Artist: JOURNEY
Album: GREATEST HITS VOL.2 (CD)

Release date: 2011
Media type: CD

Designed as a companion piece to the original Journey Greatest Hits -- a compilation released some 23 years earlier in 1988 and reissued on vinyl the same week this sequel arrived in 2011 -- Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 collects the singles, album rock hits, and album tracks that didn't make it onto the first hits disc. This doesn't leave too many familiar tunes for Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: the charting hits here are "Stone in Love," "Still They Ride," "After the Fall," "The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love)," "Suzanne," and "Walks Like a Lady," the first of which is a Journey classic that likely should have been on the first Greatest Hits, but apart from "Still They Ride," the rest are the kind of second-tier singles recognized only by listeners already somewhat dedicated. This says nothing about the quality of the songs -- they are the kinds of tunes that make for a "more of the best" compilation, songs reminiscent of other hits but just not quite as immediate or epic, not as memorable for one reason or another -- but there's not really anything to entice a listener outside of the notion of completeness. And for those who do believe in completeness and yet didn't spring for 2001's double-disc The Essential Journey and so are in need of a companion to that 1988 collection, this serves nicely.

TRACKLIST:

1."Stone In Love" 4:25
2."After The Fall" 5:01
3."Chain Reaction" 4:19
4."The Party's Over" 3:41
5."Escape" 5:17
6."Still They Ride" 3:48
7."Good Morning Girl" 1:43
8."Stay Awhile" 2:47
9."Suzanne" 3:39
10."Feeling That Way" 3:28
11."Anytime" 3:28
12."Walks Like A Lady" 3:16
13."Little Girl" 5:47
14."Just The Same Way" 3:18
15."Patiently" 3:21
16."When I Think Of You" 4:21
17."Mother, Father" 5:28

LINE-UP:

Neal Schon – guitar
Steve Perry – lead vocals, producer
Gregg Rolie – keyboards
Jonathan Cain – keyboards
Aynsley Dunbar – drums on "Wheel in the Sky" and "Lights"
Steve Smith - drums
Larrie Londin - drums on songs from Raised on Radio
Ross Valory - bass
Randy Jackson - bass on songs from Raised on Radio