LOOK INTO THE FUTURE

Look Into The Future was Journey's second album and as such it is closer in style to the self- titled debut than to the later Steve Perry-led albums. However, one can notice a slight shift in style away from the longer jazzy jams of the debut and towards a more song-based approach. The compositions are rather middle-of-the-road funky Rock 'N' Roll. Personally, I don't like this music much at all and even the debut was more interesting to me even if I generally prefer the later, more well-known Journey albums.

The relevance of Journey to progressive Rock can probably be debated in infinity, but as far as this reviewer is concerned Look Into The Future is not a very interesting album from a Prog point of view. Even the longer tracks are pretty much devoid of any progressive tendencies, the band preferring to settle into a rather straightforward groove and solo on top of it. The lyrics are very banal too. Without any strong melodies to speak of it all becomes a rather tedious affair of rambling and generic Blues and Funk Rock. The most memorable song is a cover of The Beatles' All Too Much.

If you want to check out Journey, you should indeed look into the future

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