Next is a Rock album by Journey, originally released in 1977. On Gatefold: 43 pressings tracked.
About
The reason Steve Perry is curiously absent from this Journey album is that he had yet to join the band. 1977’s <i>Next</i> was Journey’s third studio album. Where its preceding LPs had presented a fusion of jazz and progressive rock similar to later Soft Machine recordings, this one marked a departure. From the opening “Spaceman,” you can hear the band start to hammer out the stadium-friendly rock that would be fleshed out on its next album, <i>Infinity</i>, with the addition of Perry. Although the band was reining in its prog tendencies, Journey still jammed out most of these songs past the four-minute mark, unbending to pop radio’s demand for three-minute hits. As a result, standout songs like “People” and “I Would Find You” play like a less complicated sibling to Rush, with sharper pop hooks that would become more honed with Perry’s subsequent arrival on the microphone.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Spaceman4:00
- A2People5:20
- A3I Would Find You5:53
- A4Here We Are4:16
Side B
- B1Hustler3:14
- B2Next5:26
- B3Nickel And Dime4:13
- B4Karma5:08
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- layered
- triumphant
- spacey
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Aynsley DunbarBAND , DRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Gregg RolieBAND , KEYBOARDS, LEAD VOCALS KEYBOARDS, LEAD VOCALS KEYBOARDS, VOCALS
- Neal SchonBAND , ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, LEAD VOCALS ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, LEAD VOCALS ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS
- Ross ValoryBAND , BASS, BACKING VOCALS BASS, BACKING VOCALS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 43 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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