11/06/08: Craig Quinlan - craigquinlan@hotmail.com
Rating: 100
Just picked this up at Walmart,talk about great value.I can say this is up there with Arrival for me and that is high praise.Arnel is a great find and has a brilliant future and I look forward to hearing more from Journey with him.This cd has not left my cd player and I think it will be staying there for quite a whileIhope they will tour Canada so I can get a chance to see them live.

11/06/08: p diddy - diddy@yahoo.com
Rating: 92
All though i think it was wrong ,journey should of never announced jss as their new lead singer then dump him after the tour was over? On the other hand he is not what journey was all about.On stage he was annoying ,bobbing and weaving his head and tossing the mike up in the air like a berton like he was at some hard rock show. Did not see any compassion or sincerity in his voice and not to mention i thought i was looking at the caveman in the geico commmercials.If they had stayed with him i would have never seen another journey show? I am not sure which he was either ,a steve perry wanna be or a kari yuckee singer???well u jss fans got one thing right he would of brought them in a new direction alright,down down down!!!I liked Steve A and thought he did an amazing job with the vocals but to me the two cds made with him were average(own both)and get played now and then.As for Arnel his voice is astonishing and does justice for journey and the new cd. Though he does sound like steve p(no one will ever compare, so why do we all keep trying)he has his own unique style and compassion for the music he sings.To me this is the best music journey has put out since the breackup of the band.I can play every song without skipping through ,in fact , i have not pulled this cd out since i bought it.The audio was a nice touch and have to say that
Deans vocals in "mother father " are great !! As for the rerecords ,some of the songs are good some are ok.I mean how many rerecords or greatest hits cds can ya make no matter who the singer is? Bottom line is that it is great to see journey come back to their roots with this music and hopefully we can expect more of the same in the future.Keep on rocking journey.....43000 copies in 3 days!!!! That is probably more the arrival or generation and red 13 sold combined?

10/06/08: Baz - bazjed@tpg.com.au
Rating: 20
The sad decline of such a mighty band !!!!
An inferior Re-make of Faith In The Heart land & the totally
awful Wildest Dream only confirms there is very little creativity
left in this band..(Generations was just a mess)...At least Arrival was an awesome album !!!!
If you would like to hear a cover band of journey then I suggest
this one is for you !!!!!!!!!!!! :-(

10/06/08: kitkat - kitkat803us@yahoo.com
Rating: 99
WoW!! amazing, amazing, amazing, there is nothing to argue, Andrew is rightfully correct.
Those people who gave 0 to 50 these are people doesn't like changes and wants to continue supporting Steve Perry, but that is ok, I just have one question for them why they listened and bought the cd??? These are people doesn't support Journey they only support SP.
But true Journey fans will support whoever the frontman.

LOVE JOURNEY AND ARNEL !!!

10/06/08: jim - abig1guy2k@netscape.net
Rating: 0
It seems like the lead singer tries to hard on the classics and isn't pronouncing his words to well,and the new songs seems like they're just trying to hard for the perry era and that's over something completley new would've been a treat!

10/06/08: Martin - run7@huerth-2007.de
Rating: 65
The only song which is not a carbon copy of old songs is "WIldest Dream" - the rest is Journey by Numbers! Great production and the guy can sing no doubt. But I have NEVER EVER heard such a copy of themselves. This has nothing to do with creativity I am afraid. Sounds like a good cover band - not more not less. JRNY RIP!

10/06/08: Colin - ColinNbl@aol.com
Rating: 99
Great album, we'll never forget Steve Perry but Arnel's voice almost takes us back to the Perry era. Can't wait for Manchester Apollo next week!!!

09/06/08: Matt - bruges@comcast.net
Rating: 90
What to add? Nothing really, so I'll keep it simple:
1. Pineda has an unbelievable voice. 40 years old? Talk about a guy in the right place at the right time before it was too late.
2. Album is great but it could've used 1 more upbeat "Never Walk Away"-like happy song towards the end of the album. Too many moody songs.
3. Faith in the Heartland was a mistake. That is an Augeri song in his wheelhouse and too recent. Guarantee I skip over this one everytime.
4. The remake cd is much better than what I've read in the reviews. Amazingly the one song that I thought would be the best "Faithfully", I actually preferred the YouTube version with the Zoo. "Open Arms" is incredible.

09/06/08: jud1 - jjud1@yahoo.com
Rating: 100
I love Journey and Steve Perry. Im thankful theyre still around making music...excellent music!!! REVELATION sez it all. Thank you Neal, Jon, Ross, Deen and Arnel(what an excellent voice!).

09/06/08: DJMike - mikebridges2006@yahoo.com
Rating: 85
Better than Trail By Fire, not as good as Arrival but an enjoyable listen. I have to admit for 11.88 the price is a steal for 3 discs. My main interest in getting this was not the new disc or even the DVD. I bought it mainly for the old tunes and I find myself listening to that one more as time goes on. I'm a sucker for re-recorded tunes. The technology is better and the bands that do this are more seasoned. I did not watch the whole DVD. The picture quality and sound are not as good as the Journey 2001 DVD. This does not mean it isn't good, it just did not hold my attention and the track listing is a little lacking. As for the new stuff, it is pretty darn good. I do not own Generations so I cannot compare the 2. Would like to hear more from that disc. While I do miss both Steves, Arnell has the same vocal range and has a strong voice. I have not heard "Faith In The Heartland" so I can't compare versions. Favorite track is "Never Walk Away". Also, WalMart seems to be the way to go. You'll get more exposure there than a normal "record store" and the Journey CD's I saw were right by the front door with the Eagles and Loverboy CD's. Also, Hats off to Kevin Shirley. Definitely not a 97 (as someone said that is Escape rating and nothing will compare to that one). But I give it a solid "B".

