you see what it's totally insulting when people refer to Journey as "housewife music". Yeah, don't even get me started...

"Hustler" is a really interesting take on the heavy blues rock genre. I love that guitar riff, and the guitar solo is *amazingly* heavy. The title has a vocal melody that is perhaps the best one on the entire album. Who can possibly hate THAT vocal melody? Seriously, who? The guitar playing in the very beginning of "Nickel & Dime" almost resembles that famous song "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens- these are a few of my favorite things" (I honestly don't know who created that song, by the way) before suddenly EXPLODING into an electric guitar dreamers idea of a perfect heaven. "Karma" is a fairly messy and hard to distinguish blues/hard rock way to close out a wonderful album, but it is improving with more listens.

Yes Journey's Next has improved dramatically for me thanks mainly to the better sound quality of the remastered version. Now here's my older review, which you shouldn't take seriously but I'm leaving it up anyway just in case you (the readers) may be in the same situation as me concerning a struggle to get into Journey's Next. This is now officially a 5-star album (though I DID actually give it 4 stars originally, it's honestly even better now).

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Journey's Next really shows signs that the band was about ready to change into a more commercial direction. The songwriting doesn't quite hit the same point of excellence for me. I can't remember how most of these songs go when the album is finished, especially the heavier parts of the songs. That doesn't mean they're bad songs or anything, because every song on here has its moments.

The vocals just don't quite hit the same high point that the ones from the debut and Look to the Future did. Also, some of the vocal melodies feel like they rush along at a sloppy pace. Maybe it's just me.

BUT, the guitar playing is really really good, and that's why I'm giving the album a pretty decent score. Plus, the music still SOUNDS good because it's mid 70's hard rock with an experimental edge. The band is still pretty good here. I just feel a bit letdown with the songwriting compared to the previous two albums.
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