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It's been a long road for Journey, from their days as a progressive/rock/jazz
combo to platinum selling, stadium fillers who delivered "Lights" about their
beloved hometown, San Francisco. Well, the guys are still on the trail of
classic rock and roll, chasing down hot licks, smoking leads and crashing,
soaring, big arena-ready sounds on this Wal-Mart exclusive CD.

This deluxe three-disc package is a showcase for Journey in all of its forms --
from hit-making superstars to revitalized new group and band of old friends.
Founding members Neal Schon and Ross Vallory hold down both ends of the stage
while Jonathan Cain has been their longtime man on melodic keyboards and
guitars. Deen Castronovo has been keeping the beat steady in the band's modern
era but the revelation on this album is the introduction of its new singer as
Journey welcomes Arnel Pineda into the

Pineda is the third in a line of post-Steve Perry singers for the band but as it
turns out "third time's the charm" as Pineda is the most charismatic, vocally
adept ever frontman for the band and well, he has the best smile this side of
Quezon City, his hometown.

Pineda can handle the ballads as well as the rockers as he proves over three
discs included here. On disc one he works out on the 11 new songs featured while
disc two is his showcase to sing the classics in his own voice. Disc three is a
phenomenal concert DVD and audio-visual testament to just how easily Pineda slid
into the band's onstage vibe. It's as if he's always been there.

"Never Walk Away" is a brand new song that sounds like it could've been recorded
during the band's late '70s and early '80s superpower period -- it's just that
kind of pure and timeless rock and roll in all of its colors. Another new one,
"Wildest Dream" is a frantic hard rocker built on riffs and Pineda's throaty
wail. In the live arena he is a boundless force of energy that keeps the
audience involved.

Do we even have to tell you what he does to the emotive "Faithfully" and
ever-popular "Don't Stop Believin'?" Yep, he nails them. Pineda rockets all over
the vocal scale with extraordinary energetics on "Any Way You Want It" and
brings proper intensity to "Separate Ways."

Additionally, it must be noted that Castronovo turns in an astonishing
powerhouse vocal performance on "Mother Father" on the DVD, while Schon cuts
loose on some emotional guitar.

Pineda and Journey's new life is gong to be among rock and roll biggest stories
of this year. You don't want to miss the quite literal revelatory nature of this
extraordinary "debut" by a rock solid band and the latest chapter in their
evolution. As they say in the Philippines, mabuhay!

By Danielle Santiago








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