Editing Raised on Radio (section)

==Background==
''Raised on Radio'' was released three years after ''[[Frontiers (Journey album)|Frontiers]]'' (1983). In 1984, both lead guitarist [[Neal Schon]] and lead singer [[Steve Perry]] released albums on their own; Schon in the band [[Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve|HSAS]] (''[[Through the Fire (Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve album)|Through the Fire]]''), and Perry with his debut solo album, ''[[Street Talk]]''. Perry considered leaving Journey following the release of ''Street Talk'' which he has referred to as "one of the most fun experiences I've had". Perry decided to return to working with Journey when he received a call from keyboardist [[Jonathan Cain]], who wanted him to work on some unfinished songs.<ref name="Gett">{{cite magazine|date=25 October 1986|first=Steve|last=Gett|title=Journey Glad To Be On Lond & Winding Tour Road|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Nielsen Company|Nielsen Business Media]]|volume=98|issue=43|pages=26, 28|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>

Following Perry's return to Journey, he began to take more control over the band's direction. Bassist [[Ross Valory]] and drummer [[Steve Smith (musician)|Steve Smith]] were fired from the band, against the wishes of manager [[Herbie Herbert]]. According to Perry, Valory and Smith "weren't pleased with the kind of music we were playing and weren't too keen on touring".<ref name="Gett"/> Smith later said of the initial recording process: "There was a lot of pressure to do it the way Steve Perry wanted, which I had a lot of problems with because I felt it should be a group record, like all the other records."<ref>{{cite magazine|date=22 November 1986|first=Steve|last=Gett|title=Smith Steps Ahead After Leaving Journey|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Nielsen Company|Nielsen Business Media]]|volume=98|issue=47|page=35|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> Valory was replaced by [[Randy Jackson]] (bass guitar) and Smith was replaced by session musician [[Larrie Londin]] (drums). In the [[VH-1]] ''[[Behind the Music]]'' episode featuring the band, Perry expressed regret over his decision, stating if he could do it over, he'd have done things differently. Smith did record three tracks with Journey on the album, and he and Valory still received revenues from the record and subsequent tour. Both returned to Journey in 1995.

The band decided that Perry, who had proved his production capabilities on ''Street Talk'', was the best fit to produce the album. According to Perry, this gave the rest of the band members as much creative control as possible: "Journey knows what it should sound like, so we all agreed I would be a good, safe, nondictator-type producer."<ref name="Gett"/>

Perry changed the original title of this project from ''Freedom'' to ''Raised on Radio'', which drew the ire of Herbert and some of the band members, as it varied from the one-word general theme in most of their previous albums.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/journey-raised-on-radio-freedom/ | title=Journey's 'Raised on Radio' Was Almost Called 'Freedom' }}</ref> The band would end up using the ''Freedom'' title 36 years later for their [[Freedom (Journey album)|fifteenth studio album]].

The subsequent tour featured Schon, Perry, Cain, and Jackson, with drummer [[Mike Baird (musician)|Mike Baird]].