Just amazing to hear his voice again. To all the people knocking this album claiming that it is too depressing and too mellow, know that he recorded this album for his girlfriend based on a promise he made to her before she passed away so of course the theme is love lost and the tracks have an abundance of sorrowful overtones. Listen up, There are enough rockers out there if you want to get rocked go elsewhere, but if you want meaningful words and raw heartfelt emotions that will rock your soul deep down to the core then you came to the right place. Congrats Steve, thanks for sharing your heart with us.

@christinatexter1070

5 жыл бұрын

Well said!!!

@bonniereece5046

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very well said

@debbie2983

Жыл бұрын

I'm with you on that

@sandyhutzler9799

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful to hear his voice again!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🏻🙏🏻✝️

@ellenalbrecht4803

7 ай бұрын

Agreed❤

Just haunting. There will be those who think this work is somewhat self-serving and thin with his lost love as a dominating theme, but joy and hope is often spotty in life and this is what he needed to express from his heart and soul to return to music as his language and to move beyond the difficulties he endured. I believe his (hopefully) future releases will regain the uplifting spirit which he once enjoyed and shared through music! It's absolutely unbelievable that at 69 years old, three decades removed from the music scene, this man can come back to us with his heart on his sleeve and deliver such an incredible musical work. I certainly hope that younger folks will latch onto something from this album and discover what they've been missing. Simply, "the Voice".

@gracie65girl21

11 ай бұрын

Yes, yes and YES 🙌🏻!!!! I couldn’t have said it better. I’m so happy Steve is back, admire the willingness to share the difficulties he’s been through and new generations need to hear The VOICE!!🤗

@leslieschaefer1546

7 ай бұрын

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@leslieschaefer1546

7 ай бұрын

L pm🎉🎉🎉

@4shore325

3 ай бұрын

I hope people won't see it that way. Unfortunately, from heartache, or pain or devastation comes some of the most poignant and no holds barred artistry. So glad he found his true love but so very sorry he lost her too. She set him on this leg of his journey (no pun intended) at this point in his life. We are all able to enjoy this for and with him.

I just want to say Steve Perry's contribution to "Journey" as the lead singer, still moves me every time I hear those songs! To me he was "Journey"! I'm so glad he has found music again! In my book he has nothing to prove to anybody. To me he will always be the most fantastic rock singer I have ever had the pleasure of hearing! Thank you Steve, and congrats on your newest album! Bob L.

@bonniereece5046

Жыл бұрын

Well said and i feel the same way.

Someone chipped this man from his iceberg. 69 years old, and the greatest thing to happen to today's music. Welcome home... welcome home, and thank you for this.

I love this album SO Much!! Thank you Steve Perry !! Thank you goes to Kellie for helping him get the love for music back again.

@isaiahallan8869

5 жыл бұрын

Cyndia70 Your Awesome For your comment. God love you!🙏

@susart7

Жыл бұрын

And again thanks to Kellie for getting him out amongst the living!

Trying not to weep right now. My husband and kids are sleeping, but hearing this is making me so emotional. Love you Steve, so glad you are back.

She is smiling from above. You kept your promise.

@karenreidel6775

5 жыл бұрын

I think she is probably doing cartwheels 💜

@SQTierHog

5 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, you got me to cry. Yeah, he kept his promise.

@jojoheartspaypay

5 жыл бұрын

This.

@MichaelPagliocca

5 жыл бұрын

What a great, but sad story. It's wonderful to hear his voice again and you can really hear his heart in not just the lyrics, but in his voice. Yes, he kept his promise by not going into hibernation again!

@grahamszewczyk695

5 жыл бұрын

Amen

It stops you...takes you back to a youth spent on summer nights cruising in your car without the cares of the world, the taste of a lip gloss kiss, the smell of soft perfume. If your not careful it sends you there without a clear way back. A path well worn in my mind, but a place where this music fits just as easily as it does in this place...Thank you, Steve...for the Journey.

@UNbowed62

5 жыл бұрын

phil Kilmer 🎶💕

@ladihawke205

5 жыл бұрын

Well said, I feel the same!!

