Kenny Loggins

Loggins' brilliant choice of Journey frontman Steve Perry as collaborator for the song "Don't Fight It" resulted in a double-whammy of AOR muscle, with the pair representing two of the most popular artists of 1982 (Loggins was riding the popularity of "I'm Alright" from the Caddyshack soundtrack). A massive hit that was somehow more Journey than Journey, "Don't Fight It" is only beat out on High Adventure by "Heart to Heart," one of Loggins' most satisfyingly funky moments, a song Daryl Hall and John Oates would have killed for.

Like the Quincy Jones-produced Donna Summer, Kenny Loggins' High Adventure treats
each cut as a scene in a grand, multistylistic showcase. Set pieces range from the
AOR-targeted hard rock of "Don't Fight It," a duet with Journey's Steve Perry, to "It Must Be
Imagination," a synthesized pop-funk minimovie whose blend of rock guitar and thick
keyboard textures recalls the artier cuts on Daryl Hall and John Oates' Along the... More >