Escape (Journey album)
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| Studio album by Journey | ||
| Released | July, 1981 | |
| Recorded | 1981 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 42:46 | |
| Label | Columbia | |
| Producer(s) | Kevin Elson, Mike Stone | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Journey chronology | ||
| Captured (1981) |
Escape (1981) |
Frontiers (1983) |
Journey's seventh album, Escape, was released in July of 1981.
Escape was the band's first album with new keyboardist Jonathan Cain who had replaced founding keyboardist Gregg Rolie who had left the band at the end of 1980. The album was co-produced by Kevin Elson and one-time Queen engineer Mike Stone (who would also engineer the album).
With three hit singles out of "Don't Stop Believin'", "Who's Cryin' Now" and "Open Arms" plus rock radio staples like "Stone in Love" and the album's title cut, Escape became Journey's biggest selling album yet, and remains one of their most popular and best-reviewed works-to-date.
The spelling of Escape as E5C4P3 on the cover art is similar to, but would seem to predate, l33t spelling.
The album has been certified 9x Platinum by RIAA since its July, 1981 release* (11/14/94; only Greatest Hits, at 14x, has sold more copies).
- Highest chart position: #1 on the Billboard album chart where it stayed for a week dethroning Stevie Nicks' Bella Donna from #1 in September of 1981.
An Atari 2600 game, Journey Escape, was made based on the album.
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[edit] Track listing
All tracks written by Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry, and Neal Schon, except as noted *, written by Cain and Perry.
- "Don't Stop Believing" – 4:10
- "Stone in Love" – 4:25
- "Who's Crying Now" – 5:01 *
- "Keep on Runnin'" – 3:39
- "Still They Ride" – 3:49
- "Escape" – 5:16
- "Lay it Down" – 4:13
- "Dead or Alive" – 3:20
- "Mother, Father" – 5:28
- "Open Arms" – 3:18 *
- "La Raza del Sol" – 3:26 *
- "Don't Stop Believin'" (live) – 4:19
- "Who's Crying Now" (live) – 5:43 *
- "Open Arms" (live) – 3:22 *
- Tracks 11-14 are bonus tracks on the 2006 CD reissue.
[edit] Personnel
- Steve Perry - Lead Vocals
- Neal Schon - Guitar, Vocals
- Steve Smith - Drums
- Jonathan Cain - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
- Ross Valory - Bass, Vocals
- Wally Buck - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
- Jon-Erik Birchenough - Management
- Bob Ludwig - Mastering, Remastering
- Jim Welch - Photography, Package Design, Cover Design, Visual Concept
- Brian Lee - Remastering
- Stanley Mouse - Illustrations
[edit] Chart positions
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
1981 Pop Albums No. 1 1983 The Billboard 200 No. 139 1984 The Billboard 200 No. 156
Billboard (North America) - singles
1981 Don't Stop Believin' Mainstream Rock No. 8 1981 Don't Stop Believin' Pop Singles No. 9 1981 Stone In Love Mainstream Rock No. 13 1981 Who's Crying Now Mainstream Rock No. 4 1981 Who's Crying Now Pop Singles No. 4 1982 Open Arms Pop Singles No. 2 1982 Open Arms Adult Contemporary No. 7 1982 Open Arms Mainstream Rock No. 35 1982 Still They Ride Pop Singles No. 19 1982 Still They Ride Adult Contemporary No. 37 1982 Still They Ride Mainstream Rock No. 47
UK Album Chart
1982 Album Chart No. 32
UK Singles Chart
1982 Don't Stop Believin' UK Top 75 Singles No. 62 1982 Who's Crying Now UK Top 75 Singles No. 46
[edit] Source
| Journey |
| Jeff Scott Soto | Neal Schon | Jonathan Cain | Ross Valory | Deen Castronovo |
| Steve Augeri | Steve Perry | Steve Smith | Gregg Rolie | Aynsley Dunbar | George Tickner | Robert Fleischman | Prairie Prince | Randy Jackson | Larrie Londin | Bob Glaub | Mike Baird |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Journey | Look into the Future | Next | Infinity | Evolution | Departure | Dream After Dream | Escape | Frontiers | Raised on Radio | Trial by Fire | Arrival | Red 13 | Generations |
| Live albums: Captured | Greatest Hits Live |
| Compilations: In the Beginning | Greatest Hits | The Ballade | Time 3 | The Essential Journey | Open Arms~Greatest Hits |
