Escape (sometimes written E5C4P3) is Journey's seventh studio album (and ei… Read Full Bio ↴Escape (sometimes written E5C4P3) is Journey's seventh studio album (and eighth overall), released in July 1981.
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 Kevin Elson and one-time Queen engineer Mike Stone, who also engineered the album.
With four hit singles out of "Don't Stop Believin'"#9, "Who's Crying Now"#4, "Still They Ride"#19 and "Open Arms"#2 plus rock radio staples like "Stone in Love", "Mother, Father", 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 1981.
An Atari 2600 game, Journey Escape, was made based on the album.
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 Kevin Elson and one-time Queen engineer Mike Stone, who also engineered the album.
With four hit singles out of "Don't Stop Believin'"#9, "Who's Crying Now"#4, "Still They Ride"#19 and "Open Arms"#2 plus rock radio staples like "Stone in Love", "Mother, Father", 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 1981.
An Atari 2600 game, Journey Escape, was made based on the album.
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Journey Lyrics
Dead Or Alive A double secret agent And he was paid to kill With cold…
Don't Stop Believin' Just a small town girl Livin' in a lonely world She took…
Escape He's just a young boy out of school Livin' his world…
Keep on Runnin' Workin' in the city This town's got no pity Bossman owns a…
Lay It Down Lookin' 'round for a feelin' I love the rhythm and blues The…
Mother, Father She sits alone, an empty stare A mother's face she wears Whe…
Open Arms Lying beside you, here in the dark Feeling your heartbeat wi…
Still They Ride Jesse rides through the night Under the Main Street light Ri…
Stone in Love Those crazy nights, I do remember in my youth I do…
Who's Crying Now It's been a mystery But still they try to see Why something…