Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: New lead singer probably better than Perry at this point...

The new lead singer sounds very much like Steve Perry. In fact, unless you are a Journey connoisseur you won't even know it's not Steve Perry... He probably sounds better than Steve Perry would have at this point. The songs on this cd are phenomenol. Excellent melody, lyrics, musicianship etc. This is probably close to being the best Journey cd ever, excluding, of course, their greatest hits collections. It has a disproportionate amount of ballads, but that's what we all expect from Journey. And the first song "Higer Ground" is a decent rocking tune. I feel the cd is simply touching... I was listening to track 8 before writing this review. The ballads on this cd are so good that anyone who dislikes this cd must not have any musical feeling whatsover. Don't get me wrong, Perry's old stuff like "Faithfully" and "Open Arms" will always be hard to touch, but this cd has some songs that are right there...