FRONTIERS

Another goody from this famous american band. The next release after Escape, Frontiers from 1983 is also an important AOR+pop hard rock album from the early to mid '80's music. Not far from the predecesor musicaly speaking, this album offers some great tracks like:Separate Ways, Chain Reaction, Troubled Child and Rubicon. Still every musicians is on the baricades, delivering some very intristing solos and riffs on guitar made by the excellent guitarist Neal Scon ( a big influence among the guitar players from today). Something to mention is , maybe the keyboards are more in front than on previous album, not only as background instrument , the ex is Send Her my Love. All in all another good album by Journey, not as good like the predecesor but more enjoyble that any other albums with Perry on vocals. I think Frontiers deserave 3 stars, much better than the next one, Raised on radio, when the bands shift dramaticaly (again) to a more pop AOR sound.