In 1988, Kerrang! readers voted Escape the greatest Arena-oriented Rock 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. Originally a progressive rock band, Journey 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"; Q magazine ranked Escape 15th in its "Records it's OK to Love" in 2006.Song List:
1. "Don't Stop Believin'" 2. "Stone in Love" 3. "Who's Crying Now" (Cain, Perry) 4. "Keep on Runnin'" 5. "Still They Ride" 6. "Escape" 7. "Lay It Down" 8. "Dead or Alive" 9. "Mother, Father" (Matt Schon, Schon, Perry, Cain) 10. "Open Arms" (Cain, Perry)
