Escape (Journey album)

Escape
Cover art by Stanley Mouse
Studio album by
Journey
ReleasedJuly 20, 1981
RecordedApril–June 1981
StudioFantasy (Berkeley)
GenreRock[1]
Length42:46
LabelColumbia
ProducerMike Stone · Kevin Elson
Journey chronology
Captured
(1981) 		Escape
(1981) 		Frontiers
(1983)
Singles from Escape
  1. "Who's Crying Now"
    Released: July 9, 1981[2]
  2. "Don't Stop Believin'"
    Released: October 19, 1981
  3. "Open Arms"
    Released: January 8, 1982
  4. "Still They Ride"
    Released: May 1982[3]
  5. "Stone in Love"
    Released: October 29, 1982 (UK)[4]

Escape (stylized as E5C4P3 on the album cover) is the seventh studio album by American rock band Journey, released on July 20, 1981, by Columbia Records.[5] It topped the US Billboard 200 chart[6] and featured four hit Billboard Hot 100 singles – "Don't Stop Believin'" (No. 9), "Who's Crying Now" (No. 4), "Still They Ride" (No. 19) and "Open Arms" (No. 2)[7] – plus rock radio staple "Stone in Love". In July 2021, it was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) for at least ten million sales in the US, making it the band's most successful studio album and second most successful album overall behind Greatest Hits. Escape was the fifth-highest selling album of 1981, just behind Bella Donna from Stevie Nicks.

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