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Album · 1981

Escape

by Journey

Escape is a 1981 hard rock album by Journey. It runs 10 tracks across 43 minutes on Frontiers Records.

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4 critics
10
Tracks
43 min
Runtime
126 bpm
Tempo
A major
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10 tracks · 43 min

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  • Escape (2022 Remaster)Remaster · 1988 · 10 tracks
    1. 1Don't Stop Believin' (2022 Remaster)
    2. 2Stone in Love (2022 Remaster)
    3. 3Who's Crying Now (2022 Remaster)
    4. 4Keep on Runnin' (2022 Remaster)
    5. 5Still They Ride (2022 Remaster)
    6. 6Escape (2022 Remaster)
    7. 7Lay It Down (2022 Remaster)
    8. 8Dead or Alive (2022 Remaster)
    9. 9Mother, Father (2022 Remaster)
    10. 10Open Arms (2022 Remaster)

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About

Escape (Stylized as E5C4P3 on the front of the album) is Journey's seventh studio album (and eighth overall), released on July 31, 1981. The album 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) - plus rock radio staples like "Stone in Love", "Escape" (title track), and "Mother, Father". It was a massive success, being certified nine times platinum by the RIAA. The album is the band's most successful studio album and is recognised as one of the greatest and most successful arena-oriented rock albums of the 1980s. It has sold over 12 million copies worldwide.

In brief

When was Escape released?
Escape was released in 1981 on Frontiers Records.
How many tracks are on Escape?
Escape has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 43 minutes.
What genre is Escape?
Escape is catalogued under Hard Rock.
What BPM is Escape?
Escape runs at a median tempo of 126 BPM across its tracks, most often in A major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Escape?
Listeners of Escape also rate Use Your Illusion I by Guns N' Roses, Boston by Boston, Back in Black by AC/DC.

Escape at a glance

Label
Columbia Records
Recorded at
Fantasy Studios
Produced by
Mike "Clay" Stone, Kevin Elson

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