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Can you provide a little background information on Journey's 1977-1980 musical direction?
Columbia Records requested that Journey change their musical style and add a frontman.
Was the musical style of the band Journey changed after the suggestion from Columbia Records?
Journey hired Robert Fleischman.
What did Robert Fleischman do to bring about changes in Journey's style?
Journey made the transition to a more popular style.

Question: What is important about the popular style?
Self-contained rewrite: What is important about the popular style of the band Journey?