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Journey: Escape

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Columbia Records
Released: 1981.01.08
Time:
 42:46
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Kevin Elson, Mike Stone
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.journeymusic.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 200.11.09
Price in €: 9,99





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[1] Don't Stop Believin' (J.Cain/S.Perry/N.Schon) - 4:10
[2] Stone in Love (J.Cain/S.Perry/N.Schon) - 4:25
[3] Who's Crying Now (J.Cain/S.Perry) - 5:01
[4] Keep on Runnin' (J.Cain/S.Perry/N.Schon) - 3:39
[5] Still They Ride (J.Cain/S.Perry/N.Schon) - 3:49
[6] Escape (J.Cain/S.Perry/N.Schon) - 5:16
[7] Lay It Down (J.Cain/S.Perry/N.Schon) - 4:13
[8] Dead or Alive (J.Cain/S.Perry/N.Schon) - 3:20
[9] Mother, Father (J.Cain/S.Perry/N.Schon/M.Schon) - 5:28
[10] Open Arms (J.Cain/S.Perry) - 3:18

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Neal Schon - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Steve Perry - Lead Vocals
Steve Smith - Drums
Jonathan Cain - Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Ross Valory - Bass, Vocals

Kevin Elson - Producer
Mike "Clay" Stone - Producer
Wally Buck - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
Herbie Herbert - Management
Jon-Erik Birchenough - Management
Bob Ludwig - Mastering, Remastering
Brian Lee - Remastering
Jim Welch - Photography, Package Design, Cover Design, Visual Concept
Brian Lee - Remastering
Stanley Mouse - Illustrations
Stephen Saper - Author

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1981 LP Columbia HC-37408
1989 CD Sony 4601852
1992 CD Columbia 37408
1996 CD Columbia 67722
1996 CS Columbia 67722
1996 CD Sony 4866622
2000 CD Columbia 67722
2002 CD Sony 4541
2004 CD Sony 282
2006 CD Sony 1171
2006 CD Sony 82876858972
2009 CD Sony 82876895452



Escape was a groundbreaking album for San Francisco's Journey, charting three singles inside Billboard's Top Ten, with "Don't Stop Believing" reaching number nine, "Who's Crying Now" number four, and "Open Arms" peaking at number two and holding there for six weeks. Escape flung Journey steadfastly into the AOR arena, combining Neal Schon's grand yet palatable guitar playing with Jonathan Cain's blatant keyboards. All this was topped off by the passionate, wide-ranged vocals of Steve Perry, who is the true lifeblood of this album, and this band. The songs on Escape are more rock-flavored, with more hooks and a harder cadence compared to their former sound. "Who's Crying Now" spotlights the sweeping fervor of Perry's voice, whose theme about the ups and downs of a relationship was plentiful in Journey's repertoire. With "Don't Stop Believing," the whisper of Perry's ardor is crept up to with Schon's searing electric guitar work, making for a perfect rock song. One of rock's most beautiful ballads, "Open Arms," gleams with an honesty and feel only Steve Perry could muster. Outside of the singles, there is a certain electricity that circulates through the rest of the album. The songs are timeless, and as a whole, they have a way of rekindling the innocence of youthful romance and the rebelliousness of growing up, built from heartfelt songwriting and sturdy musicianship. Escape was reissued in 2006, housed in a fancy digipack with an expanded booklet and the addition of four bonus tracks: "La Raza del Sol" (the B-side of "Still They Ride") and three live songs from a 1981 show.

Mike DeGagne - All Music Guide



Living up to the moniker originally given them via a San Francisco radio contest, Journey traveled a restless, often less-than-promising arc as a prog-centric quartet during the early '70s. But the addition of Steve Perry's soaring tenor to the mix on 1978's Infinity instantly changed the band's fortunes, which arguably peaked on this 1981 release. While Neal Schon's lyrical guitar work remained a staple, it was Perry's unabashedly mainstream pop ballad sensibilities that carried the album to the top of the charts and multiplatinum sales via its trio of era-defining hit singles, "Who's Crying Now," "Don't Stop Believing," and "Open Arms."

Jerry McCulley - Amazon.com



Escape (sometimes written E5C4P3) is Journey's seventh studio album (and eighth overall), released on July 31, 1981. With 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" and "Mother, Father", Escape became Journey's biggest selling album yet, and remains one of their most popular and best-reviewed works to date. 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. An Atari 2600 game, Journey Escape, was made based on the album. The album has been certified 9x Platinum by RIAA since its July 31, 1981 release[1] (Only their Greatest Hits, at 15x, has sold more copies). The highest chart position was #1 on the Billboard album chart where it stayed for a week (removing Stevie Nicks' Bella Donna from the top spot), in September 1981.