09/06/08: jpiolo - juzail@yahoo.com
Rating: 1
WWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWW.....!!!...new journey...new vocalist.....very great album...what can i say?!!!!!...THE GREATEST BAND OF YESTERDAYS ARE NOW THE HOTTEST BAND OF ALL BANDS!!!!!!....A MULTI-PLATINUM WILL HIT NOT ONLY AMERICA BUT THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!!!!

08/06/08: Bobby - poundcake2000@hotmail.com
Rating: 85
Well here it is the new Journey cd.
Is it worth the 97 rating that Andrew has given it?of course not,is it a good cd?Hell yeah.
The first 6 songs are incredibly good.The kid(40yrold,lol)can sing.
Never walk away is great and so is after all these years.
My fav track has to be the 2nd song what a great track.(Like a Sunshower)
Theres a few fillers in there which i wasnt too happy with but other than that i do like this disc.
Disc number 2 is pretty good as well.
So people do yourselves a fav and pick up this cd,it definitely leaves the def leppard cd for dead.
JOURNEY ARE BACK.

08/06/08: harvey - harveysmith6@fsmail.net
Rating: 99
Just an astonishingly consistant batch of tunes. I really can't believe how much magic and inspiration there is in here. True, it's classic Journey by numbers, but what do you want them to release, an emo or nu-metal album?

Some will reject anything that doesn't involve Steve Perry but, listen folks, he's gone and he ain't/ can't come back.

For the rest of us, this may be little more than backward thinking nostalgic nonsense...but hell it feels good to just play this album and it's remarkable new tunes over and over and over again.

By the way, the extra re-recorded best of disc is utter rubbish, but let's just ignore that and instead enjoy the best Journey album since Raised on Radio!

08/06/08: alan holloway - alan@rockunited.com
Rating: 80
Very good, but too many slow songs. I prefer Myland, but only just.

08/06/08: pb0071 - pb0071@yahoo.com
Rating: 99
Its a must buy Album.Absolutely superb. Sadly some hardcore SP, JSS and Auguri fans will never be happy. Even if GOD himself become Journey's frontman they will still cry and whine and they'll say "its not Perryyyy" lol

08/06/08: Mike Mckee - quick-lil-evo-8@verizon.net
Rating: 98
Well it looks like the better reviews are running stronger than the bad ones. FWIW to all the tards that seem to think that Arnel can't sing, what do all you losers do for a living? Seems to me he is fronting one of the BEST rock bands and you jokers are behind a keyboard jacking off wishing you had a quarter of the talent he has.

I believe they did a DAMNED fine job on the new material and the redoing of the old stuff isn't as bad as Andrew says it works for me pretty well.

This is one of the BEST releases of the 80's bands ANY of them has done in a long DAMNED time. Like a poster somewhere above mentioned why doesn't Def Leppard do something like this? As the saying goes dance with the girl you bought to the party. This type of sound made you HUGE if it aint broke don't fix it!!!

S.A. to me was never a good match for them Arnel blows his watered down WEAK vocals away no questions asked. Generations was a festering POS of the first order talk about a snooze fest. You shouldn't even mention that with this in the same breath. This is pedal to the metal next to that. I listened to Generations once and it never got back in the player. I'm on the 4th time through on this already and it gets better each time.

To me Journey hit a bases loaded HOME RUN with this. It's as good as it gets and you won't be sorry if you drop your cash to get this. Best since Raised On Radio hands down.

08/06/08: cutter - cutter33_us@yahoo.com
Rating: 95
The LIVE dvd is worth the $11.99 by itself. The new album is pretty good, the other disc is just gravy. At the very least this thing is interesting to see/ hear someone new sing these songs. I would have prefered Soto with them but this is still an intersting side step for their history.

08/06/08: Dave - dave42@maine.rr.com
Rating: 72
Yawn! This just doesn't do it for me. Same tired stuff from Neal's new cover band. Don't get me wrong, I have been a Neal supporter forever. I thought moving on from Perry was a good idea, and was happier than a pig in poop when Soto came aboard. Then Neal totally blew it, sent JSS packing, and picked up a Perry wannabe. Imagine this album with Soto singing....probably ten times better and more powerful. The re-records, I find completely useless and offensive. Leave the old stuff alone Neal, I know you did it all for the money, so you can pay off the ex-wives.

Anyways, best song was the instrumental. Disc 2 will probably become a drink coaster.

Have a nice day!

08/06/08: George A. mccall - ronkada@yahoo.com
Rating: 90
I have been a fan of journey since the mid seventies.
I have every album from them on vinyl,tape,disc,or digital.
I have everything that Steve Perry has done as well.Japanese versions,sound tracks etc..
I became a song writer because of this band so I would say they have influenced my life.
I have often wished that Steve Perry would come back to the fold,I'm not sure they would let him if he wanted to.None of that suff really matters now anyway,Journey has moved on and fans either move along with them for the ride or move in another direction. The truth is there is no other band like Journey in the world and never will be regardless of who is singing. They have been called corporate rock and sell outs and wimpy and many other things but at least they're still around trying to do something to please you.How many bands from that era are doing that?