@daredare890

5 жыл бұрын

wow... i agree

@pinkjuicy7205

5 жыл бұрын

Right on Phil, when Life was easier& we lived in a better time & world it seems, no cares, I can smell the summer when I hear certain journey songs

@dvanmar1814

5 жыл бұрын

Wow @philkilmer I don’t know if I want to know the way back!!!! My Mom is alive there!!!!

I m being selfish and greedy listening to my my favorite singer and we are all so blessed that he came back and opened his heart and soul for us thanks Steve i open my day with your music ever day

@gregcraft3136

5 жыл бұрын

The best singer I ever heard and yes it brings you back to that time in the 80s

Thank you Kellie for bringing him back to us. 💘

@isaiahallan8869

5 жыл бұрын

Angela Duoto Thank You for your comment.🙏

Music matters again. There's the obvious familiarity of Steve's voice from 20+ years ago, yet he's taken things to a completely different level. This is my third full listening to Traces and although I do have a couple of favorites, I haven't found one where I can say "I truly don't like it". The lyrics are great, the harmonies are wonderful, the musicianship is top notch.

@smithka81

5 жыл бұрын

David P well said! Couldn’t agree more.

@bonniereece5046

Жыл бұрын

I honestly love every song on this album.

This album is epic. Definitely deserves a grammy. So much of these lyrics apply to me on a deep personal level. Thank goodness I went to a dorm party in Cincinnati in 1980 and discovered Steve Perry's music when someone put on "Infinity." I've been a devout fan eversince.

Thank you, thank you, thank you angel Kelly... for planting and nurturing the seeds of passion and making this man promise to not remain in seclusion! Steve Perry! Though my first minutes of hearing these songs brought on a melancholy feeling of what's been lost and missed over 30 years, each time I listen to a song it crawls further under my skin and awakens the sense that your instrument has evolved like the rings of a massive Oak tree now displaying the layers of your musical career and life. The undeniable magic of your vocal soul, skills and uniquely recognizable harmony arrangements remain in tact and slowly lure me into listening to your latest lyrics and songs from the inside out, from a depth of "being in the moment" that no one else has ever matched (though Eva absorbs me in a similar way). And thanks to the band for providing the "real" music with the appropriate instruments, tones and "feeling" needed and deserved for these tracks! I will always cherish the golden clarity and tremendous instrumental range of your vocals (I first mistook for a female vocalist!) from the college small venue bootleg tape I have of first months with Journey to the end of the band's reign (best era, Captured Live line up, Greg's massive Hammond B3 technique and synth work meshing with Neil's melodic melodies, chord structure, underlying rhythmic "riffs" and sound to create the ultimate live (and studio) wall of sound sweeping over the wonderful Ross traveling bass lines and intricate rhythms of Steve Smith. I will now hold this album close to my musical heart and embrace the "new" Steve Perry and all of his layers... I do have to say it would be total musical magic to have just one more collaboration of Journey and "the Voice" bless our ears and the world's music history. C'mon, guys... one or two songs? It wouldn't be hard. I guarantee if any 2 or 3 of you step in a studio together for more than 60 minutes, the song(s) would magically appear and the recording performances would flow hauntingly from your forever intertwined souls!

“The VOICE” has returned to us! No one else compares- thank you for coming back!

@marilynbox8767

5 жыл бұрын

Love your comment

This new material is so deep and soulful. Thanks Steve for sharing your heart with this amazing album!! We are living in such an ugly time..the country divided politically..we needed this beautiful escape and reminder of those things that really matter.

I am replaying the livestream right now, it sounds so good! I did not realize how much I missed hearing this man sing, I am so glad Perry came back to us, and that he has found his love for music again. I just keep replaying this over and over! 💜😊

@webby64channel35

5 жыл бұрын

I haven't heard music like this for years

Kinda feels like a long lost relative has returned, doesn't it ?

@Jackson37737

5 жыл бұрын

Jorge Rodriguez: Yes - it does indeed...

