Escape
by Journey
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Journey bestography
Escape is ranked as the best album by Journey.
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Escape track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Escape rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 28 Music Albums of 1981 | 6/28 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1980s | 72/100 | - |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 27/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum albums Pt 3 | 100/100 | - |
| 2026 | Strixen | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 19/40 | 52 |
| 2026 | Ranger | Top 40 Music Albums of the 1980s | 30/40 | 6 |
| 2026 | Gendjar | Top 98 Greatest Music Albums | 12/98 | 87 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 32 America Usa 2 | 58/100 | - |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 90 Music Albums of the 1980s | 40/90 | 11 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 206 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,037 | |||
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Escape ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Milpep8286 | 9 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/06/2026 10:14 | Squonk007 | 768 | 24/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 16:42 | Philly28 | 956 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.8/100, a mean average of 69.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.3.
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Escape forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/23/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5444): By RomanelliEscape comments
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Daydreamer 06/25/2017 17:48 | #193196 | TOP COMMENT
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Quite easily the best album of 1981 and second best Journey album. They were so full of confidence here and the songs just explode with energy. Steve Perry is one of the best ever rock singers and he is absolutely on fire here. The last two songs will give you goosebumps since Steve's singing is out of this world.
Oh and the opener is one of the greatest songs of the 80's. (Edited)
timtooky 03/27/2014 16:33 | #107782 | TOP COMMENT
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most songs on this aor-record are what aor was invented for: positive-cheerful-slick or gentle-romantic. all is suitable for the masses. many music-lovers will find this repellent. if you are more laid-back in this respect you maybe will find some agreeable tunes on it.
If this is Journey at their worst, then Led Zeppelin has no talent. This is Journey at their BEST, no doubt. Every song but "Dead or Alive" impressed me. This is a "best of" album all by itself!
Journey at their worst. That's saying a lot.
Ironically this album and Abbey Road (my mum had them both on lp) were what really got me into classic rock back freshman year of HS.
4.5 stars
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