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Escape by Journey
Escape is an album by Journey, released in 1981. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 87 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Stone In Love”, on 49 lists with a best position of #43.
Escape, Journey's seventh studio album, hit the racks on Columbia on July 17, 1981, and it's the sound of a San Francisco band that has finally figured out exactly who it is. Mike "Clay" Stone and Kevin Elson produced it at Fantasy Studios, with Steve Perry out front, Neal Schon on guitar, Jonathan Cain on keyboards and guitar, Ross Valory on bass and Steve Smith behind the kit. Even the sleeve shows off, spelling the title E5C4P3.
This is arena rock polished to a mirror shine: Schon's leads soaring over Cain's keys, Perry's tenor pitched somewhere between choirboy and street-corner romantic. "Don't Stop Believin'", "Who's Crying Now", "Still They Ride" and "Open Arms" all became hit singles, and "Stone in Love" settled in as a rock-radio fixture. It went to number one on the Billboard 200, and in 2021 the RIAA certified it Diamond, making it the band's biggest-selling studio album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Escape on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stone In Love | 49 | #43 | – | 1982–2026 | |
| 2 | Who's Crying Now | 38 | #17 | – | 1981–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.