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Journey Escape (E5C4P3) Factory Sealed Never Opened Vinyl LP Record Album Mint Unplayed
Escape (Journey album)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Escape Cover art by Stanley Mouse Studio album by Journey Released July 31, 1981 Recorded April–June 1981 Studio Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California Genre Rock Length 42:46 Label Columbia Producer Mike Stone, Kevin Elson Journey chronology Captured(1981) Escape
(1981) Frontiers
(1983) Singles from Escape
- "Who's Crying Now/Mother, Father"
Released: July 1981 - "Don't Stop Believin'/Natural Thing"
Released: October 6, 1981 - "Open Arms/Little Girl"
Released: January 1982 - "Still They Ride/Raza del Sol"
Released: May 1982 - "Who's Crying Now"
Released: August 1982 - "Stone in Love/Only Solutions"
Released: October 1982
Escape (stylized as E5C4P3 on the album cover) is the seventh studio album by American rock band Journey, released in 1981. It topped the American Billboard 200 chart[1] and features four hit Billboard Hot 100 singles – "Don't Stop Believin'" (#9), "Who's Crying Now" (#4), "Still They Ride" (#19) and "Open Arms" (#2)[2] – plus rock radio staple "Stone in Love." It was certified 9x platinum by the RIAA[3] and sold over twelve million copies worldwide, making it the band's most successful studio album and second most successful album overall behind Greatest Hits.
Contents
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- 1Background and writing
- 2Reception and legacy
- 3Track listing
- 4Personnel
- 4.1Journey
- 4.2Production
- 5Charts
- 5.1Weekly charts
- 5.2Singles
- 6Certifications
- 7References
Background and writing[edit]
Escape was the band's first album with keyboardist Jonathan Cain who replaced founding keyboardist Gregg Rolie after he left the band at the end of 1980. The album was co-produced by former Lynyrd Skynyrd sound technician Kevin Elson and one-time Queenengineer Mike Stone, who also engineered the album.
Reception and legacy[edit]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [4] Encyclopedia of Popular Music [5] The Great Rock Discography 8/10[6] Rolling Stone [7]Mike DeGagne of AllMusic retrospectively awarded Escape four-and-a-half stars out of five, writing, "The songs are timeless, and as a whole, they have a way of rekindling the innocence of youthful romance and the rebelliousness of growing up, built from heartfelt songwriting and sturdy musicianship".[4] Colin Larkin awarded the album four out of five stars in the 2002 edition of the VirginEncyclopedia of Popular Music.[5] Contemporary Rolling Stone reviews were less favorable. The first review of 1981 by Deborah Frost marked Journey as heavy metal posers and the music in the album as easily playable by any session musician. In the 2004 edition of their album guide, Rolling Stone awarded the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, which was nonetheless an improvement from Dave Marsh's one star rating in the 1983 edition of the publication.[8]
In 1988, Kerrang! readers voted Escape the greatest AOR album of all time.[9] The following year, the magazine ranked Escape #32 in "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".[10] A 2000 Virgin poll saw the album voted the 24th greatest heavy metal/alternative rock album of all time.[11] In 2001, Classic Rock ranked the album #22 in "The 100 Greatest Rock Albums of All Time".[12] In 2006, the same publication recognized the importance of the album's contribution to popular music in the 1980s by including it in their "The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s" as one of the twenty greatest albums of 1981.[13] Q magazine ranked Escape15th in its "Records it's OK to Love" in 2006.[14]
An Atari 2600 game based on the album, Journey Escape, was released in 1982.
Track listing[edit]
Side one No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Don't Stop Believin'" Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry, Neal Schon 4:11 2. "Stone in Love" Cain, Perry, Schon 4:26 3. "Who's Crying Now" Cain, Perry 5:01 4. "Keep On Runnin'" Cain, Perry, Schon 3:40 5. "Still They Ride" Cain, Perry, Schon 3:50 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Length 6. "Escape" Cain, Perry, Schon 5:17 7. "Lay It Down" Cain, Perry, Schon 4:13 8. "Dead or Alive" Cain, Perry, Schon 3:21 9. "Mother, Father" Cain, Perry, Matt Schon, N. Schon 5:29 10. "Open Arms" Cain, Perry 3:23 [show]2006 Remastered edition bonus tracksPersonnel[edit]
Don't Stop Believin' MENU 0:00 "Don't Stop Believin'" was the second single extracted from the album and became very popular after its use in movies, musicals and television. Problems playing this file? See media help.Journey[edit]
- Steve Perry – lead vocals, producer (tracks 12–14)
- Neal Schon – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Jonathan Cain – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Ross Valory – bass, backing vocals
- Steve Smith – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Production[edit]
- Mike Stone, Kevin Elson – producers, engineers, mixing
- Wally Buck – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – original mastering, remastering
- Brian Lee – remastering
- Herbie Herbert – management
- Jim Welch – photography, art direction
- Stanley Mouse – illustrations
Charts[edit]
Escape had the fifth highest selling debut of 1981, just behind Bella Donna from Stevie Nicks.
Weekly charts[edit]
Album Year Chart Peakposition 1981 Billboard 200 (USA)[1] 1 RPM100 Albums (Canada)[15] 6 German Albums Chart[16] 49 1982 UK Albums Chart[17] 32 New Zealand Albums Chart[18] 36 1983 Billboard 200 (USA) 139 1984 Billboard 200 (USA) 156 2006 Oricon Japanese Albums Charts[19] 124 2011 Top Pop Catalog Albums (USA)[1] 9
Singles[edit]
Year Title Chart Position 1981 "Who's Crying Now" Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[2] 4 Mainstream Rock (USA)[2] 4 RPM100 Hit Tracks (Canada)[20] 3 "Don't Stop Believin'" Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[2] 9 Mainstream Rock (USA)[2] 8 RPM100 Hit Tracks (Canada)[21] 9 "Stone in Love" Mainstream Rock (USA)[2] 13 1982 "Who's Crying Now" UK Singles Chart[17] 46 "Don't Stop Believin'" UK Singles Chart[17] 62 "Open Arms" Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[2] 2 Mainstream Rock (USA)[2] 35 Adult Contemporary (USA)[2] 7 RPM100 Hit Tracks (Canada)[22] 2 New Zealand Singles Chart[23] 49 "Still They Ride" Billboard Hot 100 (USA)[2] 19 Mainstream Rock (USA)[2] 47 Adult Contemporary (USA)[2] 37Certifications[edit]
Country Organization Year Sales USA RIAA 1994 9x Platinum (+9,000,000)[3] Canada CRIA 1983 3x Platinum (+300,000)[24]price rating
