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Ok I've been through Eclipse five times now. I don't like all of it, and I don't know if it a 100% album in my book, (and I still think Whitesnake's Forevermore album is album of the year) but there's some monster rock on this album. Massively. To my ear some easily their best album since Frontiers.

It's definitely decent. It doesn't trump Arrival or TBF for me though. In fact, I'm not even sure it beats RoR. RoR's classics crush Eclipse's best tunes for sure. It'd be a close battle for me.

Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:Ok I've been through Eclipse five times now. I don't like all of it, and I don't know if it a 100% album in my book, (and I still think Whitesnake's Forevermore album is album of the year) but there's some monster rock on this album. Massively. To my ear some easily their best album since Frontiers.

Forevermore kicks ALL KINDS of arse. It will be a tall task to usurp that as AOTY.

Ehwmatt wrote:It's definitely decent. It doesn't trump Arrival or TBF for me though. In fact, I'm not even sure it beats RoR. RoR's classics crush Eclipse's best tunes for sure. It'd be a close battle for me.

Be Good To Yourself, for better or worse is one of Journey's highest charting songs. The guitar intro sells it to a lot of people, it's just epic.

Don wrote:

Ehwmatt wrote:It's definitely decent. It doesn't trump Arrival or TBF for me though. In fact, I'm not even sure it beats RoR. RoR's classics crush Eclipse's best tunes for sure. It'd be a close battle for me.

Be Good To Yourself, for better or worse is one of Journey's highest charting songs. The guitar intro sells it to a lot of people, it's just epic.

BGTYS, IBAWY, Suzanne, and GCHI from RoR stand for me as some of the band's strongest songs in any era. Just great stuff even if the latter two are especially dated-sounding.

Eclipse, musically, steamrolls over ROR. Vocally, ROR always gets the nod.

Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:Ok I've been through Eclipse five times now. I don't like all of it, and I don't know if it a 100% album in my book, (and I still think Whitesnake's Forevermore album is album of the year) but there's some monster rock on this album. Massively. To my ear some easily their best album since Frontiers.

Sorry virtually impossible. TBF is better than Frontiers.

froy wrote:Sorry virtually impossible. TBF is better than Frontiers.

Agreed, but Frontiers is second or third for me.

S2M wrote:

Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:Ok I've been through Eclipse five times now. I don't like all of it, and I don't know if it a 100% album in my book, (and I still think Whitesnake's Forevermore album is album of the year) but there's some monster rock on this album. Massively. To my ear some easily their best album since Frontiers.

Forevermore kicks ALL KINDS of arse. It will be a tall task to usurp that as AOTY.

What If....

Deb wrote:

S2M wrote:

Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:Ok I've been through Eclipse five times now. I don't like all of it, and I don't know if it a 100% album in my book, (and I still think Whitesnake's Forevermore album is album of the year) but there's some monster rock on this album. Massively. To my ear some easily their best album since Frontiers.

Forevermore kicks ALL KINDS of arse. It will be a tall task to usurp that as AOTY.

What If....

Bias aside, Deb....Forevermore just slays Mr. Big....sorry. Whitesnake isn't my favorite band - and that makes me more credible.

S2M wrote:

Deb wrote:

S2M wrote:

Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:Ok I've been through Eclipse five times now. I don't like all of it, and I don't know if it a 100% album in my book, (and I still think Whitesnake's Forevermore album is album of the year) but there's some monster rock on this album. Massively. To my ear some easily their best album since Frontiers.

Forevermore kicks ALL KINDS of arse. It will be a tall task to usurp that as AOTY.

What If....

Bias aside, Deb....Forevermore just slays Mr. Big....sorry. Whitesnake isn't my favorite band - and that makes me more credible.

No it doesn't. I like Whitesnake too and Forevermore is a great album too! But I'm in total agreement with Drewsky on his reviews of these 2 albums. What If.... 100%, Forevermore 96%.

Gideon wrote:

froy wrote:Sorry virtually impossible. TBF is better than Frontiers.

Agreed, but Frontiers is second or third for me.

As excited as I was for the return of that era of Journey, TBF was a boring let down for me.
I think Perry's voice and the production was spectacular. But aside from WYLAW, nothing from
That album grabbed me. I can't even listen to it

My face order, until last week, has been Escape, Frontiers, Arrival...
Eclipse may surpass Arrival real soon

Ehwmatt wrote:It's definitely decent. It doesn't trump Arrival or TBF for me though. In fact, I'm not even sure it beats RoR. RoR's classics crush Eclipse's best tunes for sure. It'd be a close battle for me.

Yep, I'm here ^^^^except I know it doesn't trump, ROR for me ...isn't it cool
how we all love the lp's that diverted from the Journey ...kinda cool, less boring!!
Kinda units us ...Perry had his, Neal has his, everyone is sooo happy!!
~peace

Deb wrote:

S2M wrote:

Deb wrote:

S2M wrote:

Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:Ok I've been through Eclipse five times now. I don't like all of it, and I don't know if it a 100% album in my book, (and I still think Whitesnake's Forevermore album is album of the year) but there's some monster rock on this album. Massively. To my ear some easily their best album since Frontiers.

Forevermore kicks ALL KINDS of arse. It will be a tall task to usurp that as AOTY.

What If....

Bias aside, Deb....Forevermore just slays Mr. Big....sorry. Whitesnake isn't my favorite band - and that makes me more credible.

No it doesn't. I like Whitesnake too and Forevermore is a great album too! But I'm in total agreement with Drewsky on his reviews of these 2 albums. What If.... 100%, Forevermore 96%.

