Journey

This is a crucial time for Styx and Journey, and they know it. Although their combination of
smooth pop melodicism and hard-rock muscle has earned these bands a large following
over the past five years, the ever-widening audience for such polished post-New Wavers
as Men at Work, the Police and A Flock of Seagulls seems to indicate that Styx and Journey
are up against stiff competition. As a result, the two groups are in the unenviable... More >

Just a reminder, for all who believe the jig is really up this time, of how much worse things might be: this top ten album could be outselling Pyromania, or Flashdance, or even Thriller. Worse still, Steve Perry could run for the Senate as a moderate Republican from, say, Nebraska, where his oratory would garner excellent press--and then, having shed his video-game interests, ram the tape tax through. (Grade: D+)