Freedom in Bloomington, MN

Arriving 11 years after 2011's
Eclipse
,
Freedom
is
Journey
's 15th studio effort and their third outing with vocalist
Arnel Pineda
. It also marks the return of
Raised on Radio
bassist
Randy Jackson
, who stepped in after the band's abrupt split with founding member
Ross Valory
in 2020. The performances are top-notch, with
Narada Michael Walden
and former member
Deen Castronovo
sharing drum duties,
Schon
flexing his still impressive melodic-lead muscles, and
Pineda
continuing to push his voice outside the
Perry
penumbra. ~ James Christopher Monger