If you were to conduct a survey to find the most important rock bands of the 1980s, the name “Journey” would be somewhere in the top five most common answers. Their huge hooks and virtuosic guitar solos have given them a permanent spot in “Yesterday and Today” radio stations across the country.

That legacy of hard-hitting singalongs started on Infinity, their fourth studio album, and their first with vocalist Steve Perry. That addition was the perfect ingredient to take them from an obscure progressive outfit to hit-making, bonafide arena rockers.

There are a lot of opinions about Journey. Elitists dismiss them as a cheap, diet rock band. Fans of the show Glee think they’re the greatest rock band of all time. Many others just think they’re overrated and overplayed.

But regardless of how anyone feels about Journey, what is objectively true is the strength of their hooks. Hipster elitist that I am, I cannot deny that I found myself singing along with “Lights” without meaning to. And no matter how tired you are of “Don’t Stop Believing,” it’s hard to dismiss the dark, prophetic hailstorm of “Wheel in the Sky.”

Of course, Journey is celebrated much more for their singles than their full-lengths, and so beyond those two tracks, the rest of the album was new to me. But there is plenty of catchy, hook-laden pop rock in these grooves even beyond the familiar tunes. “Anytime” is rife with huge harmonies and even some Beatlesy moments. “Winds of March” is somber ballad that has shades of Kansas. Closer “Opened the Door” is a premium power ballad, shifting from soft verses to a huge finale of sliding synth leads and thick layers of lead guitars.

The addition of Perry certainly helps, but perhaps the biggest hero here is Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker, who employs the same studio tricks to create dense vocal textures and larger-than-life electric guitars, boosting the already-catchy songwriting into the stratosphere.

But, like all the rest of the Journey records in my collection, this is an enjoyable enough listen to keep it on my shelf, but it’s not going to be getting too much table time.