@frankod100

5 жыл бұрын

Uncle steve still goin

@matthewdurden5929

5 жыл бұрын

He's the best rock vocalist of all time.

@rebeccagriggs3262

5 жыл бұрын

A great family reunion

@24isabelp

5 жыл бұрын

YES!

Definitely Steve’s Most Of All’s Kelly, father and his Mother! So heartfelt and deep. Very Powerful Song !!!!

Mr. Perry, thank you. We needed this as much as you did. I think the Billboard Charts and The Record Industry needed it, as well. I think this double album (all 15 tracks) is something special in a discography full of special things. I think this work will keep your record of Gold and Platinum solo LPs very much intact, and even then some. I see, hopefully, a handful of Grammy Award nominations/wins in the future, including your fantastic Production/Engineering of this collection. You still Rock-Pop-Doo-Wop--Reggae-Jazz-Funk! Take a bow, Legend!

This Album is the best thing I heard in almost two decades.I thought all was lost with the new music out today but this is living proof that Rock is still alive.Thank you Steve Perry for giving us the gift of your voice and talents.You are one of a kind and there isn't another who can do what you do or even come close to it.

So beautiful. Just love this heartfelt music. That's what people loved about Steve Perry. Thank you for sharing Mr. Perry. ❤

*Such a wonderful gift to give to your fans. Mostly, a gift for yourself. Thank you, Steve.*

@4furbuddiesntea51

5 жыл бұрын

👏😊💖🌼

@delsmith2248

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve, it’s been so long coming but well worth it. You’ve taken it to the top

@Trisha.PurplePoetry

5 жыл бұрын

And best for Last, a Gift to Kelly..

I often listen to this album. Authenticity comes not only from his voice, but the musicians he works with. In this world we are surrounded by pretenders, and Steve's voice helps me hit a reset button, clear out the fakery and move forward. I used to say Steve's music is a lifeline for me, but now I say it's more like a "Heavenline"! Bless you SP

THE ONE AND ONLY...THE BEST OF ALL TIME...

Man as soon as that voice starts, I’m thrown back to being a kid loving the sound of it 😀 So glad you came back Steve. Nice to see that smile again. We have truly missed you!

I hooked this up to my stereo and streamed it all morning. Just like old times playing Journey songs on the weekend chillin' around the house. It was so nice to hear him again and the songs are in my head now...they flow so easy I'm already singing along ...so easy to remember the words cause they just flow. Yep, just like old times and I'm lovin' it. So glad you are back Steve 😉❤

I haven’t listened to a whole album on replay in forever needless to say i love this work of that goes beyond art but the heart and soul and for that i thank you Steve Perry...one word to describe this album is: Goosebumps! The only thing I regret not knowing is how to get this album with the bonus tracks

@goyo69

5 жыл бұрын

Target has the CD with the bonus tracks

I feel privileged to experience this music

Steve is back! 69 years young and he can still belt them out as if time has stood still. Journey was and still is my fav band from the 70's and 80's, melodic rock as many bands that followed added to the genre. Great album, best vocal album I have heard on the 2000's!

Love the artwork and livestream...totally awesome

@Paulthediecastguy

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome album. So great to see Steve back again almost like seeing a long lost raletive you have not seen in years.

It's so good sp has returned home to fill the empty radio waves with his heart and voice, thank you Steve

Let's keep it real, this is better than anything Journey has put out in years, unless of course you count their Greatest Hits 2 (with Steve Perry co-written songs). Perry was the catalyst behind the best songs Journey ever written and released and it shows when you listen Traces. If you're a fan of Perry's solo work you'll love this from the moment you hear No Erasin' until the end of the record. If you're a hardcore fan of Journey, you'll love No More Cryin (like old school Journey) and Sun Shines Grey (uptempo pop rock). Steve is vocally and emotionally weathered and it's brilliant. It's emotive, heartfelt, has great production, catchy melodies and will touch your heart and soul. I'm sad to see some people won't allow themselves to enjoy this work of art and are disappointed. Get out of your nostalgic box and grow up, Steve did and it's epic.

