Escape (Journey album)
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Escape | |||||
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Studio album by Journey | |||||
Released | July 31, 1981 | ||||
Recorded | Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California, 1981 | ||||
Genre | Rock | ||||
Length | 42:46 | ||||
Label | Columbia | ||||
Producer | Kevin Elson, Mike Stone | ||||
Professional reviews | |||||
Journey chronology | |||||
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Journey's seventh studio album (and eighth overall), Escape (sometimes written E5C4P3), was released in July 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 also engineered the album.
With three hit singles out of "Don't Stop Believing", "Who's Crying 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 album has been certified 9x Platinum by RIAA since its July 31, 1981 release* (11/14/94; only Greatest Hits, at 15x, 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, and ‡ written by Matthew Schon, Neal Schon, Perry, and Cain.
- "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 Believing" (live) – 4:19
- "Who's Crying Now" (live) – 5:43 †
- "Open Arms" (live) – 3:22 †
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- Tracks 11-14 are bonus tracks on the 2006 CD reissue.
- Tracks 12-14 first appeared on the Live in Houston 1981: The Escape Tour album.
[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
[edit] Album
Billboard Music Charts (North America)
Year | Chart | Position |
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1981 | Pop Albums | 1 |
1983 | The Billboard 200 | 139 |
1984 | 156 |
UK Album Chart
Year | Chart | Position |
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1982 | Album Chart | 32 |
[edit] Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1981 | Don't Stop Believin' | Mainstream Rock | 8 |
Pop Singles | 9 | ||
Stone In Love | Mainstream Rock | 13 | |
Who's Crying Now | Mainstream Rock | 4 | |
Pop Singles | 4 | ||
1982 | Open Arms | Pop Singles | 2 |
Adult Contemporary | 7 | ||
Mainstream Rock | 35 | ||
Still They Ride | Pop Singles | 19 | |
Adult Contemporary | 37 | ||
Mainstream Rock | 47 |
UK Singles Chart
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1982 | Don't Stop Believin' | UK Top 75 Singles | 62 |
Who's Crying Now | 46 |
[edit] Source
Preceded by Bella Donna by Stevie Nicks |
Billboard 200 number-one album September 12 - September 18, 1981 |
Succeeded by Tattoo You by Rolling Stones |
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