Time3 [Time Cubed] [Long Box]

Performer: Journey (Rock)
Producer: Roy Halee; Roy Thomas Baker; Austin Godsey; Kevin Elson; Geoff Workman; Mike Stone; Steve Perry
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: TIME CUBED contains more than 50 songs, several of them previously unreleased. Journey (Rock): Gregg Rolie (vocals, keyboards); Robert Fleischman, Steve Augeri, Steve Perry (vocals); George Tickner, Neal Schon (guitar); Jonathan Cain (keyboards); Randy Jackson , Ross Valory (bass guitar); Deen Castronovo, Mike Baird, Prairie Prince, Steve Smith , Aynsley Dunbar (drums). Journey has given radio some of AOR's finest three-minute gems, both in hard rock and ballad form. Time 3 strings together all their best songs, most of them popular and some not so well known, but all extremely enjoyable and laid out over the course of three discs. Set up chronologically, the first disc unleashes their raw sound, with the first eight songs being pre-Steve Perry. With tracks from Infinity, Evolution, and Departure rounding out disc one, a young Perry sets a musical precedent with his soaring voice. Even so, "Any Way You Want It" steals the show amidst all of their early material. Disc two is where this set truly shines, containing their biggest hits and covering the most entertaining and fruitful part of Journey's career. Seven of the songs here are from 1981's Escape album, including of course "Open Arms," "Don't Stop Believing," and "Who's Crying Now." The first half of the disc finishes off hits from the Departure album, and smoothly rolls into songs from the live Captured. The third disc starts off with the B-side "La Raza Del Sol," and follows with "Only Solutions" from the movie Tron. The best songs from Frontiers and Raised on Radio make up the next ten tracks, and finishes with wonderful live performances of "Girl Can't Help It" and "I'll Be Alright Without You." Time 3, which comes with a colorful booklet and informative liner notes about each song (released in this style when the set first hit shelves), is an extremely comprehensive overview. There is an overabundance of material here, but all of it is incredibly pleasing. ~ Mike DeGagne

Q (3/93, p.96) - 3 Stars - Good - "...the live material packs a surprisingly hard punch and there's more emotion than recieved information might suggest..."

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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