Today we lost someone dear to us. Cancer wins again. So tired of that outcome. Thank you again, Steve, for giving us this music and keeping your promise. Tomorrow is your birthday and I hope that you have all the things that make you happy ( like ice cream) nd people that love you around. I know your fans will celebrating.

So Happy 😀! Thanks for your Beautiful Music & Welcome back, Steve! Wishing you the absolute Best! 🎶💕❤️😍❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️

In the 1980 i fell in Love with a girl,heike.we broke up After 6 months.i thought i could never Love again. But by an lucky instant i Met simone.she introduced me in your Band journey an d your voice. Now 38 years later we're married for 27 years and i loved her from the Bottom of my heart. And at this moment i"m Hearing Your voice again. Man i'm overhelmed. Don't know if a 53 old man are allowed to cry but when i hear your new songs tears Running down my eyes.thanx a lot steve. God bless you.

@brock300wsmwsm2

5 жыл бұрын

I hear you brother, i'm a 60 year old very much a man, sitting in a puddle with my head phones on!

@cathywright6665

5 жыл бұрын

I'm 56..and I too am crying...It has been a long time coming.

@lindajohnson696

5 жыл бұрын

I caught myself crying too listen to this music this morning ! Great music & lyrics that u can feel it in your heart.

Greatest Voice in ROCK HISTORY and Still is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love this album Can’t wait to see Steve in concert

@webby64channel35

5 жыл бұрын

Buy it

I'm speechles and crying, its beatiful. THank you for your music...

@dennisharmik3114

5 жыл бұрын

it is hitting me in the feels too ♥

This will be on replay for a while...I love it! So good to hear your voice again. And again and again.

Awesome album, worthy return of the one & only... His highness Steve Perry.. THE VOICE ....

Watching video while listening... this may be the most brilliant and well conceived album cover and artwork I've ever seen! What an incredible work of meaningful art!

It definitely... has been a long time comin. So great that you are sharing your gift with us again Mr Perry.

How we missed you Steve - thank you Kellie for inspiring Steve to write music again and produce a new album. This album is very emotional and soulful - so happy to hear his voice once again!!

I can't wait to get my "Traces" I ordered the "Target" extended version today. I am so "Perry" Happy 😘❤️ I love" The Voice!"

@velvetangeldevangelist2722

5 жыл бұрын

You too! I happen to catch his anouncement and I was out the nxt morning card in hand at "TTTTarget "! I love me some STEVE R. PERRY anyway you wanna serve him!More succulant than a Christmas turkey he is! OMG! He not only stl sounds gd but he look better! Thanks 4 commenting! VELVET

Awesome!!! Thank You Steve!!! Godspeed!!! ;)

Thanks Steve for a great album. I am 54 and thought I would never hear music from you again. I grew up listening to you when you were with Journey. It was great music then and now. Hope there is more to come. I've always said you had the best voice of any male singer. Thanks again.

Beautiful, every song is a chapter that weaves it self into one book 💕💕

Loving his Voice on this album , he’s great no matter what he sings the pure essence of his voice is beautiful 🌸💗🌸

I just read that "Traces" entered Billboard at #6! Bravo Steve and Band. Guys this was first class all the way!

Steve,your the bomb,as the kids say.love traces .you never disappoint.welcome back.your a icon

This is a great album folks!

Thank you Kellie Nash....for awakening the the heart that has touched so many souls....his voice has saved me more than once....don't stop believing.....thank you Steve....

Welcome back Steve, really missed you and your exquisitely gorgeous singing. You know as well as I do your mom and Kellie are looking down and smiling...so is Sam Cooke.

