Journey - Journey - Greatest Hits

Media:	Audio CD
Record label:	Sony
Release date:	25 October, 1990
List price:	~~$18.98~~
Our price:	$9.99 that is 47% off!

Journey - Greatest Hits

Average rating: Stars

Good music but truly awful mastering/production

Good tracks, but if you have a reasonably high quality sound system, be warned that the digital transfer is tinny, shrill, bass free, AM-radio-sounding mess.

This music makes me want to listen to Journey again, but the sound quality is driving me away. This disc is going in the trash bin in favor of the remastered "Essential Journey"

Journey - Greatest Hits - Journey

Better Than Just "1980s"

As ballad pop goes, Journey is there. These are the songs which were played at proms throughout the 1980s. Filled with romance, emotional passion and Steve Perry's unrelenting voice, Journey's "Greatest Hits" are a mix of hard, mild and melodic pop rock.

Occasionally, the band would turn out mediocre music, like "Girl Can't Help It," but most is still worth listening to. "Be Good to Yourself" sounds like a bad movie soundtrack song, and is not worthy of this otherwise amazing CD.

Journey was a pop band: Simple lyrics without a heavy message. Distinguishing them was their willingness to step out of the known musical formulas. Club music was coming into its own in the 1980s, with DJs sampling and mixing. Their music doesn't sample well, and they risked being a radio-only band. As their hit list grew from "Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'" into a rich repertoire, their concerts became packed into stadiums. Those are the songs here.

It is 1980s music, but better than just as music from the period, just like James Taylor is better than just being a musician from the 1970s. I fully recommend, "Greatest Hits" by Journey.

Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com

Journey - Journey - Greatest Hits

how did i used to like this crap

There was a time in like early 2003 or so i was in to music like this and def leapard, foreigner, the scorpins and so on so this cd was decent then and also i manily bought it for open arms now a guilty pleasure acutally when i bought this cd at best buy i was ashamed of it. But later in the year i got into alt rock and indie and got bored with stuff like this and the other stuff they play on classic rock radio to death. Who cares if perry has a a good voice so does josh gorban but when you songs suck and have no orginality who cares i acutally pefer someone like tom waites who has a crappy voice simply because he is a great songwriter and he experiments something this band never did.

By the way i still like open arms when it comes on the radio i plug in my headphones and listen and feel ashamed to even listen to it