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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Props to Pineda but WE STILL NEED PERRY! Nov 08, 2009
omg, Arnel Pineda's vocals are super pretty and the songs r reminiscent of the days of Journey past ...but this album just makes me miss Steve Perry w/Journey even more. Pineda's an awesome vocalist, and by far the best of the latest series of frontman the band's chosen...he's great, but he simply does not have that special intangible quality that Steve Perry's voice has, and it is that quality that made the biggest part of the Journey sound. I know he's not trying to imitate Steve, but if the group's going to have him cover Perry-era Journey CLASSICs, he should be able to blow the mother out and make us forget why we miss Perry so much----but he doesn't, he just makes us miss him that much more. What can Journey fans do to make you all come back together again....LOL, I almost feel like we're the children of a musical divorce; everybody's pretending to be accepting and alright with the way things have changed, but deep down always secretly hoping our Journey and our Perry will fall back in love with each other again.....and we all live happily everafter:-] FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD AND BEAUTIFUL IN THIS WORLD...COME BACK TO US, STEVE PERRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 Journey Reborn Nov 06, 2009
This is one of the best Rock CD's I have heard for quite some time. Arnel Pineda truly has given Journey a new birth. I love his interpretaions of the classic tunes and the new tracks as well. Even my wife loved it and she isn't a big fan of rock music. I can't wait for their next studio album. It would be great if it were similar to this CD by having a mix of new and classic Journey songs.
Journey still has it... Oct 10, 2009
Revelation is by far the best Journey album from this decade. Arrival felt very different and Generations was heading in the right direction but it wasn't there. Revelation combines the newer sounding Journey with the old style of Journey thus creating a very flavorful sounding album. With Arnel Pineda on vocals, he proves he does have the voice for Journey. A lot of songs sound just like other Journey classics like the kick-off track on Disc 1, "Never Walk Away" reminds me of "Be Good To Yourself" because of it's bouncy bright feel, "Like a Sunshower" has a very "Lights" feeling to it, "What I Needed" and "Where Did I Lose Your Love" both remind me of "Who's Crying Now", and my favorite track on Disc 1, "After All These Years" which is composed EXACTLY like "Faithfully" and even does belong to the ranks of "Open Arms", "Faithfully", and "When You Love a Woman" in terms of Journey's best ballads. "Faith in the Heartlands" was my favorite track from the 2005 Generations and it makes a warm return with the introduction cut out which kind of disappointed me but it's still good to hear. The other tracks have the new Journey feel and I kind of like them. Disc 2 is all the classics like Don't Stop Believin' and Open Arms. All sound good but there's one minor thing I don't like and that's the "buzzsaw" effect Neal Schon does in the beginning of "Separate Ways". Most sound just like Journey while others like "Any Way You Want It" and "Wheel in the Sky" Sound like really good cover versions. The DVD is just a taste to see what they are like live now and features a handful of the classics and the Revelation material. Overall give Pineda a chance. Some stick their nose up to this album but I don't understand why. This is a good album and it just proves that the Journey continues.
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Are you Lonely? Oct 09, 2009
Well, it certainly HAS been a Journey. The Bay area band that sang of the glorious Lights, and wondered who'd be the one cryin' or the one with open arms, is back with their ultimate comeback album. After a sad parade of revolving lead vocalists, the band (thanks to Ellen DeGeneres and Youtube) found that they think is the perfect match: a Steve Perry clone. The thing that must be recognized in the magic that is JOURNEY is that Steve Perry was and will always be the architect. Although not a founding member, it's arguably true that the band didn't exist until the arrival of Perry. A parallel might be that God created the world and it existed for a time, then (for Christians) Jesus arrived and the world began again...so too with Perry's addition and contributions to the band.
As a loyal follower of Steve Perry, I had vowed to never buy another Journey record again after the dismissal of Perry by founding member Neal Schon. I bit the bullet and went to sell-outsville Walmart, and grabbed a copy mostly based on all the praise here on Amazon. A 3 disc set of New songs, new re-records and a live DVD set all for $12 bucks who could lose with that? It turns out all of us.