Traces is an amazing piece of art. So glad that he returned to his gift. This is our temporary home. U will be with ur love ones in ur permanent home! May God continue to bless u! ☮️ ❤️

I like how the songs connect to part of the poster great job love it..💙💜

The Voice is back! WE MISSED STEVE - WONDERFUL TO HEAR AND SEE HIM. Wonderful Album THANX Steve

Deanne Bertram-Davis September 29 at 8:44 PM With Steve making his comeback after all these years, I feel as though he is taking us down the path that brought his music back to him, after loosing it so long ago. By showing us how the songs were developed and "grown", he not only shows us the song, he shows how they were developed and how all the layers were sewn together into a magical patchwork quilt. It feels like whenever we listen to a new {or an old} song, that "quilt" is wrapped around our heart and soul, taking our love and admiration for him, even higher than we could have imagined. Each song is a gift and I want Steve to know how much each one is felt and embraced. Steve, you are so loved, admired and appreciated for your talents, I hope you feel that from all of us, everyday. Thank you Steve, thank you! 26 Comments 3 Shares 9292

@dannydavis3022

5 жыл бұрын

After listening to his new songs, I believe what I said in an earlier post, even more. He has given us that "patch-work quilt" to wrap ourselves in. Enjoy!

@theresacampbell9931

5 жыл бұрын

Amen brother!

Love getting a close up view of the CD art. I ordered the instant download and couldn’t really get to see the images. What a wonderful complicated life. Chapters in a book. Loved it.

Welcome back old friend, you were gone but never forgotten

@UNbowed62

5 жыл бұрын

Don Shelnutt , So true. Steve Perry was never forgotten. It was a void left in Music when he took a break. So glad he’s well now & has reclaimed his Love Of Music🎶💕

You helped me recover years ago and I found the love of my life been with her 22 years ! Thanks Steve ! God gave you a gift use it ! Your music is your message .

So very worth the wait! Thank you Steve!!!

Thank you Steve for all of your hard work. You gave so many interviews on radio and TV. You worked your butt off over these last couple of months. It is much appreciated. Every New Year's before the clock hit midnight I would pray to God that you would come back. My prayers answered! Thank you for being that comfort that I needed!

Welcome back! that awesome voice still there bright as ever! outstanding album, keep'em coming Steve!

I really love this CD so beautiful ❤thank you for coming back Steve Perry!

Steve Perry can sing to me ANY time. I just love his voice.

This is truly a gift...Thank you Steve...

Masterful ....FANTASTIC! So GOOD to hear you singing again!

So Thankful that we get to enjoy new music with meaning from one of the best voices and gifted writing talents in our lifetime. Fantastic CD Steve. You have made us all feel that we can see inside your heart and soul. We have missed you and your beautiful gift. It is wonderful medicine for our soul. Love You!!!!

@julieowen3825

5 жыл бұрын

Oh! Also, please please come see us in Birmingham, Alabama!!!

I can't stop listening your songs and voice ...God ... how much I missed you!¡!! Hugs from Chile:-)

Looks like I wasn't the only one waiting for Steve to come back. To my number 1 best voice of all time - Thank you!

Thank you and your voice for such a wonderful gift you have given to me and your many of fans over the years ,for keeping our ears and hearts filled with love and joy of your commitment to keeping your fans happy. Thank you.

For the first week or so TRACES really got me. But I thought it was partly because of missing STEVE PERRY. After TWO MONTHS of TRACES and learning the lyrics I think this is STEVE'S BEST ALBUM. Now I know how my mom felt about ELVIS. STEVE PERRY IS OUR ELVIS!!!!

Many thanks for sharing the songs of your soul with us.

A wonderful album. I'm just glad we have Steve Perry. He doesn't have to do anything, he possibly can. He has achieved everything in music career and is still with us. 👌💓💓💓

😢the pain in his words, his words....only when you lose somebody do you feel this pain! I grieve since 1986 every year 16.3 I go through same pain. Meu

thank you for making music again. God bless you Steve Perry. The Voice. Love the ballads but some faster upbeat songs next time would be awesome also. :) love the album cover artwork. saw Steve w Journey in 1983 and 1986 in Largo MD at the capital centre. I can still remember his voice filling the large arena. it was just amazing. A truly great singer. Welcome back. Please don't isolate yourself again.

