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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Journey - Greatest Hits I & II (Jap. Ed.) + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.nov-28-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2011 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........cd1: 17 cd2: 18 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.journeymusic.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Journey Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Greatest Hits I & II (Jap. Ed.)abel : Sony Music ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ How many bands grow even more iconic with each ║ │
│║ passing year? It's a short list, and on it is ║ │
│║ Journey. Through all its phases and eras, twists ║ │
│║ and turns the band sees its music become more ║ │
│║ popular as the years go on. The roadie who ║ │
│║ suggested the band name "Journey" truly had a ║ │
│║ vision. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ In a career spanning five decades, Journey is ║ │
│║ blazing hotter than ever with the lineup of Neal ║ │
│║ Schon (guitars, backing vocals), Jonathan Cain ║ │
│║ (keyboards, backing vocals), Ross Valory (bass, ║ │
│║ backing vocals), Deen Castronovo (drums, ║ │
│║ percussion, backing vocals) and Arnel Pineda ║ │
│║ (lead vocals). ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ The band has reached heights that likely no ║ │
│║ other artist can hit these days, with its ║ │
│║ Greatest Hits album hitting 15-million-plus in ║ │
│║ sales. It's not luck; it's persistent, hard work ║ │
│║ over the years. When TV shows like Glee and The ║ │
│║ Sopranos made the song "Don't Stop Believin'" a ║ │
│║ sensation decades after its release, it's ║ │
│║ because that music endured. Since the group's ║ │
│║ formation in 1973, the band has earned 19 Top 40 ║ │
│║ singles and 25 Gold and Platinum albums. ║ │
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│║ "Don't Stop Believin'," Schon said, "has become ║ │
│║ this national anthem, world anthem. It's really ║ │
│║ wild. If somebody plays it, no matter where, ║ │
│║ everybody sings it." ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ As their San Francisco Bay Area cohorts The ║ │
│║ Grateful Dead once sang, what a long strange ║ │
│║ trip it's been. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ With survivors of Santana and Frumious ║ │
│║ Bandersnatch in the fold, Journey released three ║ │
│║ albums starting in 1975 before teaming up with ║ │
│║ singer Steve Perry to define the classic rock of ║ │
│║ the late '70s and '80s. The triple-platinum ║ │
│║ Infinity in 1978 started the run that few bands ║ │
│║ would match. Evolution and Departure would ║ │
│║ follow with more hits, all leading up to 1981's ║ │
│║ iconic Escape. Not only did it contain ║ │
│║ inescapable hits like "Don't Stop Believin," ║ │
│║ "Who's Crying Now" and "Open Arms," but it was ║ │
│║ the first music album turned into a videogame - ║ │
│║ a truly visionary move at a time when most ║ │
│║ people didn't know what that meant. Fans ║ │
│║ worldwide snapped up 12 million copies, and FM ║ │
│║ radio had programming for life. The follow-up, ║ │
│║ Frontiers, was only kept out of the #1 spot by a ║ │
│║ little album called Thriller. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ It's a run that continues to this day. Through ║ │
│║ the years, Journey has kept the music alive with ║ │
│║ classic-rock airplay and a touring schedule most ║ │
│║ bands can't or won't match. With the changes and ║ │
│║ upheavals in the music industry, nothing can ║ │
│║ replace the live concert experience. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ "The one thing that remains the same is live ║ │
│║ performances," Schon said. "So that's why we're ║ │
│║ still here doing this. It's the one thing that ║ │
│║ can't be hacked and one thing that you ║ │
│║ absolutely have to show up live to be able to ║ │
│║ do. And so I still love it." ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ A short string of lead singers followed Perry's ║ │
│║ departure, but nothing quite worked until Schon ║ │
│║ found Pineda. It's one of the most unlikely ║ │
│║ success stories in rock 'n' roll history: Schon ║ │
│║ discovered the singer in a Filipino cover band ║ │
│║ via YouTube. He quickly reached out to the ║ │
│║ incredulous singer and a new era of Journey was ║ │
│║ born. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ The hits came coming, with the new album ║ │
│║ Revelation debuting at #5 in 2008 and continuing ║ │
│║ their streak of platinum albums. A two-year ║ │
│║ world tour sealed Pineda's place as the voice of ║ │
