Greatest Hits 2 (Journey album)
Compilation album by Journey
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Greatest Hits 2 is a greatest hits album by the American rock band Journey. The album was released on November 1, 2011 by Columbia Records.
| Greatest Hits 2 | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | November 1, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 1977–1996 | |||
| Genres | Hard rock, arena rock | |||
| Length | 67:08 | |||
| Labels | Columbia, Legacy | |||
| Producers | Mike Stone, Kevin Elson, Roy Thomas Baker, Steve Perry, Geoffrey Workman, Kevin Shirley[1] | |||
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The compilation album is the band's second greatest hits package. It was released 23 years after the first greatest hits package in 1988. The album includes the remaining radio hits that were left off the first greatest hits package and fan favorites. This includes "Stone in Love", "Feeling That Way", "Anytime", "Just the Same Way", "Still They Ride", "Suzanne", "Walks Like a Lady", "The Party's Over" and "After the Fall".
Background
Greatest Hits 2 was released on CD, digital download and in a gatefold double-vinyl edition. The songs were re-mastered to vinyl by Robert Hadley and former lead singer of Journey, Steve Perry. Perry said of the mastering: "I truly forgot how sonically exciting and just plain better these Journey tracks sound back where they originally lived...on vinyl. The stereo separation, the center imaging and the sonic depth of the tracks themselves is more true to what we all loved about these original final mixes. All the instruments and voices, to me personally, sound so damn good that all I want to do is reach for the volume and turn it up!".[3]
The album was supposed to include "The Eyes of a Woman" but by request by lead guitarist Neal Schon, it was replaced by "Little Girl".[4] Neal Schon's father, jazz musician Matthew Schon worked with the band on "Little Girl".[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | from the album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stone in Love" | Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain | Escape (1981) | 4:25 |
| 2. | "After the Fall" | Perry, Cain | Frontiers (1983) | 5:01 |
| 3. | "Chain Reaction" | Perry, Schon, Cain | Frontiers | 4:19 |
| 4. | "The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love)" | Perry | Captured (1981) | 3:41 |
| 5. | "Escape" | Perry, Schon, Cain | Escape | 5:17 |
| 6. | "Still They Ride" | Perry, Schon, Cain | Escape | 3:48 |
| 7. | "Good Morning Girl" | Perry, Schon | Departure (1980) | 1:43 |
| 8. | "Stay Awhile" | Perry, Schon | Departure | 2:47 |
| 9. | "Suzanne" | Perry, Cain | Raised on Radio (1986) | 3:39 |
| 10. | "Feeling That Way" | Perry, Gregg Rolie, Aynsley Dunbar | Infinity (1978) | 3:28 |
| 11. | "Anytime" | Robert Fleischman, Rolie, Schon, Roger Silver, Ross Valory | Infinity | 3:28 |
| 12. | "Walks Like a Lady" | Perry | Departure | 3:16 |
| 13. | "Little Girl" | Perry, Schon, Rolie | Dream, After Dream (1980) | 5:47 |
| 14. | "Just the Same Way" | Schon, Rolie, Valory | Evolution (1979) | 3:18 |
| 15. | "Patiently" | Perry, Schon | Infinity | 3:21 |
| 16. | "When I Think of You" | Perry, Cain | Trial by Fire (1996) | 4:21 |
| 17. | "Mother, Father" (Live) | Perry, Cain, Schon, Matt Schon | Live in Houston 1981: The Escape Tour (2006) | 5:28 |
Personnel
Credits for Greatest Hits 2 adapted from liner notes.[1]
Journey
- Steve Perry – lead vocals, compilation producer, producer (Raised on Radio, Live in Houston 1981)
- Neal Schon – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
- Jonathan Cain – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Gregg Rolie – keyboards, harmonica, backing and lead vocals ("Feeling That Way", "Anytime", "Just the Same Way")
- Ross Valory – bass, backing vocals
- Steve Smith – drums, percussion
- Aynsley Dunbar – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Randy Jackson – bass, backing vocals ("After the Fall", Raised on Radio)
- Larrie Londin – drums, percussion (Raised on Radio)
- Geoff Workman – keyboards, backing vocals ("The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love)")
- Steve Minkins – percussion ("Suzanne")
Production and design
- Roy Thomas Baker – producer (Infinity, Evolution)
- Kevin Elson – producer (Departure, Dream, After Dream, Captured, Escape, Frontiers)
- Mike Stone – producer (Escape, Frontiers)
- Kevin Shirley – producer (Trial by Fire)
Greatest Hits I & II
| Greatest Hits I & II | ||||
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| Released | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Arena rock | |||
| Length | 132:29 | |||
| Labels | Columbia, Legacy | |||
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Greatest Hits I & II is a repackaging of both of Journey's Greatest Hits albums. Originally released in 2011, it was reissued in Japan in both 2013 and 2017 with different cover art.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From the album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Only the Young" |
| Vision Quest (1985) | 4:17 |
| 2. | "Don't Stop Believin'" |
| Escape | 4:10 |
| 3. | "Wheel in the Sky" |
| Infinity | 4:12 |
| 4. | "Faithfully" | Cain | Frontiers | 4:27 |
| 5. | "I'll Be Alright Without You" |
| Raised on Radio | 4:50 |
| 6. | "Any Way You Want It" |
| Departure | 3:21 |
| 7. | "Ask the Lonely" |
| Two of a Kind (1983) | 3:54 |
| 8. | "Who's Crying Now" |
| Escape | 5:00 |
| 9. | "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" |
| Frontiers | 5:24 |
| 10. | "Lights" |
| Infinity | 3:10 |
| 11. | "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" | Perry | Evolution | 3:54 |
| 12. | "Open Arms" |
| Escape | 3:23 |
| 13. | "Girl Can't Help It" |
| Raised on Radio | 3:50 |
| 14. | "Send Her My Love" |
| Frontiers | 3:54 |
| 15. | "Be Good to Yourself" |
| Raised on Radio | 3:51 |
| 16. | "When You Love a Woman" |
| Trial by Fire | 4:07 |
| Total length: | 66:02 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From the album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stone in Love" |
| Escape | 4:25 |
| 2. | "After the Fall" |
| Frontiers | 5:01 |
| 3. | "Chain Reaction" |
| Frontiers | 4:19 |
| 4. | "The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love)" | Perry | Captured | 3:41 |
| 5. | "Escape" |
| Escape | 5:17 |
| 6. | "Still They Ride" |
| Escape | 3:48 |
| 7. | "Good Morning Girl" |
| Departure | 1:43 |
| 8. | "Stay Awhile" |
| Departure | 2:47 |
| 9. | "Suzanne" |
| Raised on Radio | 3:39 |
| 10. | "Feeling That Way" |
| Infinity | 3:28 |
| 11. | "Anytime" |
| Infinity | 3:28 |
| 12. | "Walks Like a Lady" | Perry | Departure | 3:16 |
| 13. | "Little Girl" |
| Dream, After Dream | 5:47 |
| 14. | "Just the Same Way" |
| Evolution | 3:18 |
| 15. | "Patiently" |
| Infinity | 3:21 |
| 16. | "When I Think of You" |
| Trial by Fire | 4:21 |
| 17. | "Mother, Father" (Live) |
| Live in Houston 1981 | 5:28 |
| Total length: | 66:27 | |||