Journey (Dlx) [Original recording remastered]

Arthur Brown | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 18, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Sbme Castle Us
• ASIN: B0000TG97E
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #458,483 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Time Captives

2. Triangles

3. Gypsy

4. Superfical Roadblocks: Lost Time/Superficial Roadblocks/Corpora ...

5. Conception

6. Spirit of Joy

7. Come Alive

8. Spirit of Joy [Alternate Take]

9. Time Captives [Alternate Take]

10. Conception [Alternate Take]

11. Come Alive [Alternate Take]

12. Slow Rock [BBC Session]

13. Spirit of Joy [BBC Session]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Headline: Silly British Man Invents Krautrock!, December 18, 2003

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D. Hartley (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Journey (Dlx) (Audio CD)

Most music fans over 40 will start barking "I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE!!" when you mention the Crazy World Of Arthur Brown. Beyond that, you'll get a shrug and a blank stare if you ask them to elaborate about Arthur Brown's subsequent career. Brown had dropped the "Screamin' Jay Hawkins" stage act (for the most part) by 1974 and reinvented his "Crazy World" as "Kingdom Come", with a nod toward proggy "spacerock" (a la Hawkwind). As fate would have it, Brown found himself minus a drummer while recording "Journey". No worries-he had a new-fangled "drum machine" to play with! The repetitive rhythms, coupled with synthesizers, created a sound that was quite alien and "weird" to most listeners at the time (remember, this pre-dates Kraftwerk by several years). Of course, we can now point to this album as the birth of electronica, in hindsight. The album is largely instrumental, although the anthemic, poppy "Spirit Of Joy" stands out with some of Brown's finest vocal work. Castle does an outstanding job on the remastering, and throws in a couple interesting bonus tracks. Keep in mind, this doesn't sound quite like the Orb or DePeche Mode, but it certainly helped lay the groundwork.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Overlooked Rock Classic, May 25, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Journey (Dlx) (Audio CD)

I remembering purchasing this on vinyl and the checkout guy commented on how terrible he thought Arthur Brown was. I let him know that he couldn't have been more wrong about this particular effort as it stands out as one of the great rock albums EVER! Arthur and his band were far ahead of their time with the spacy and different sound of Journey. My personal favorite is Superficial Roadblocks with the heavy keyboard intro, stunning vocals by Arthur and the soaring choir like sounds. Later in the song as Andy Dalby contributes his awesome guitar licks I always find myself saying "Man this is GREAT!!" As I listen today the songs still sound fresh and unworn by time. Gypsy, Time Captives and Come Alive are also brilliant efforts. You won't find a bad song on the entire CD and I recommend it highly. If you like progressive sounds like Captain Beyond or Tempest (with Allan Holdsworth, Jon Hiseman, Paul Williams and Mark Clarke) then this CD is for you!! BUY IT ALREADY!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars INCREDIBLE UNKNOWN SPACE ROCK CLASSIC!!!, April 29, 2004

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Tim Van Sickle (FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Journey (Dlx) (Audio CD)

There were so many good LPs being released in the late 60s/early 70s that lots of great stuff got overlooked! This lp was released in the US on Passport after Kingdom Come had already broken up. It got an ad in RollingStone, but little press & most people didn't connect that this was "the God of Hell Fire" Arthur Brown's* new band (had hit single Fire! with The Crazy World of *). This album sounds like NOTHING ELSE I have ever heard: the melding of drum machine, moog/synths, & space rock guitar produced a space rock masterpiece. This is one of those "listen to with headphones in a dark room late at night" type masterpieces. Largely instrumental, but when Arthur sings - man this guy has a voice and a half!!! (incredible low & high range, very expressive). Think Hawkwind with much greater musical complexity & chops or Capt Beyond (not quite as "Hard Rock" but equally DEEP). A prog rock MASTERPIECE, you'll listen to it again & again!! One of those "turn your friends on to it & blow their minds" type cds! Great spacy moog & theremin FX (Triangles will make you feel like you are transcending time and just transported yourself into an Egyptian pyramid! Strange guitar/moog bent-pitch tonalities), space rock guitar (Spirit of Joy! WOW! POWER-CHORD HEAVEN!), & wonderfully odd drum programming by Arthur. Classics are Time Captives, Come Alive, & 3rd track. Like all Arthur Brown stuff, it's HIGHLY ORIGINAL & you won't hear anything else like it, I guarantee. Makes you feel like you just took a trip through the cosmos! Buy it, you won't be disappointed! ALso check out his Tantric Lover cd: also excellent but very different from this.