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Journey's seventh album, Escape, was released in August of 1981. Escape was the band's first album with new keyboardist Jonathan Cain whom 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 (whom also engineered the album. 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 An Atari 2600 game was made based on the album.
Track listing All tracks written by Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry, and Neal Schon, except as noted Personnel 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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