Year : 1981 (Japan Blu-Spec CD2 Remastered 2017)
Style : Melodic Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 147 mb
Bio:
Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1973 by former members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between 1978 and 1987, after which it temporarily disbanded. During that period, the band released a series of hit songs, including 1981's "Don't Stop Believin'", which in 2009 became the top-selling catalog track in iTunes history.Its parent studio album, Escape, the band's eighth and most successful, reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and yielded another of their most popular singles, "Open Arms". Its 1983 follow-up, Frontiers, was almost as successful in the United States, reaching No. 2 and spawning several successful singles; it broadened the band's appeal in the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart. Journey enjoyed a successful reunion in the mid-1990s, and later regrouped with a series of lead singers.Sales have resulted in two gold albums, eight multi-platinum albums, and one diamond album (including seven consecutive multi-platinum albums between 1978 and 1987). They have had eighteen Top 40 singles in the US (the second most without a Billboard Hot 100 number one single behind Electric Light Orchestra with 20) six of which reached the Top 10 of the US chart and two of which reached No. 1 on other Billboard charts, and a No. 6 hit on the UK Singles Chart in "Don't Stop Believin'". Originally a progressive rock band, Journey was described by Allmusic as having cemented a reputation as "one of America's most beloved (and sometimes hated) commercial rock/pop bands" by 1978, when they redefined their sound by embracing traditional pop arrangements on their fourth album, Infinity.According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Journey has sold 47 million albums in the US, making them the 28th best selling band. Their worldwide sales have reached over 75 million records, making them one of the world's best-selling bands of all time.A 2005 USA Today opinion poll named Journey the fifth best American rock band in history.Their songs have become arena rock staples and are still played on rock radio stations across the world.
Album:
Escape (stylized as E5C4P3 on the album cover) is the seventh studio album by American rock band Journey, released on July 31, 1981. It topped the American Billboard 200 chart and 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 staple "Stone in Love." It was certified 9x platinum by the RIAA and sold over twelve million copies worldwide, making it the band's most successful studio album and second most successful album overall behind Greatest Hits.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 former Lynyrd Skynyrd sound technician Kevin Elson and one-time Queen engineer Mike Stone, who also engineered the album.Mike DeGagne of AllMusic retrospectively awarded Escape four-and-a-half stars out of five, writing, "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".Colin Larkin awarded the album four out of five stars in the 2002 edition of the Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music.Contemporary Rolling Stone reviews were less favourable. The first review of 1981 by Deborah Frost marked Journey as heavy metal posers and the music in the album as easily playable by any session musician. In the 2004 edition of their album guide, Rolling Stone awarded the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, which was nonetheless an improvement from Dave Marsh's one star rating in the 1983 edition of the publication.The same critic years later wrote that "Journey, originally a progressive rock band, experienced strong resentment from many music critics after they embraced the pop sensibilities of the 1980s with smash hits like "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Open Arms".In 1988, Kerrang! readers voted Escape the greatest AOR album of all time.The following year, the magazine ranked Escape #32 in "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".A 2000 Virgin poll saw the album voted the 24th greatest heavy metal/alternative rock album of all time.In 2001, Classic Rock ranked the album #22 in "The 100 Greatest Rock Albums of All Time".In 2006, the same publication recognized the importance of the album's contribution to popular music in the 1980s by including it in their "The 200 Greatest Albums of the 80s" as one of the twenty greatest albums of 1981.Q magazine ranked Escape 15th in its "Records it's OK to Love" in 2006.An Atari 2600 game based on the album, Journey Escape, was released in 1982.
Line-Up:
Steve Perry – lead vocals, producer (tracks 12–14)
Neal Schon – lead guitar, backing vocals
Jonathan Cain – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Ross Valory – bass, backing vocals
Steve Smith – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Production:
Mike Stone, Kevin Elson – producers, engineers, mixing
Wally Buck – assistant engineer
Bob Ludwig – original mastering, remastering
Brian Lee – remastering
Herbie Herbert – management
Jim Welch – photography, art direction
Stanley Mouse – illustrations
Tracklist:
01. Don't Stop Believin' (4:09)
02. Stone In Love (4:24)
03. Who's Crying Now (5:00)
04. Keep On Runnin' (3:39)
05. Still They Ride (3:46)
06. Escape (5:15)
07. Lay It Down (4:12)
08. Dead Or Alive (3:20)
09. Mother, Father (5:28)
10. Open Arms (3:19)
11. La Raza Del Sol (3:26) (Bonus Track)
12. Don't Stop Believin' (Live Version) (4:18) (Bonus Track)
13. Who's Crying Now (Live Version) (5:43) (Bonus Track)
14. Open Arms (Live Version) (3:23) (Bonus Track)
15. Natural Thing (3:42) (Bonus Track)
16. Little Girl (5:50) (Bonus Track)
17. Still They Ride (Live Version) (4:06) (Bonus Track)
+ Video " Don't Stop Believin' (Live in Houston)" (Official Video)
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