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The Essential Journey

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highly recommended

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I love Journey since Steve Perry joined them and no other singer can EVER take that mans place. NONE! His amazing vocals and stage savvy will never be forgotten. He did an amazing job on the Essential CD. Only wish for Steve to return someday and grace the microphone again. We all miss him and wish him well, but it would be a wonderful thing if he were to return.

"I get the joy of rediscovering you..."

Disk 1 is a veritable Greatest Hits Journey Album, containing most of the great ones, whereas with Disk 2 it's debatable as to whether all of the songs on it are "essential Journey" qualified (Line of Fire, Baby I'm a Leavin You? Uh, I question those selections). Songs arguably more "essential", like `Suzanne' and `Why Can't This Night Go On Forever' were left off. Nevertheless, Disk 2 is still a good one and has mostly worthy songs.

It's my opinion that two of the most significant factors that made Journey the world-class band it was in the 80s was the voice of Perry in singing some of rock's greatest ballads - Open Arms, Who's Cryin' Now, Send Her My Love, to name a few - and Journey's capability to write heart-felt lyrics for those ballads, lyrics that most anyone who has ever loved, or loved and lost, can listen and relate to.

I now realize that Journey's lyrics are timeless, their meanings changing only in their reference with life's experiences and advancing time, but never becoming outdated. Separate Ways (World's Apart) comes immediately to mind: those lyrics have much more relevance to me today then ever before, even after more than 20 years (True love won't desert you; You know I still love you; Though we touched and went our separate ways).

Then there's the classic among classics, the ballad that knows no equal - Faithfully. Only Journey and Perry can do that song justice; only Perry can provide the vocal power that's necessary to convey the emotion of the song. Faithfully is a song that will live with me forever; the memories linked directly to it are unforgetable. Years ago someone dear to me once asked which song I might choose should there ever be a chance to share a dance together. At the time I couldn't answer the question directly but today I answer that it would be Faithfully.

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dont understand disc 1.

so I ordered this 2 disc set and by all account it is very good classic and not so classic Journey. Here's my 1 and only major beef. Is it me or is disk 1 simply a copy of greatest hits? Now disk 2 I am very impressed with. The mixture is simply outstanding. And I am looking for someone who might have information on whether or not there are any other Journey DVD's out there. I have purchased the live in Houston, and the greatest hits sets. Extremely happy with both, but would like to find 1. more concert footage and 2. possibly a dvd set of more of their videos. My personal email is dalton1999@clearwire.net if anyone has any information. Anyway if you are someone looking for a good complete set of some very good Journey music you cant go wrong with this one. Thanks for reading.

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Should be titled The Almost Essential Journey

4 stars given because there are actually a ton of hit included on this compilation. Disc 1 is very nearly perfect and I have no complaints with it but disc 2 has me scratching my head. A few songs are included for no good reason and some other, more popular and essential songs were left out. Again, for no good reason.

This set is not a bad deal for the price and isn't even a bad deal for disc 1 alone at the price. Still, it's hard to call something essential when it's missed the true essence.

As Pop-Rock not bad

Do yourself a favor. If you want to hear some great Journey, get their first three recordings. This is when Journey was at their best. This post Perry stuff, I'll admit is OK. They are catchy tunes if your into that light weight girly pop stuff.

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