Nicky it doesn't mean it's crap because it isn't heavy metal. The rockier tracks are
beefy enough in comparison with anything else in the genre and the ballads are power ballads of the finest order.
I agree it could have been more of a harder edged record but it doesn't detract
from the quality as far as I am concerned.
People have had a downer on Journey ever since Raised On Radio but I would take them anytime over a lot of the current crop of releases ( a lot of which are old demo's thinly disguised as new recordings ).
While I am on the subject of old demo's I have said this before, if the music is
good enough to be heard then fine, but labels please note it would be nice if you
stated when these tracks were recorded.