Escape (Journey album)

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Journey's seventh album, Escape, was released in August of 1981. With three hit singles, Escape became Journey's biggest 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.

Certified 9x Platinum by RIAA^* (11/14/94; only Greatest Hits, at 14x, has sold more copies).

Highest chart position: #1

Contents

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Chart positions

3.1 Source

Track listing

All tracks written by Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry, and Neal Schon, except as noted *, written by Cain and Perry.

"Don't Stop Believin'" - 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

Personnel

Steve Perry - 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
Sally Pezanko - Groopie
Bob Ludwig - Mastering, Remastering
Jim Welch - Photography, Package Design, Cover Design, Visual Concept
Brian Lee - Remastering
Stanley Mouse - Illustrations

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

Source

(*) [Recording Industry Association of America]

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