Escape/Frontiers [Box]

Performer: Journey (Rock)
Engineer: Wally Buck
Producer: Kevin Elson; Mike Stone; Steve Perry
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Journey (Rock): Jonathan Cain (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Neal Schon (vocals, guitar); Ross Valory (vocals, bass guitar); Steve Perry (vocals); Steve Smith (drums, percussion). Audio Mixer: Allen Sides. Audio Remasterers: Dave Donnelly; Bob Ludwig; Brian Lee. Sony Legacy's X2 series repackages two of Journey's best known recordings: the consecutively issued Escape from 1981, and Frontiers, from 1983. This is when the band were at the peak of their MTV-era multi-platinum success. Both albums are remastered versions from the 2006 series that reissued their catalog, and each disc contains four bonus cuts. If you didn't snag them when they were issued, here is another opportunity to get a slight price break in snagging them both. ~ Thom Jurek

When one thinks of the archetypal power-ballad powerhouse Journey, it's hard not to automatically picture an arena full of fans hoisting cigarette lighters. While singer Steve Perry's voice was custom-made for Journey's heartbreaking love songs, guitarist Neal Schon had the hard rock chops to fire up their numerous melodic anthems, the combination making them one of the biggest bands of the 1980s. They started out as a prog-rock/fusion-oriented offshoot of Santana, but didn't break through until Perry was brought in to front the band in the late '70s. Nevertheless, after Perry's departure, the band eventually reunited and carried on with Perry soundalike Steve Augeri, playing for thousands of enraptured fans and recording new material.

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