"PEOPLE"

EVERY SONG ON THIS JOURNEY CD IS GREAT, BUT "PEOPLE" IS WORTH EVERY CENT OF THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR THE WHOLE CD. 'NUFF SAID!

Expedition To Pre-Perry Journey

It is like jumping into completely different world. The difference between Journey until Next and after Infinity is not just a vocal change from Gregg Rolie to Steve Perry. The sound heard in Next is avant-garde vivid, mythic, dynamic rock we have probably never heard before. Rock music like no other. Spaceman is a most catchy song reminiscent of early Chicago rock. Here We Are after careful listening you will find that it serves somewhat prototype of later Journey hits such as Lights and Touching, Squeezing... if you just imagine that the arrangements are more upbeat. The opening riff of Next is really familiar for 80's Journey fans. I do not know if Journey fans that are used to Steve Perry vocal will like this one, but you will find it refreshing and invigorating in different manner after repeated listens.

Top Notch Journey Album of all Time

I think this album is one of the most underrated albums in the rock history. Everybody knows the Journey work of the Steve Perry's era, in which all albums are much more commercially oriented. NEXT is a solid piece of innovative, experimental and almost progressive rock music, but remarkable here is the pleasant songwriting work of this album. We have a real nice instrumental song (Nickel and Dime), a pop song gem (Spaceman), energetic rockers (Karma, People), all we need to got a very pleasant and enjoyable listening of a real rock album, despite it's not very well produced and recorded - due limitations of that time. Neal Schon is one of the most talented guitars players of all time; Greg Rollie did a spetacular job with organ and voice, his organ fills are powerful; Ross Valory contributes well with a well crafted and delicate bass harmonies (also known because of his funny live performances); and maybe the only weak part of the personnel is A. Dunbar, a very common rock drummer that really didn't ruins everything but it wasn't an real addictive for the group's sound. Anyway it is a very fine piece of rock music, worthwhile for everyone that didn't discover how good Journey was during it's obscure pre-Perry period. Have fun and give yourself a gift buying NEXT, the Journey forgotten album.