"Don't Stop Believin'" is an apropos opener for Journey's Escape-- mostly because the band and its fans couldn't believe the way the album took off when it was released 40 years ago this month. Cain: ...

Journey thought they were on the verge of something big in 1980. And they were – but only after a period of sudden adversity. Certainly nothing pointed to the successes of Escape, which arrived on ...

Journey were already on the upswing as they entered the 1980s. But they took off into the stratosphere with Escape, the 1981 album that represented a peak moment in the history of arena rock. Like ...