Hopefully you all are aware there were two VERY DIFFERENT bands named "Journey"

[Eliot Rosewater]

The original band, before Steve Perry joined

This sounds NOTHING like the band they later became. Both this and their first album are two of the best rock/fusion albums of all time.

[MichMan]

1. Loved the early Journey

Hated the Steve Perry version

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. I didnt hate the Perry band, I appreciated Perry's voice and

song writing, for instance

With Neal's guitar, awesome.

First 3 albums they had one of the greatest rock drummers of all time...

[Dave Starsky]

3. Never cared for the early Journey.

Just wasn't my thing, I guess, at the time.

But I really appreciated the Perry version. They really brought it all to the table in an era of bands like Boston and Toto who exhibited first-class vocals and musicianship. It was always exciting to listen to new albums by those bands because you knew they were going to be great.

(Sadly, we don't have anything like that in popular music today, but don't get me started...

And get off my lawn.)

[kwassa]

4. It's like the very different versions of Fleetwood Mac.

The original blues band with Peter Green.

Then the later version with those other people.