"Escape" flung Journey steadfastly into the AOR arena, combining Neal Schon's grand yet palatable guitar playing with Jonathan Cain's delicious 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.
As part of the Sony Music Japan 2017 reissue campaign on some JOURNEY classic albums, here’s this superb Blu-Spec CD2 / DSD remastering Limited Pressing of the band’s classic “Escape“, their greatest selling album ever including no less than 7 bonus tracks, 3 of them never featured before into any remastered reissue. As requested, here’s in max quality…
“Escape” was THE groundbreaking album for Journey, charting three singles inside Billboard’s Top 10, 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 delicious 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.
01 - Don't Stop Believin'
02 - Stone In Love
03 - Who's Crying Now
04 - Keep On Runnin'
05 - Still They Ride
06 - Escape
07 - Lay It Down
08 - Dead Or Alive
09 - Mother, Father
10 - Open Arms
BONUS TRACKS:
11 - La Raza Del Sol [Japan bonus track]
12 - Don't Stop Believin' (Live Version) [Japan bonus track]
13 - Who's Crying Now (Live Version) [Japan bonus track]
14 - Open Arms (Live Version) [Japan bonus track]
2017 JAPAN BONUS TRACKS:
15 - Natural Thing [2017 bonus track]
16 - Little Girl [2017 bonus track]
17 - Still They Ride (Live Oklahoma '83) [2017 bonus track]
Steve Perry – lead vocals
Neal Schon – lead guitar, backing vocals
Jonathan Cain – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Ross Valory – bass, backing vocals
Steve Smith – drums, percussion, backing vocals
JOURNEY – Escape [Remastered Japan Blu-Spec CD2 +7 bonus] 2017, MP3+FLAC
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