Wikipedia



Journey's seventh studio album (and eighth overall), Escape, was released in July 1981. Escape was the band's first album with new keyboardist Jonathan Cain who 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, who also engineered the album. With three hit singles out of "Don't Stop Believin'", "Who's Crying Now" and "Open Arms" plus rock radio staples like "Stone in Love" 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.

From the Band's Homepage



"Who's Crying Now," the hit single off Journey's hit LP, isn't super hip, super deep or even real, real hooky. But it does sound good. What I'm talking about is the way the song's soft, soapy bass redeems its soft, dopey sentiment by diving beneath tiny fillips of acoustic guitar and bubbling up around a dream-sized dollop of fat harmonies. Every shimmery cymbal tick pays tribute to the state of modern engineering. Same goes for the sting in Neal Schon's electric-guitar solo, which is what finally drives the tune up, out and home.

Would that one could say the same for the rest of the record. Aside from the passing grade scored by "Who's Crying Now" in Advanced Jukebox Muzak, Escape is less a testament to talent than the times. Candy bars and the dollar aren't all that's shrinking these days. The latest victim of inflation is the value of a Number One album. When heavy-metal light-weights like Journey start swinging from the chart tops after years on the road (you know, the old Speed-wagon Come Alive shtick), there are usually at least two hummable reasons. But once you get past the single here, it's tough to fathom why either the band or its new LP is riding such a hot streak. Journey could be any bunch of fluffbrained sessioneers with a singer who sounds like a eunuch under assault from the thrashings of a West Coast-style identi-riffer (Schon, Craig Starship or Steve Toto).

Maybe we're supposed to buy the idea that the content settled during shipment. I don't. If I want to hear the best parts of "Stone in Love," I can always listen to Free's "All Right Now." When I want "Escape," give me Deep Purple's "My Woman from Tokyo." For "Dead or Alive," just turn the (Jimmy) Page to "Hots On for Nowhere." And Lord knows how many weary pilgrims have managed to tramp down the memory lane of adolescent lust without the side trip that Journey make to the dank hole of dreck-ola. Examples: "In the heat with a blue jean girl/Burnin' love comes once in a lifetime" and addressing their audience as "streetlight people."

In most of the arenas where Journey play, you probably can't hear the words anyway, because all that registers are Schon's guitar master moves and Steve Perry's stiff preening. Whip out a familiar twiddly lick or old pep-rally cheer–what's the diff? Something simple like "whisky, wine and women" or the mention of a Maserati will generally suffice.

The funny part is that Journey's current success doesn't have much to do with the hard-rock pose they've been trying to fool us with for nearly eight years now. Instead, Escape is a triumph of professionalism, a veritable march of the well-versed schmaltz stirrers. Then again, when heroes are hard to find, the first thing you'll see are the showoffs. On second (or is that third?) thought, maybe there really are a lot of "streetlight people" out there. If so, my guess is that they'll soon glow out of it.

DEBORAH FROST (Oct 29, 1981)
RollingStone.com
 

 L y r i c s


Don't Stop Believin'

Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train
Goin' anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train
Goin' anywhere

A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching
In the night
Streetlights, people
Livin' just to find emotion
Hidin', somewhere in the night

Workin' hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice
Just one more time
Some will win
Some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching
In the night
Streetlights, people
Livin' just to find emotion
Hidin', somewhere in the night

[Instrumental Interlude]

Don't stop believin'
Hold on to the feelin'
Streetlights, people
Don't stop believin'
Hold on
Streetlights, people


Stone In Love

Those crazy nights, I do remember in my youth
I do recall, those were the best times, most of all
In the heat with a blue jean girl
Burnin' love comes once in a lifetime
She found me singing by the rail road track
Took me home, we danced by moonlight

[Chorus:]
Those summer nights are callin',
stone in love
Can't help myself I'm fallin'
stone in love

Old dusty roads, led to the river
Runnin' slow
She pulled me down, and in clover
We'd go 'round
In the heat with a blue jean girl
Burnin' love comes once in a lifetime
Oo the memories never fade away
Golden girl, I'll keep you forever.

[Chorus]


WHO'S CRYIN NOW

It's been a mystery and still they try to see
Why somethin' good can hurt so bad
Caught on a one-way street, the taste of bittersweet
Love will survive somehow, some way

One love feeds the fire
One heart burns desire
I wonder, who's cryin' now
Two hearts born to run
Who'll be the lonely one
I wonder, who's cryin' now

So many stormy nights, so many wrong or rights
Neither could change their headstrong ways
And in a lover's rage, they tore another page
The fightin' is worth the love they save...

