Generations

Arrival The centerpiece of the Paul-is-dead conspiracy theory was that McCartney had died in 1966 and been replaced by a sound-alike augmented with plastic surgery. Journey is hardly the Beatles, but Arrival, the zillion-selling band's first studio album in nearly five years, puts a fitt...	Look into the Future	Next Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.	Journey	Red 13 2002 EP with four exclusive new tracks. Featuring the brand new lineup with Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon, Steve Augeri, Ross Valory and Deen Castronovo. Tracks 'Intro-Red 13', 'State Of Grace', 'The Time', 'Walking Away From The Edge' & 'Ii Can Breathe.' Frontiers Records.
Trial by Fire [EXTRA TRACKS] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]	Infinity	Frontiers	Escape Living up to the moniker originally given them via a San Francisco radio contest, Journey traveled a restless, often less-than-promising arc as a prog-centric quartet during the early '70s. But the addition of Steve Perry's soaring tenor to the mix on 1978's Infinity instantly ch...	Evolution

A different Journey than we are used to
This is the band's second full album with Steve Augeri at the lead vocals part, but it ends up really not being his full time gig on this venture in the Journey career. All of the members take turns doing vocals and Steve often provides backing vocals or guitar. The hard rock sound that you expect is definately there on songs like Gone Crazy, In Self Defense, and Better Together, along with ballads like Beyond the Clouds, Faith in the Heartland, and The Place In Your Heart. There is a bit of the bluesy influence with harmonica and lazy guitar in Gone Crazy and Beyond the Clouds that you also expect from a band that in their first albums was call "progressive" or a "fusion" band. Even though the songs are good on their own, together this album just does not flow for me, and is definately not for the first time Journey fan. I recommend Revelations (with new singer Arnel Pineda) or Infinity (Steve Perry's first album) if you are a first timer, or Just Get the Greatest Hits collection for all of the Steve Perry Years most people are familiar with.

Skip this generation
This is by far the worst Journey CD. Having multiple vocalists is not a good idea, especially when 3/5 of them are not good singers. There are only four songs I still listen to today. The first two tracks sung by Augeri, "Faith In The Heartland" and "Place In Your Heart". Faith in The Heartland has gotten a second life since it was re-recorded with new vocalist Arnel Pineda for the 2008 Revelations disc. The other two decent tracks were both sung by drummer Dean Castronovo, "Better Life" and "Never To Late." The rest of the songs are terrible. I heard that The U.S. government has replaced waterboarding with forcing suspected terrorists to listen to the Ross Valory sung "Gone Crazy" over and over. I don't know if this is true, but I literally would go crazy after listening to that song more than once. I really like Arrival and Revelations, but my advice is to skip Generations.

Journey Turns Up the Tempo
This is Journey's second recording with Steve Augeri, the former singer of Tall Stories. They've been out of the spotlight since their last album Arrival bombed, getting mixed opinions but the biggest complaint being too many ballads. With this album the band turns up the tempo, making it a more of a rocker."Out of Harms Way" is a memorable song about the troops we have fighting the war overseas. What makes this album more interesting is that all of the band members have their own moments on lead vocals. Ross Valory sings lead on "Gone Crazy", which is a song with heavy guitar riffs with a bluesy vibe. Drummer Deen Castranova takes over on lead vocals on "Every Generation" and "It's Never Too Late", sounding almost like Steve Perry, at least that's who he reminds me of. Then there are the classic Journey style like ballads "Butterfly (She Flies Away" and "Knowing That You Love Me". So any Journey fan won't be disappointed with Generations.

The apple falls far from the tree.....
Like some have said here before, it's not that "Generations" is a bad album, it's just not really a Journey album. The tossed-salad approach to the vocals is frustrating and irritating. They should have stuck with Augeri on all tracks and maintained a consistent sound and musical profile. The songs are o.k. for the most part. No real standouts and a few clunkers. I listened to this one all the way through only once and haven't gone back but once or twice to sample. Very ill-conceived and mediocre at best. "Arrival" was superior in every way, too bad it wasn't promoted properly. Here's hoping "Revelation" is a return to form.

No Steve Perry! It's not Journey
I'm not bashing the current line-up, but Steve Perry was the voice of Journey. I wish the "new" line-up continued success, but I'd give my eye-teeth to see Steve Perry perform with Journey again.