Escape
Studio album by Journey
Released	August 11, 1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Rock
Length	42:46
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	Kevin Elson, Mike Stone
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Journey chronology
Captured (1981)	Escape (1981)	Frontiers (1983)

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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.

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The album has been certified 9x Platinum by RIAA since its August, 1981 release^* (11/14/94; only Greatest Hits, at 14x, has sold more copies). Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by the rock and roll band Journey, released on November 15, 1988. ...

• 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.

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Track listing

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

1. "Don't Stop Believin'" – 4:10
2. "Stone in Love" – 4:25
3. "Who's Crying Now" – 5:01 *
4. "Keep on Runnin'" – 3:39
5. "Still They Ride" – 3:49
6. "Escape" – 5:16
7. "Lay it Down" – 4:13
8. "Dead or Alive" – 3:20
9. "Mother, Father" – 5:28
10. "Open Arms" – 3:18 *
11. "La Raza del Sol" – 3:26 *
12. "Don't Stop Believin'" (live) – 4:19
13. "Who's Crying Now" (live) – 5:43 *
14. "Open Arms" (live) – 3:22 *

• Tracks 11-14 are bonus tracks on the 2006 CD reissue.

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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
• Bob Ludwig - Mastering, Remastering
• Jim Welch - Photography, Package Design, Cover Design, Visual Concept
• Brian Lee - Remastering
• Stanley Mouse - Illustrations

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Chart positions

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 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