Journey/MI,USA 2022

Ahead of the release of their first new album in 11 years, “FREEDOM,” JOURNEY has begun a US tour early. The latest live album, which will be a breaking news report, will be released simultaneously in two works! This work is the second of these two titles. It is a super-excellent audience recording of the “Detroit performance on March 2, 2022”. This week, the sister work “BOSTON 2022” will also be released at the same time, but what is the positional relationship with this work? The flow after the restart will be explained in “BOSTON 2022”, and here we will zoom in on the recent situation in 2022 and take a closer look at the detailed position. ・February 22-27: North America (4 performances) ・February 28 “BOSTON 2022” ・March 2: Detroit performance ←★This work★ ・March 4-May 17: North America (36 performances) This is the schedule for 2022 that has been announced so far. So far, only 42 shows of the current US tour have been announced, and the release of the new album “FREEDOM” is still unclear. Meanwhile, the sister work “BOSTON 2022” was the fifth performance at the beginning of the tour, but the Detroit performance of this work was the next concert. This work recorded at such a show is a superb audience like a painting. “BOSTON 2022” was a famous taper, but this work is also a masterpiece by the modern master “guitard”. The sound using the famous machine “Schoeps MK41s” has a thick core, clear details, and no sense of distance. It is a type that goes “like a sound board”. Its high quality is also common to “BOSTON 2022”, but the personality is quite different. If “BOSTON 2022” is a “shining sound” of elation that soars into the sky, this work can be called “rich sound”. There is no sense of sparseness at all, and the sound is dense, giving a sense of mass rather than ease. If you listen with headphones, you can feel the hall’s sound, but it doesn’t give a sense of distance. What’s more, it’s wonderful because it even adds the dynamism of a large chorus. The large chorus was also absorbed in “BOSTON 2022,” but it was the type that you would notice when listening with headphones and realize, “It wasn’t an echo, it was a chorus!” In contrast, this work is accompanied by a slight (but vast) chorus of Arnel Pineda’s singing voice. Moreover, because the resolution is unusually high, each person’s voice is grainy, and when they gather in the tens of thousands, they spread gently and endlessly like a rain shower. I described it as a “rich sound” earlier, but the smooth texture could be called a “touch sound.” Moreover, this work is the highest peak update board that has been polished with such original sound by unique mastering. The key point is the balance of each range. Although the original sound is beautiful, the balance is a little biased, and there was an excessive band in the bass and mid-high range. So in this work, the entire ensemble was adjusted from a bird’s-eye view. We succeeded in creating a beautiful balance. Finally, let’s organize the show contents depicted with such beautiful sounds. It is a consecutive performance, and “BOSTON 2022” is the same set. 70’s / 80’s Classics Infinity: Lights / Wheel in the Sky Escape: Stone In Love / Don’t Stop Believin’ / Who’s Crying Now / Mother, Father / Open Arms Frontiers: Faithfully / Ask the Lonely / Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) Running Through Time: Suzanne / Be Good To Yourself Others: Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ / Any Way You Want It / Only The Young 90’s and later When You Love A Woman / The Way We Used To Be … and so on. Perhaps because it’s been a long time since the last restart, the only new song of interest is “The Way We Used To Be”. They will perform the greatest hits, which will be a big hit of the masterpieces of the past. Although it has a different personality from “BOSTON 2022”, it is a new masterpiece that will allow you to experience the “cutting edge of 2022” that breaks the limits of the audience. Superb audience recording of “Detroit performance on March 2, 2022”. The sound using the famous machine “Schoeps MK41s” has a thick core, clear details, and no sense of distance. On top of that, there is no sparse feeling, and the sound is dense enough to feel the mass more than the stretchiness. It is a famous recording that even has a smooth texture. It even adds the pleasure of a finely detailed and dynamic chorus. This is the latest report of the best where you can experience a delicious full show on the spot with the new song “The Way We Used To Be”. Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI, USA 2nd March 2022 TRULY PERFECT SOUND Disc 1 (55:15) 1. Only The Young 2. Stone In Love 3. Don’t Stop Believin’ 4. Faithfully 5. When You Love A Woman 6. Ask The Lonely 7. Who’s Crying Now 8. Mother, Father * 9. Lights 10. The Way We Used To Be Disc 2 (42:4 7) 1. Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’ 2. Piano Solo 3. Open Arms 4. Suzanne ** 5. Neal Schon Guitar Solo 6. Wheel In The Sky 7. Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) 8. Be Good To Yourself 9. Any Way You Want It Arnel Pineda – lead vocals Neal Schon – guitar Jonathan Cain – keyboards Todd Jensen – Bass Deen Castronovo – drums Jason Derlatka – keyboards