This is perhaps the closest Journey has come to completely renimating its platinum-era sound.
Released this month in 2008 as part of Revelation, “Where Did I Love Your Love” stands as an approachable power ballad very much in the style of their Escape/Frontiers era. Deen Castronovo and Jonathan Cain, who co-wrote this track with Journey stalwart Neal Schon, even close things out with an entanglement instantly familiar to anyone who played air guitar along with “Separate Ways.”
Of course, for some fans, there simply can be no Journey without Steve Perry. Yet, the truth of the matter is, it was started without him — and it’s continued on the same way since his departure in 1998. In fact, Perry has officially been gone longer than he ever was actually in Journey, a stint that began in 1977.
Critics will argue that the decade which followed Steve Perry’s arrival would see Journey sell roughly one gazillion records, permanently lodging his presence in most people’s minds eye when they think of the group. But it’s been some seven years now since Arnel Pineda took over, and almost as long since they released this gem. He’s rounding the corner on a tenure almost as long as his far more famous predecessor.
Is it time yet to evaluate this music on its own merits? If more had, “Where Did I Lose Your Love” might have been a huge hit. As it is, the track reached the Top 20 on the adult-contemporary charts — quite a feat at this late date.
More importantly, “Where Did I Lose Your Love” signalled a reversal of their chart fortunes in general, as Revelation (which also included the No. 9 AC hit “After All These Years”) eventually became Journey’s first million-selling project since the 1996 Perry reunion project Trial by Fire. The Journey follow up to Revelation, 2011’s muscular Eclipse, also went Top 20.
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This is a very good song on a great album. That being said, I don’t consider this one of the best songs on the album. To me What It Takes To Win is the best and one of my personal all time top 10 favorites. I also think Turn Down The World Tonight, After All These Years, and What I Needed are the best songs on the album. If Revelation would have been released on cassette all five of these songs would have been on Side 2. I personally think this might have been considered perhaps the best single side of any Journey album. By the way Arrival is highly underrated with my personal all time top 5: What It Takes To Win, plus Higher Place, Signs of Life, All The Way, and With Your Love. Just my personal opinion.
Agreed on ‘Arrival.’ Here are a few of our thoughts on that album: http://somethingelsereviews.com/2015/04/04/journey-arrival-steve-augeri-steve-perry/
I am almost 68 years of age, Journey plays in my old truck whether I am going to dinner or out cutting wood for the winter. Yah I know call me a redneck. I grew up in the Chicago area and learned to love all sorts of music. My poor old Dodge has no clew what is coming next, Journey, Bob Seger, Moody Blues, Conway Twitty,or Johnny Cash, it may not be the best they did, but it was a hell of a show.
This does nothing for me
Arrival is also one of my favorites…just about a perfect album. I am a pro-Augeri fan, however the album Generations was very weak.
Agreed with After All These Years, a favorite of me and my wife.
Where Did I Lose Your Love? When you let your greed get in the way and hired a Filipino Lounge Lizard and want true Journey fans back. You should have waited for Steve to have his knee operation. Great bands like U2, Metallica, and Green Day would never go on the road without their original members. They have class and you don’t. Give it up or consider moving to the Philippines. That’s where you belong.