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why the critics hated journey
This album is a shimmering, glimmering, moody, mystical masterpiece. The wonderful Cain keyboards are in front of the mix creating atmosphere, there is a little less of the great Neal Schon but what is here is as good as always, and the incomparable Steve Perry's voice is lower in the register than it was through most of his career, which actually makes him sound even better. Indeed, it is just about impossible to sound much better than Perry did at this stage of his career. He was truly the voice of his generation of pop-rock singers.
Raised on Radio is, in short, the best album of its type -- which is not the style Journey is most known for, but something very similar to late Roxy Music, mainly their great album Avalon.
It says much that Roxy Music was a critics' darling, whereas Journey was, and is, panned by critics. I don't know about Roxy, but I know why critics didn't like Journey or Foreigner or the like. Virtually all pro or semi-pro music critics are part of a far-left political culture and they wear their agenda on their sleeves. They hardly understand or care about music; their interest is that bands promote leftist politics one way or another. Any band that is very popular but apolitical will be perceived as an enemy and attacked relentlessly, in order to focus attention on bands the politically correct deem more acceptable. Journey concentrated on actually making music, so the critics hated them. The "music" rags had more power in those days, but these things never change. They branded Journey "corporate", whatever that means. I didn't realize that corporations wrote these sugary melodies and sang them like an angel; I thought that was Steve Perry. And as far as I can tell, he sings better than any Beatle (just to compare them to the all-time boomer generation critical favorite), Schon plays guitar better than any Beatle, this band wrote better melodies than any Beatle, and they were darn near as popular as the Beatles. They just didn't write better, or more importantly, more agressively left-wing lyrics than the Beatles, so the twentysomething lit-major socialists who write music reviews don't like them.
I do. I like them better than the Beatles. By a lot. They're less annoying and far superior sonically. If you're reading this review, I bet you think so, too. Don't feel guilty about it. Feel guilty if you've been brainwashed so badly that you don't have Raised on Radio (and the equally superb albums that preceded it) in your collection. At least you can remedy that situation as soon as possible; there's no remedy for rock critics.
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some great tunes but not as good as frontiers/escape/infinity
the songs on ror are good in their own right but they are too ballady for me and i tend to prefer ballads. the songs lack the rocking edge in frontiers and the simplicity of infinity. sort of too polished a sound in my opinion and the fact that smith and valory weren't featured on this album made it lose a few points in my book. again, i bought this for the collectible digipak packaging which included a booklet with old pictures and tour dates. but this time they were all pics of just the trio rather than the power quintet. my favorite tracks were happy to give and eyes of a woman.
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Great CD
I bought this CD for my wife. She has all the Steve Perry CD's. If you don't know Journey and you're thinking of listening to them this would be one of the great CD's. Although all of them are great.
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Best Journey Album & Tour
I saw Journey 2 Times in the Steve Perry period. I SAW the FRONTIERS L.A.show, then the Raised On Radio show in Long Beach. They were both great shows, but the change in the band on the Raised On Radio album gave the band a stronger, punchier sound. And the live show was the Proof,I told a friend today that "Raised On Radio is like the perfect album" I still love this album, and the reissue CD has that reminder of the power of that live show. The 2 live tracks at the end are Fantastic, I Want More! Journey Fans, Buy this CD, You'll Love it... I Still Do.
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Cool Reissue With Great Remastering!
"Rasied On Radio" has been called "too pop" by some fans,but I like this album very much,thank you.The main reason to pick up this reissue is the the remastered sound( by Dave Donnelly),since it is a vast improvement over previous CD editions.The bass and midrange are increased,giving songs like "Once You Love Somebody","Positive Touch","It Could Have Been You" and the hits "The Girl Can't Help It","Be Good To Yourself","I'll Be Alright Without You" and "Suzanne" a kick and punch that wasn't there before.Its also contains two live tracks(I'll Be Alright Without You" and "The Girl Can't Help It") and is packaged with a cool booklet featuring photos and tour dates from the "Raised On Radio" period.Unfortunatly,this would be the final album for Journey until a short-lived Steve Perry-led reunion CD("Trial By Fire")appeared in 1996.
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