Released: 1978
Tracks: Lights; Feeling That Way; Anytime; La Do Da; Patiently; Wheel in the Sky; Somethin’ to Hide; Winds of March; Can Do; Opened the Door
Best track: Patiently
Tracks to skip: Winds of March, Can Do
Strange that the album opens with a ballad. I don’t think I’ve actively listened to this album in many years. Journey is a part of my DNA, so I guess I’ve never thought about being critical about them. You know, this album really isn’t that great. Individually a lot of the songs are good (Patiently and Lights, especially) but as a collective whole this album doesn’t flow very well. It really sounds like 10 tracks just thrown together.
This was, of course, the first Journey album with Steve Perry on vocals. Any cries of ‘sellout’ were kinda justified. They really don’t rock out too much on this and the album is really focused on ballads. Out of the 10 songs 6 are ballad-y things. They try to rock out on Winds of March, but it’s pretty pathetic. Both Winds and Can Do are awful songs. I hate to say it, but the good tracks off this can be found on whatever compilation album. If you have the Time3 set, you have no need to buy this album…and I can’t believe I just said that about a Journey album. The band definitely gets better in the next few years, but Infinity really is a rough ‘second start’ for the band.
Rating: 78
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