New songs - first impressions

[Calbear94]

OK, this could be fun...

[Calbear94]

Sorry for the delay on this poll. For some reasons it kept truncating the last answer/option? I had to add a fourth answer/option just to have the three songs included. Andrew?

[RPC13]

I believe the titles are "After All These Years" and "Never Walk Away".

[G.I.Jim]

I had to go with "After all these years". Out of the three, it was the only one that really grabbed me so far. I could barely hear them because of the low quality, but I could tell that one's going to kick-ass! The other two.......I'll hold off until I hear the album (Or at least a better recording). I hope they have some other great stuff to put on that album, but I have a fealing it's going to be great!

[ProgRocker53]

I liked "Wildest Dreams" the best.

I enjoy the songs but as a whole they sound alot like Arrival Part Two. Hopefully the other material will be a little more different and explorative.

I'll reserve more critical judgement for when I hear the official DVD version and CD version... I'm pretty sure they'll sound 200x better on record.

Even if the three new songs sucked balls (which they don't), I'd still be excited for the new CD no matter what, and intend on buying it.

[Calbear94]

I liked "Wildest Dreams" the best.

I enjoy the songs but as a whole they sound alot like Arrival Part Two. Hopefully the other material will be a little more different and explorative.

I'll reserve more critical judgement for when I hear the official DVD version and CD version... I'm pretty sure they'll sound 200x better on record.

Even if the three new songs sucked balls (which they don't), I'd still be excited for the new CD no matter what, and intend on buying it.

Arrival, part 2, is basically where Journey is at right now, creatively. Arrival could have been great if two or three of the weakest songs had been left off. There were probably a couple too many ballads, and most of the rockers were weak. Substitute Remember for the weakest rocker and I think Arrival would have been the best album since Frontiers.

[ProgRocker53]

I liked "Wildest Dreams" the best.

I enjoy the songs but as a whole they sound alot like Arrival Part Two. Hopefully the other material will be a little more different and explorative.

I'll reserve more critical judgement for when I hear the official DVD version and CD version... I'm pretty sure they'll sound 200x better on record.

Even if the three new songs sucked balls (which they don't), I'd still be excited for the new CD no matter what, and intend on buying it.

Arrival, part 2, is basically where Journey is at right now, creatively. Arrival could have been great if two or three of the weakest songs had been left off. There were probably a couple too many ballads, and most of the rockers were weak. Substitute Remember for the weakest rocker and I think Arrival would have been the best album since Frontiers.

Agreed. Trim a few ballads, tack "Remember Me" in there somewhere, and Arrival is a sensational album. It's very solid as is though, some of my favorite Journey tracks are on this record.

While I like Arrival's music and the tone/vibe, I really don't wanna see Arrival Part Two. I like how the band has never had two albums in a row sound similar to one another, or sound like an album from times past. Hopefully the new album as a whole is at least a slightly different direction from both Generations and Arrival, as I don't like it at all when bands rehash the same vibe over and over again. One or two classic-sounding songs is fine by me, but I'd like to see a step in a different direction.