(chorus)

Only so many tears you can cry
'Til the heartache is over
And now you can say your love
Will never die

(chorus)


KEEP ON RUNNIN'

Workin' in the city
This town's got no pity
Bossman owns a heart of stone
I'm on the line, it's overtime
I'll tell you it's a crime
They get me by the hour
By my blue collar
You're squeezin' me too tight
It's Friday night
Let's run tonight
Till the morning light.

Keep on runnin', keep on hidin'
Keep on runnin' away
It's okay, it's alright
It's okay, it's alright
And if it makes you want to jump and shout, go ahead!
Keep on runnin' keep on hidin'
Keep on runnin' away, it's okay.

Crusin' with my baby
Think we just might maybe
Find some back seat rhythm and blues
Radio, down we go, down we go.

(chorus)


STILL THEY RIDE

Jesse rides through the night
Under the Main Street light
Ridin' slow

This ol' town, ain't the same
Now nobody knows his name
Times have changed, still he rides.

Traffic lights, keepin' time
Leading the wild and restless
through the night

Still they ride, on wheels of fire
They rule the night
Still they ride, the strong will survive
Chasing thunder

Spinning 'round, in a spell
It's hard to leave this carrousel
'Round and 'round
And 'round and 'round

(chorus)


ESCAPE

He's just a young boy out of school
Livin' his world like he wants to
They're makin' laws, but they don't understand
Turns a boy in to a fightin' man
They won't take me
They won't break me
No one could tell him what to do
Had to learn everything the hard way
He's on the street, breakin' all the rules
I'm tellin' you that he's nobody's fool
They won't take me
They won't break me
Now he's leavin', gettin' out from this masquerade
Oh gotta go

I'm finally out in the clear and I'm free
I've got dreams I'm livin' for
I'm movin' on where they'll never find me
Rollin' on to anywhere
I'll break away, yes I'm on my way
Leavin' today, yes I'm on my way
Just when you think you had it all figured out
Runnin' scared can change your mind
I never knew I had so much to give
How hard times can fool ya
Oh I'm okay, I'm alright
Feelin' good out on your own
I'll break away, I'll break away tonight
I've got dreams I'm livin' for
I'll break away
Yes, I'm on my way
I'm leaving', leavin' today
Yes, I'm on my way
This is my escape
Yes, I'm on my way
I'll break away
Yes, I'm gone to stay.


LAY IT DOWN

Lookin' 'round for a feelin'
I love the rhythm and blues
The place was rockin' and reelin'
I thought I'd shake me loose
The band was pumpin' Motown
Lord how they could play
The girls a-started singing
Rock the night away

By the midnight hour
They could've raised the dead
They were takin' it higher
Higher, higher, higher, ringin' in my head
Lay it down, lay it down
Lay it down, lay it down

Whisky, wine and women
They get me though the night
I ain't lookin' for trouble
I ain't lookin' to fight
A little vertical persuasion
Would do me right
What I'm really needin'
Ah, double shot tonight.

By the midnight hour
We were on our way
She was takin' it higher
Higher, higher, higher, then I heard say

(chorus)


DEAD OR ALIVE

A double secret agent
And he was paid to kill
With cold steel magnum force is how the man possessed the skill
He shot a man in Paris
He did a job in L.A.
And if the price was right, he'd surely
Take your life away

Wanted, dead or alive, blood for money, money
Assault, homicide, blood for
money, money, money, money
Wanted

He drove a Maserati, lived up in the hills
A cat with nine lives that's gone
Too far to feel the chill
He never though it'd happen
It was his last mistake
'Cause he was gunned down by a
heartless woman's 38.


MOTHER, FATHER

She sits alone, an empty stare
A mother's face she wears
Where did she go wrong,
the fight is gone
Lord help this broken home

Hey, mother, father, sister
Hey, come back, tryin', believein'
Hey, mother, father, dreamer

Don't you know that I'm alive for you
I'm your seventh son
And when lightning strikes the family
Have faith, believe.

With dreams he tried, but lost his pride
He drinks his life away
One photograph, in broken glass
It should not end this way.

Through bitter tears
And wounded years, those ties
of blood were strong
So much to say, those yesterdays
So now don't you turn away.

(chorus)


Open Arms

Lying beside you
Here in the dark
Feeling your heart with mine
Softly you whisper
You're so sincere
How could our love be so blind
We sailed on together
We drifted apart
And here you are
By my side

So now I come to you
With open arms
Nothing to hide
Believe what I say
So here I am
With open arms
Hoping you'll see
What your love means to me
Open arms

Living without you
Living alone
This empty house seems so cold
Wanting to hold you
Wanting you near
How much I wanted you home

But now that you've come back
Turned night into day
I need you to stay

So now I come to you
With open arms
Nothing to hide
Believe what I say
So here I am
With open arms
Hoping you'll see
What your love means to me
Open arms

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