(Continued from Part One)
The next year, Herbert fired Dunbar, who joined Jefferson Starship. Steve Smith, a drummer who trained at the famous Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, replaced him, and Journey released the album Evolution in 1979.
The lead single, "Just The Same Way" was treated in much the same way as previous singles, but is nonetheless a solid track. It draws upon the group's layered harmony vocals, which producer Roy Baker brought with him from his work with Queen. Baker had Perry and Rolie double and triple their parts.
Journey achieved what then was by far their biggest foray into the music scene with "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'", a #12 song in Canada and #14 in the United States.
The liner notes on their compilation album Time3 say that Perry wrote "Too Late" about a friend from his hometown who gotten messed up with drugs.
Perry's reflective vocals lead the way, and then the bridge of "Do You Recall" hooks us with those stacked vocals.
Journey showed off their progressive chops with "Daydream".
"When You're Alone (It Ain't Easy)" has the perfect blend of Perry's lead vocals and Schon's guitar.
We also want to feature "Lovin' You Is Easy".
Although the 1980 album Departure wasn't much better than Evolution, and certainly was nowhere near Infinity, it holds the distinction of being Journey's first Top 10 album. "Any Way You Want It" stalled at #23, although it did quite a bit better than that for the stations which played it.
"Someday Soon" is an optimistic song, and fitting that Journey enjoyed a highly successful tour in promoting the album.
Just like "Feeling That Way" and "Anytime" are linked on Infinity, so it is that "Good Morning Girl" and "Stay Awhile" are tied due to appearing in successive order on Departure. The former, a gorgeous ballad, resulted from a jam session with Perry and Schon, while "Stay Awhile" showed another side of Perry's vocals.
"Walks Like A Lady" began as a rough draft from Perry, Schon added a blues-type riff, and Smith picked out his brushes with Rolie playing a groove on a Hammond B3.
Join us for more Journey on Inside The Rock Era for Part Three!
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