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Next
Journey Next.jpg
Studio album by Journey
ReleasedFebruary 1977
RecordedMay - October 1976
StudioHis Master's Wheels, San Francisco, California
GenrePop rock[1]
Length37:37
LabelColumbia
ProducerJourney
Journey chronology
Look into the Future
(1976)		Next
(1977)		Infinity
(1978)
Singles from Next
  1. "Spaceman" / "Nickel and Dime"
    Released: February 1977

Next is the third studio album by Journey, released in 1977. The band continued the formula from 1976's Look into the Future but this album also retains some of their jazzy progressive rock style from the first album. It is the last album to feature Gregg Rolie as the primary lead singer. "Spaceman" and "Nickel and Dime" were the two singles released from Next.

The instrumental "Cookie Duster" was listed in very early pressings of the album, though not actually included on the album. It was later released on Journey's Time³ compilation.

Next reached #85 on the Billboard 200 Albums charts.[2]

Although he did not contribute to Next, lead vocalist Robert Fleischman joined Journey shortly after the album's release as a songwriter and the group's first dedicated frontman, sharing lead vocal duties with Rolie during subsequent live shows. All of the songs on the album vanished from the band's live setlist after 1979 and two ("Spaceman" and "Here We Are") have never been performed live.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2/5 stars[1]

Retrospectively, Next received a 2 out of 5 on AllMusic. Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that "without a forceful lead vocalist like Steve Perry, the group lacks focus and a pop sensibility and its attempts at straight-ahead pop/rock suffer considerably as a result."[1]

Track listing[edit]

Side one
No.TitleLyricsMusicLead VocalsLength
1."Spaceman"Aynsley Dunbar, Gregg RolieRolieRolie4:01
2."People"DunbarRolie, Neal SchonRolie5:21
3."I Would Find You"Schon, Tena AustinSchonSchon5:54
4."Here We Are"RolieRolieRolie4:18
Side two
No.TitleLyricsMusicLead VocalsLength
5."Hustler"DunbarRolieRolie3:16
6."Next"Dunbar, Rolie, Heidi CogdellRolie, SchonRolie5:28
7."Nickel and Dime" (Instrumental) Rolie, Schon, George Tickner, Ross Valory 4:13
8."Karma"DunbarRolie, SchonSchon5:07[3]

Personnel[edit]

Band members[edit]

Additional personnel[edit]

  • Smiggy – engineer, mixing
  • Bruce Botnick – mastering
  • Herbie Herbert – director
  • Bruce Steinberg – art direction, design, photography, cover design
  • Ellie Oberzil – design
  • Mansfield – sleeve art

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Journey - Next (1977) album review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
  2. ^ Next results from Billboard Pop Albums chart at AllMusic
  3. ^ https://www.discogs.com/it/Journey-Next/release/5435555

External links[edit]

  • Journey - Next (1977) album review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, credits and releases at AllMusic.com
  • Journey - Next (1977) album releases & credits at Discogs.com
  • Journey - Next (1977) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com
  • Journey - Next (1977) album to be listened as stream at Play.Spotify.com