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Escape
(stylized as E5C4P3 on the album cover)
is the seventh
studio album
by American
rock band
released on
July 20, 1981,
by Columbia Records.
It topped the
US Billboard 200 chart
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)
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.
Background and Writing
Escape
was the band's
first album
with keyboardist
Jonathan Cain,
who replaced
founding member
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.
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