Journey

Journey

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 1, 2008)
• Original Release Date: April 1975
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
• ASIN: B0012GMW0C
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,300 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You won't hear rock n roll jamming like this ANYWHERE else, November 4, 2002

By	Loren "ls1959" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Journey (Audio CD)

Without breaking down the album by song or with too much intricacy, let me just say that after over 30 years of listening to rock n roll, the first Journey album remains near the top of my list of all time favorites. I've always loved great lead guitar and good jams. The first three albums put out by Journey, prior to Steve Perry joining the band, have got to be some of the greatest guitar playing and overall jamming you will ever hear on a rock record. The music is built around the jam. While more than half of the songs include vocals, almost every song ends in a jam. And while this may sound repetitive and simplistic, the music is all creative and top notch. For those who enjoy classic guitar jam songs like Free Bird or Green Grass and High Tides, you will also enjoy early Journey albums, especially the first Journey (1975). I feel that Neal Schon, while recognized as a well established guitarist from his work with later Journey albums, is just out of his mind on the first three pre Steve Perry albums. While technically a brilliant guitarist, what really sets Neal Schon apart is the mellodic creativity in his solos. His leads often are structured in a step by step manner, building to a climactic finale. For just a taste, I recommend listening to the opening song, Of a Lifetime. Incredible stuff. I must add, that while I consider the first album titled Journey to be my favorite of the initial three albums, I do consider the guitar work on the song Look Into the Future, off their second album, to be the absolute pinnacle of Neal Schon's guitar playing.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where did THIS Journey go?, October 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Journey (Audio CD)

Full of energy and great jamming. Neil Schon puts on a guitar clinic here! The ending solo in Of a Lifetime is a masterpiece. Greg Rollie's B3 is powerful (as usual). It is unfortunate that this line-up and direction has pretty much been overshadowed by the 80s arena rock Journey. Although the addtion of Steve Perry's extraordinary voice made Journey a more commercialy palitable group, they seemed to lose this adventurous style. This album along with "Next" and "Look Into the Future" are great discs to discover.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars People Forget, March 8, 2000

By	Jeff Iaconis (San Jose, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Journey (Audio CD)

When ever I hear some Journey on the *classic* rock stations, they always play the Steve Perry version. I do like Steve Perry, however when I thing of Journey, I think of their first LP. Every track is great, hearing tracks like Topaz and others take me back 25 years. The music is still as cutting and fresh now as it was then. This is a must have for anyone who appriciates Rock/Jazz fusion at it's best. The LP came out about the same time as Jeff Beck came out with Wired and Blow by Blow. LP's such as these define the state of music of the mid-seventies. And a very fine state it was in.