The Season, Steve Perry (Fantasy)

This guy scaled the heights of rock stardom as lead singer for Journey, but after some health problems that affected his singing, his band ousted him in favor of a young soundalike singer. In recent years he resumed performing as a solo artist, and now for 2021 he dropped this short album of six Christmas pop standards and two New Year's chestnuts that is absolutely non-rock. I'm only covering this as a warning, since many folks might glom onto this thinking they're going to get vintage Journey sounds and they're not; this is strictly old-school jazz-pop. I really don't think Steve's voice is suited for this sort of singing, given that he sounds like an older, shopworn version of his younger self on this material. I imagine his fans will be happy with this, but I think they'd be happier with a more rock-oriented program, and I think he'd sound a lot better with that sort of material. UPDATE: Reissued in 2024 with five additional tracks.