On his own merit, I want to say that I feel that Arnel Pineda is a fine vocalist. He has depth and style and there are moments where you can hear clips of his clear idol, Steve Perry. Like many dreamers, I would wager well, that he stood in front of his mirror for hours, hairbrush in hand emulating and fantasizing of being a rock god in the vein of Perry. Then wonder of wonder, over night it happens, he's plucked out of his far away land and planted smack-dab in the middle of a legendary rock and roll band. This is the setting for the perfect movie of the week, or the perfect finale for American Idol which is a one time performance. True bands are to endure and mature not remain stagnant and hollow which is what has happened to Journey since Steve Perry was removed. Enter the REVELATION.
I'll leave the loyal sides of the Journeyites and the Perryites and the who's at fault for the split alone because once that topic arises, the entity that is supposed to be the comeback album "Revelation" is all but lost in the hurt and anger. I will say that if Perry had passed away, which he didn't, I'd be the first in line to be a part of this new "revelation" called Journey. I will also say that the new material has flashes where it shines and has a brilliance by which the original band set the standard. But then moments into that feeling, during the song, I am slammed back to reality and I wonder "What could Steve Perry have done with this material?"
I listened to both CDs and I also watched the live DVD. Pineda is no Perry. I titled this review after an off the cuff line that Pineda uttered during the live DVD show. During "Lights" in the midst of one of the paramount lines in the song (so, you think you're lonely/ Well my friend I'm lonely too), he nonchalantly, with a smile, asks the audience "are you lonely?" With about as much passion as ordering a strawberry milkshake off the drive-in menu, he fails to realize the power of loneliness and the magic inherent in Perry's work, which illustrates how that emotion can either end or save a life. As a young boy, I too was lonely...I was one wanting to reach out, but either too shy or afraid of the consequences to try. When Perry sang of that same void and the commonality of that human condition, I realized I wasn't alone. I was one of the "street-light people".
Pineda is either too young or lacks the sage old-soul perspective alive in Perry to grasp the depth of the song. And it's true for every Perry composition Pineda interpreted. Song by song he hits the right notes, holds and plays the part of a popular rock singer to a fault. And that's just it: he plays the part. Perry earned the part; he mirrored his soul and composed words and music that reflected a profound human experience that brought us all along to a higher plane. There is no mere vocalist who will ever be able to channel that. Am I glad I bought this collection? Twelve bucks is a little too high a price. A revelation is something that we are to revel in, I.E. it's a rousing pleasurable experience that comes to change and define the life we live. The first song "Never Walk Away" and all that follows including "Change for the Better" offer only a plea to the multitudes to stay with the band, as if they too ("after all these Years") know that this set contains no revelations at all, instead only a echo of what was. The only discovery here is the gaping hole that is left in the wake of Perry's departure. Will I ever buy another Journey record? Who knows? But the soul of the band, Steve Perry is missing, and without the soul all you have are banging cymbals and clanging guitars. Steve Perry, you are sorely missed. And the world is poorer without your voice, literally and in your words and music.
1 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Rename this band Oct 09, 2009
Disc 1 - 3/5. It's a decent piece of work, but I think Neal, Jon and Ross might as well have released this album under a new band name. Bad English had a different singer and name and did very well even though the music was mostly Jon and Neal's work. Calling this band Journey just to perform covers of their own songs is sad. Disc 2 - 0/5. Arnel is a good singer but what's the point of this ? It sounds wrong and even the music isn't as good as the original. The guitarwork on Who's Crying Now is a case in point.
I hope Journey would even reunite with Perry again because everyone knows without Perry, Journey will never hit the charts again. Look at Don't Stop Believin' It is on iTunes Store Top 100 songs perpetually, and if you go to iTunes Store Top 100 Rock Songs, it's always in the Top 10. No classic rock bands, not even The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Foreigner, etc has anything that is remotely close. Anyway You Want It is always on so many soundtracks even today. Has the new Journey with the last 3 new singers produced anything close ? It will never and it isn't fair to expect it. So move on with this line-up and go with a new band name and stop performing songs sung by Perry. Even Neal's shortlived band Hardline was more respectable.
The perfect scenario would be if the band went back with Perry, and release real Journey music and Perry can leave his R&B influenced tunes (like many of those in his own albums and even in Raised on Radio and TBF) for his own solo albums.
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