But, something magical happens when you drop the needle on the long-player and let it run through from start to finish. Somehow, it all makes sense and the individual singles that were released take on a new life and meaning within the context of the glorious Freedom. We have a Journey record for our times with all the elements that made this band legendary remaining intact - even if many of the parts and pieces have changed over the years. This is a fact of life that no one escapes even as the current sextet have found exciting new frontiers to travel a half century on since forming in 1973. Freedom provides nods to and nuggets from nearly every era of the group's past all packaged and presented with a pulsating vibrancy and vitality with many modern twists thrown in for good measure.