Just got Journey's new album. 3 disc set.

New singer Arnel Pineda is awesome. Sounds almost too much like S. Perry.
Disc 1: new songs. Kinda mellow. Schon sounds a bit like satriani on a lot of songs. I kinda wish the new stuff would have more kick to it. The songs kinda sound too much alike both in vocals and guitar tone. Hope they get some energy and variety next time. Overall, disc1 is a 3 out of 5.

Disc 2: classics. Sounds amazing. Wheel in the sky is better than the original. The others are great with just enough variation to make it good. Arnel pronounces words better so I actually learned a few lyrics I never knew before (just a city boy, born and raised in south detroit..). Whos crying now sounds weak, the piano isn't deep enough. Seperate ways synthesizer sounds weak too. I think in Lights he actually had the lyrics wrong "out of (on) the road without you" but its barely noticable. Disc 2 is a 4.5 out of 5.

Disc 3 is a DVD of them in concert. Very good but Arnel needs to polish his on-stage manurisms. Looked a bit awkward, but I'm sure he'll find his look/groove.  He looks like a kid amongst the older band members. 4/5 for the DVD.

Overal, its worth the money and I LOVE the album art. I got the CD/DVD/T-shirt combo on journeymusic.com pretty cheap.