Editing Escape (Journey album) (section)

==Reception and legacy==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic" >{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/escape-mw0000190446 |title=Journey Escape review |access-date=March 26, 2011 |last=Mike |first=DeGagne |work=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Larkin"/>
|rev3 = ''[[The Great Rock Discography]]''
|rev3Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite book |title=[[The Great Rock Discography]] |publisher=[[Canongate Books]] |edition=7th |date=2004 |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |author-link=Martin C. Strong}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/journey/albums/album/91506/review/6067999/escape |title=Album Reviews: Journey – Escape |access-date=July 10, 2013 |last=Frost |first=Deborah |date=October 29, 1981 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117093018/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/journey/albums/album/91506/review/6067999/escape |archive-date=November 17, 2007}}</ref>
}}

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."<ref name="allmusic" /> [[Colin Larkin]] awarded the album four out of five stars in the 2002 edition of the [[Virgin Group|Virgin]] ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''.<ref name="Larkin">[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Larkin, Colin]]. ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' (2002)</ref> Contemporary ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' reviews were less favorable. 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.<ref>''[[Rolling Stone]]'' Album Guide (2004)</ref>

In 1988, ''[[Kerrang!]]'' readers voted ''Escape'' the greatest [[Album-oriented rock|AOR]] album of all time<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060214233916/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang_p2.htm#AOR The Best AOR Albums Of All Time]}}. ''[[Kerrang!]]''. October 29, 1988. Archived at rocklistmusic.co.uk</ref>―''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' expressed the same opinion in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/journey-the-ballads-and-the-bust-ups-the-buyer-s-guide|title=Journey: a guide to their best (and worst) albums|last=Elliott|first=Paul|date=August 20, 2008|website=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]|publisher=Louder|access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> In 1989, ''Kerrang!'' ranked ''Escape'' number 32 in "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060214233916/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang_p2.htm "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time"]}}. ''[[Kerrang!]]''. January 1989. Archived at rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved September 8, 2010.</ref> A 2000 [[Virgin Group|Virgin]] poll saw the album voted the 24th greatest [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]/[[alternative rock]] album of all time.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060811222706/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/virgin_1000_v3.htm Heavy Metal/Alternative Rock – All Time Top 50]}}. [[Virgin Group|Virgin]]. 2000. Archived at rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved September 8, 2010.</ref> In 2001, ''Classic Rock'' ranked the album {{abbr|no.|number}} 22 in "The 100 Greatest Rock Albums of All Time".<ref>"The 100 Greatest Rock Albums of All Time". ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]''. Christmas 2001.</ref> In 2006, the same publication included it in their "200 Greatest Albums of the 80s", as one of the twenty greatest albums of 1981.{{CN|date=December 2023}} [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]] ranked ''Escape'' 15th among its "Records it's OK to Love" in 2006.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060224054627/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm Guilty Pleasures!: Essential Playlist of the 115 Records it's OK to Love]}}. [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]]. September 2006. Archived at rocklistmusic.co.uk</ref>

''[[Cash Box]]'' described "Still They Ride" as a "[[blues]]y lament" with a "sad, almost mournful" vocal, "doleful acoustic piano work" and "crying guitar notes."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1982/CB-1982-05-29.pdf|date=May 29, 1982|accessdate=2022-07-07|page=8}}</ref>  ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' called "Still They Ride" a "soft, lyrical ballad" with similar "tone and style" to "Open Arms".<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=May 22, 1982|accessdate=2023-01-21|page=70|title=Top Single Picks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-SMEAAAAMBAJ}}</ref>

An [[Atari 2600]] game based on the album, ''[[Journey Escape]]'', was released in 1982.