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Studio album by Journey
Released	February 1977
Recorded	His Master's Wheels in San Francisco, California, May-October 1976
Genre	Rock
Length	37:38
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Journey
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Journey chronology
Look into the Future (1976) Next (1977) Infinity (1978)

Journey's third album, Next, was released in 1977 (see 1977 in music).

Journey continued the formula from 1976's "Look into the Future" but this album retains much of Journey's jazz-flavored progressiveness from the first album.

Songs include the opening, moody number, "Spaceman", as well as standout rocker "Hustler", the odd timing instrumental "Nickel And Dime", and the epic "I Would Find You". It is spectulated the band Rush steals some riffs from "Nickel And Dime" in their 1981 hit "Tom Sawyer".

The instrumental entitled "Cookie Duster" was listed in very early pressings of the album, though not actually included on the pressings, and then not listed on the cover art at all. Many fans feel this song is one of their best instrumentals and should have been included. It was later released on their Time³ compilation.

Highest chart position: #85

1. "Spaceman" (Dunbar/Rolie) – 4:01
2. "People" (Dunbar/Rollie/Schon) – 5:21
3. "I Would Find You" (Austin/Schon) – 5:54
4. "Here We Are" (Rolie) – 4:18
5. "Hustler" (Dunbar/Rolie) – 3:16
6. "Next" (Cogdell/Dunbar/Rolie) – 5:28
7. "Nickel and Dime" (Rolie/Schon/Tickner/Valory) – 4:13
8. "Karma" (Dunbar/Rolie/Schon) – 5:07

• Neal Schon - guitar (acoustic and electric), vocals, producer
• Gregg Rolie - keyboards, vocals, producer
• Aynsley Dunbar - drums and percussion, producer
• Ross Valory - bass, vocals, producer

• Smiggy - engineer, mixing
• Bruce Botnick - mastering
• Herbie Herbert - director
• Bruce Steinberg - art direction, design, photography, cover design
• Ellie Oberzil - design
• Mansfield -