(Frontiers)
Given new life by TV shows such as the Sopranos, Journey's 1981 hit Don't Stop Believin' was already the 20th-century's biggest selling digital song before X Factor and Glee took the softly rocking but invincible power ballad into the charts again in 2009. You would think the remaining members (Arnel Pineda has long since replaced vocalist Steve Perry) would recreate the formula, but Eclipse is a big-sounding, overblown rock album. There are cannonfire drums, heaps of bluster and so many wailing guitar solos that listening to it is like standing in a wind tunnel. Even the ghastly Tantra ? the obligatory 80s-style soft ballad ? packs a solo the size of a block of flats. It's easier to believe in Human Feel, with its neo-tribal drum pattern and direct rock riff. The straightforwardly rocking Someone, easily the best thing here, is made for air guitar accompaniment, and Eclipse would have benefited from more of these simpler, guilty pleasures.
Sara Spraker Alexis Bledel Kim Kardashian China Chow Alecia Elliott
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