│║ Journey. A new album came with Eclipse - this ║ │
│║ time with Pineda's full participation as a band ║ │
│║ member and songwriter. And the TV exposure of ║ │
│║ "Don't Stop Believin'" made the song is the #1 ║ │
│║ digital catalog song in history, with sales of ║ │
│║ more than 5.4 million in the U.S. ║ │
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│║ While touring is still Journey's #1 passion, it ║ │
│║ doesn't mean there isn't time for a world view. ║ │
│║ The band recently recorded a cover of The ║ │
│║ Police's "Synchronicity II" for a charity CD ║ │
│║ that fights child slavery in Third World ║ │
│║ countries, along with Stevie Wonder, Steven ║ │
│║ Tyler and more. ║ │
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│║ What has the band learned over the years? ║ │
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│║ "I think we just got it right, you know? We ║ │
│║ wrote a lot of really great songs, the three of ║ │
│║ us; myself, Steve Perry, and Jonathan Cain. And ║ │
│║ it was like we just got some things right and I ║ │
│║ think that's why it's etched in stone," Schon ║ │
│║ said. As for the future, "I'm still an aspiring ║ │
│║ guitarist, you know. I never feel like I've ║ │
│║ learned everything on the instrument. You have ║ │
│║ to love what you do. I certainly do." ║ │
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│║ This two-disc bundle includes both volumes of ║ │
│║ Journey's Greatest Hits. The first collection is ║ │
│║ an excellent, thorough 14-track overview ║ │
│║ containing all of the band's big early hits, ║ │
│║ from 1978's "Wheel in the Sky" to 1986's "I'll ║ │
│║ Be Alright Without You." Although the songs ║ │
│║ aren't presented in chronological order and a ║ │
│║ handful of minor hits ("Suzanne," "Walks Like a ║ │
│║ Lady") aren't included, it doesn't matter, since ║ │
│║ every essential Journey single -- "Only the ║ │
│║ Young," "Don't Stop Believin'," "Any Way You ║ │
│║ Want It," "Separate Ways," "Lovin', Touchin', ║ │
│║ Squeezin'," "Open Arms," "Send Her My Love" -- ║ │
│║ is here, which means that it's all most casual ║ │
│║ fans will ever need. Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 ║ │
│║ collects the singles, album rock hits, and album ║ │
│║ tracks that didn't make it onto the first hits ║ │
│║ disc. This doesn't leave too many familiar ║ │
│║ tunes; the charting hits here are "Stone in ║ │
│║ Love," "Still They Ride," "After the Fall," "The ║ │
│║ Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love)," "Suzanne," ║ │
│║ and "Walks Like a Lady," the first of which is a ║ │
│║ Journey classic that likely should have been on ║ │
│║ the first Greatest Hits, but apart from "Still ║ │
│║ They Ride," the rest are the kind of second-tier ║ │
│║ singles recognized only by listeners already ║ │
│║ somewhat dedicated. This says nothing about the ║ │
│║ quality of the songs -- they are the kinds of ║ │
│║ tunes that make for a "more of the best" ║ │
│║ compilation, songs reminiscent of other hits but ║ │
│║ just not quite as immediate or epic, not as ║ │
│║ memorable for one reason or another. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ - CD1 Greatest Hits I [ ] │
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│ 01 - Don┤t Stop Believin┤ [04:11] │
│ 02 - Any Way You Want It [03:24] │
│ 03 - Open Arms [03:20] │
│ 04 - Only The Young [04:07] │
│ 05 - Wheel In The Sky [04:13] │
│ 06 - Faithfully [04:27] │
│ 07 - I┤ll Be Alright Withoy You [04:35] │
│ 08 - Ask The Lonely [03:55] │
│ 09 - Who┤s Crying Now [05:02] │
│ 10 - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) [05:28] │
│ 11 - Lights [03:11] │
│ 12 - Lovin┤, Touchin┤, Squeezin┤ [03:55] │
│ 13 - Girl Can┤t Help It [03:51] │
│ 14 - Send Her My Love [03:55] │
│ 15 - Be Good To Yourself [03:55] │
│ 16 - When You Love A Woman [04:11] │
│ 17 - Open Arms (Live) [03:22] │
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│ - CD2 Greatest Hits II [ ] │
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│ 01 - stone in love [04:25] │
│ 02 - after the fall [05:01] │
│ 03 - chain reaction [04:20] │
│ 04 - the party's over (hopelessly in love) [03:41] │
│ 05 - escape [05:17] │
│ 06 - still they ride [03:49] │
│ 07 - good morning girl [01:43] │
│ 08 - stay awhile [02:47] │
│ 09 - suzanne [03:39] │
│ 10 - feeling that way [03:28] │
│ 11 - anytime [03:29] │
│ 12 - walks like a lady [03:16] │
│ 13 - little girl [05:48] │
│ 14 - just the same way [03:19] │
│ 15 - patiently [03:21] │
│ 16 - when i think of you [04:21] │
│ 17 - mother, father (live) [05:28] │
│ 18 - don't stop believin' (live) [04:17] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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