Journey - Eclipse (ECL1P53)

Love, love, love Journey... of the past. Even the early years pre-Steve Perry.

The latest evolution of Journey consists of a youtube phenom Arnel Pineda, who does a damn good imitation of Steve Perry. The problem for me is Journey has set the bar so high and comparisons will be made. And I do compare. Arnel Pineda is good, but not great. With the slick production, it is even more apparent how Perry is missed. The songs written are more rock with emphasis on guitar. Very little keyboard work is present. This makes for a different sounding Journey. None of it is bad. Again, most every song is better than most crap put out today... but still I expect at least one song to grab me... that does not happen



PS: what's with the expensive CD?