This is just so beautiful and magnificent. We all missed you so much Steve. I'm so happy your love for music came back, the soulful melodies sung from your soul are what I have longed to hear. Bless you for giving us all this wonderful music.

Just rediscovered you in 2023 and your music and voice are still superb. Your singing touches the heart and stirs memories. Thank you for your good priorities. Thank you for returning to true music. Thank you for using your unique gift. Thank you for keeping it real! Thank you for being you. 🤗

Thank you Steve Perry for an awesome album. Twenty odd years did you good. Your voice sounds like a bird. Very relaxing. I hope you tour. Come to Beverly Mass. They have the Northshore Music Theater where the stage slowly turns so everybody can see you singing with that beautiful voice. Hope to see you soon. Beverly is outside Boston.

Thank you Steve Perry for sharing Your Music with all of us with this live streaming truly a gift and thank you from the bottom of my soul .I cant stop listening ! I am playing on repeat and love ,love ,love YOU BELONG TO ME i never knew how much i missed your music Thank you Steve

Sun Shines Gray is a heavenly song with emotional voices and words. Love all this music!

Estoy MARAVILLADA, impresionada con la maravilla que estoy escuchando , siempre he sido su fans, desde que escuche su vos, me quedo grabada en el alma y me encanta saber que esta grabando otra vez , lo amo y no hay nadie mas en este planeta que cante como el ...... i love you Steve

Steve Perry que alegría que volvieras para escuchar tu hermosa voz y ver de nuevo a un gran ser humano feliz feliz feliz ❤🎉🎉🎉😊

Thank you steve ! AMAZING 💕💕was late for work , so worth it !! Beautiful lyrics ,beautiful YOU!!!

what about Steve? Unlike so many rock superstars, Steve is a personage that inculcates an emotion of affection in hearts all over the world. We hold him dear and valuable to our collective meaning in life. why ? Is a mothers love for her son so strong that it can radiate through one son and shine into the hearts of so many? and this above and beyond the gift of a heartwarming voice.....

These songs are amazing, they are bringing tears to my eyes. So happy you are back Steve ❤️💕

Such a beautiful album thank you for bring this masterpiece to us loved it the moment I heard it. Thank you Steve Perry you are so loved by me and all your fans out there

Sooooo smooth. So gentle so much emotion . Just love me some Steve Perry

Steve perry is amazing and no one can take his light because his light is too bright🥲

Waited most of my adult life to hear him sing again- When I was a teen, I would listen hours on end to that wonderful voice on the radio in my bedtoom, singing right along with him with my hairbrush in the mirror. When he released both single albums, I wore both out listening to on my cassette recorder, one actually got eaten up by that *#^&@ machine.. Then Steve vanished... I've waited years to hear that same voice move me like he did so long ago. If he tours Central Florida, I'm going to that concert even I have to quit my job-- I'm not missing him, not this time!

This entire thing is phenomenal! The music, his voice, the graphics, EVERYTHING!😍

Love…love…love it Mr. Steve Perry…your amazingggg…i’m found you again…i listen to Journey because of you…your voice, the lyrics…i’m blown away…wowww💚💚💚💚💚🥰💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

Incredible talent. A national, international treasure ♡♡

@UNbowed62

5 жыл бұрын

Sun Set ❤️❤️❤️

@dansierrasam79

5 жыл бұрын

Amen! Hearing Steve's voice is that love for strange medicine... the title of that utterly awesome solo album of his... real music ☺ #internationaltreasure

I keep coming back...just so amazingly beautiful! These songs touch my soul. Thank you, Steve!

Welcome back to the land of love & 🎶! 💙

The art on this album cover is unbelievably good. It is beautiful. The songs are amazing. My favorite is Sunshine Gray. Congratulations Steve!!

Love this Very much and Mr Steven Knows How To write Such Beautiful Music.

Love all the songs . Amazing voice . I love Steve !!

una voz de verdad que llega al alma😊😊😊😊, saludos desde Temuco Chile

Este hombre tiene la voz más hermosa que he escuchado en mi vida, me pone tan emotiva. No habrá otro Steve Perry. ❤