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Man I'm going to beat you up over these two albums.
Journey Arrival: On the face of it, yes Steve Augeri does sound like Steve Perry but you quickly realize that his voice really lacks the depth of Steve Perry, Steve Perry has both a power and sensitivity to his voice the Augeri just can't match, we're probably talkng in Steve Perry as being the best AOR vocalist ever along with Bobby Kimball and Jimi Jameson on the same level. I found Augeri's vocals hollow by comparison and
Arrival somewhat flat as an album, it does have some good songs but I'd rate it as a very average bit of work. When it comes to Journey albums
Frontiers still blows me away.
ABWH: I pretty much dislike every Yes related album after
Big Generator and I think the
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe album about as bad as the
Union album which came out the same year. In fact I find most of ABWH really forgettable which is remarkable considering that it contained 4 of the most revered musicians in Prog. I think every Yes album with the exception of
Magnification to a poor album anyway.
I see Night Ranger is up next for me to comment on
