DEPARTURE, Journey's third album with Steve Perry on vocals, keeps the ball rolling in the right direction. It opens with a hot rocker, "Any Way You Want It", slacks off for a few songs, and then picks up the pace with "Precious Time" and never gives up, especially on "Where Were You." The fact that past and present Journey members advocate sanctions against Indonesia in retaliation for that country's trumped-up 2005 drug-smuggling conviction of a young Australian tourist, as well as increased funding for law enforcement, makes DEPARTURE an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.