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Journey - Generations Audio CD

A fair review of the Journey "Generations" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Journey reviews here, or go back to the Journey tabs.

Journey Band: Journey
Title: Generations
Rating:
Release Date: 2005-10-04
Media: Audio CD

Tracks:

Something New
While Generations is not as strong as Arrival it is still a fantastic record and such a departure from a standard Journey record. Journey With Steve Augeri has been such a great band. When you have a singer like Steve Augeri who's voices is one of the best in the entire rock world one would not think that an album where each band member sings a track would work, but each person's song is tailered to their strengths and it makes for a great album.


Journey Generations CD
Awesome price and shipped quick as ever. It's Journey what more can I say. .


A different Journey than we are used to
All of the members take turns doing vocals and Steve often provides backing vocals or guitar. 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. 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
Having multiple vocalists is not a good idea, especially when 3/5 of them are not good singers. This is by far the worst Journey CD. 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
They've been out of the spotlight since their last album Arrival bombed, getting mixed opinions but the biggest complaint being too many ballads. This is Journey's second recording with Steve Augeri, the former singer of Tall Stories. 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.
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