Whether you like Whitesnake or not isn't the issue. Mr. Big being your favorite band IS. And a band that hasn't been around making albums for 10 years....of course the long layoff is going to slant your opinion of that CD....Mr. Big is the answer to every question that could ever be posed to you....your opinion isn't subject to falsification, therefore is it biased....NEXT!

I know there's already a thread like this, but....

#1Frontiers
#2Escape
#3 Eclipse

S2M wrote:

Deb wrote:

S2M wrote:

Deb wrote:

S2M wrote:

Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:Ok I've been through Eclipse five times now. I don't like all of it, and I don't know if it a 100% album in my book, (and I still think Whitesnake's Forevermore album is album of the year) but there's some monster rock on this album. Massively. To my ear some easily their best album since Frontiers.

Forevermore kicks ALL KINDS of arse. It will be a tall task to usurp that as AOTY.

What If....

Bias aside, Deb....Forevermore just slays Mr. Big....sorry. Whitesnake isn't my favorite band - and that makes me more credible.

No it doesn't. I like Whitesnake too and Forevermore is a great album too! But I'm in total agreement with Drewsky on his reviews of these 2 albums. What If.... 100%, Forevermore 96%.

Whether you like Whitesnake or not isn't the issue. Mr. Big being your favorite band IS. And a band that hasn't been around making albums for 10 years....of course the long layoff is going to slant your opinion of that CD....Mr. Big is the answer to every question that could ever be posed to you....your opinion isn't subject to falsification, therefore is it biased....NEXT!

Not true at all, sure I may say Mr Big (or one of my other faves) to 9 out of 10 questions posed. But it doesn't mean I like everything they've done (album). The two that come to mind are EM's - Destroy All Monsters (didn't do a thing for me, IMO doesn't even come close to I'm Goin' Sane and especially Somewhere In The Middle)......same with JSS's - Redlist. As far as MB goes, save for a few songs........same goes for the Get It Over It album. So I'm not one of those fans that say everything they do is golden.

Deb wrote:

S2M wrote:

Deb wrote:

S2M wrote:

Deb wrote:

S2M wrote:

Gin and Tonic Sky wrote:Ok I've been through Eclipse five times now. I don't like all of it, and I don't know if it a 100% album in my book, (and I still think Whitesnake's Forevermore album is album of the year) but there's some monster rock on this album. Massively. To my ear some easily their best album since Frontiers.

Forevermore kicks ALL KINDS of arse. It will be a tall task to usurp that as AOTY.

What If....

Bias aside, Deb....Forevermore just slays Mr. Big....sorry. Whitesnake isn't my favorite band - and that makes me more credible.

No it doesn't. I like Whitesnake too and Forevermore is a great album too! But I'm in total agreement with Drewsky on his reviews of these 2 albums. What If.... 100%, Forevermore 96%.

Whether you like Whitesnake or not isn't the issue. Mr. Big being your favorite band IS. And a band that hasn't been around making albums for 10 years....of course the long layoff is going to slant your opinion of that CD....Mr. Big is the answer to every question that could ever be posed to you....your opinion isn't subject to falsification, therefore is it biased....NEXT!

Not true at all, sure I may say Mr Big (or one of my other faves) to 9 out of 10 questions posed. But it doesn't mean I like everything they've done (album). The two that come to mind are EM's - Destroy All Monsters (didn't do a thing for me, IMO doesn't even come close to I'm Goin' Sane and especially Somewhere In The Middle)......same with JSS's - Redlist. As far as MB goes, save for a few songs........same goes for the Get It Over It album. So I'm not one of the fans that say everything they do is golden.

Except when a self-proclaimed fan can't even get the album title correct! It's Get Over It...

S2M wrote:Except when a self-proclaimed fan can't even get the album title correct! It's Get Over It...

LOL I knew that, my fingers are just faster than my eyes sometimes.

^^^^ and besides, you haven't heard everything that Jeff has done.....so

S2M wrote:^^^^ and besides, you haven't heard everything that Jeff has done.....so

I'll bet it's pretty damn close. You'd be surprised at how many rare gems I've been able to dig up of my faves.

Deb wrote:

S2M wrote:^^^^ and besides, you haven't heard everything that Jeff has done.....so

I'll bet it's pretty damn close. You'd be surprised at how many rare gems I've been able to dig up of my faves.

You heard the Alex Masi stuff? Axel Rudi Pell? Kryst the Conquerer? Kuni? Laudamus? Chris Catena? Edge of Forever?

S2M wrote:

Deb wrote:

S2M wrote:^^^^ and besides, you haven't heard everything that Jeff has done.....so

I'll bet it's pretty damn close. You'd be surprised at how many rare gems I've been able to dig up of my faves.

You heard the Alex Masi stuff? Axel Rudi Pell? Kryst the Conquerer? Kuni? Laudamus? Chris Catena? Edge of Forever?

Ok ya got me, 3 of those I haven't? LOL, who do you think put this up...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjOoI7GaYNE

Deb wrote:

S2M wrote:

Deb wrote:

S2M wrote:^^^^ and besides, you haven't heard everything that Jeff has done.....so

I'll bet it's pretty damn close. You'd be surprised at how many rare gems I've been able to dig up of my faves.

You heard the Alex Masi stuff? Axel Rudi Pell? Kryst the Conquerer? Kuni? Laudamus? Chris Catena? Edge of Forever?

Ok ya got me, 3 of those I haven't? LOL, who do you think put this up...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjOoI7GaYNE