Escape (Gorgon City album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Escape
| type = studio
| artist = Gorgon City
| cover = Gorgon City - Escape.png
| alt =
| released = 10 August 2018
| recorded =
| genre =
- House{{cite web|url=https://earmilk.com/2018/08/11/escape-to-house-heaven-with-gorgon-city/|title=Album Review: 'Escape' to house heaven with Gorgon City|website=Earmilk|last=Lin|first=Vivian|date=11 August 2018|access-date=24 May 2023}}
- deep house
- pop-house
| length = 46:07
| label = Virgin EMI
| producer =
| prev_title = Sirens (Remixes)
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Olympia
| next_year = 2021
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Escape
| type = studio
| single1 = All Four Walls
| single1date = 18 March 2016
| single2 = Real Life
| single2date = 19 May 2017
| single3 = Go Deep
| single3date = 11 May 2018
| single4 = Hear That
| single4date = 19 July 2018
| single5 = One Last Song
| single5date = 3 August 2018
| single6 = Let It Go
| single6date = 5 October 2018
}}}}
Escape is the second studio album by English electronic music production duo Gorgon City. It was released on 10 August 2018 through Virgin EMI Records. The album produced six singles, and includes collaborations with Vaults, Duke Dumont, Naations, Kamille, JP Cooper, Lulu James, D Double E, and Josh Barry, among others.{{cite web|url=https://weraveyou.com/2018/08/gorgon-city-escape-album-review/|title=Gorgon City – Escape (Album Review)|website=We Rave You|date=15 August 2018|access-date=24 May 2023}}
Background
The duo released the first single, "All Four Walls", featuring vocals from British band Vaults, in April 2016. Around the time of the song's release, the duo announced their second studio album, under the title Kingdom and that it was expected to come in two parts, with the first part being released in August 2016. Furthermore, the duo said that they were to release a new song every three weeks.{{cite web|url=https://earmilk.com/2016/04/12/gorgon-citys-kingdom-takes-life-with-blue-parrot/|title=Gorgon City's Kingdom takes life with 'Blue Parrot'|website=Earmilk|last=Gillett|first=Emma|date=12 April 2016|access-date=24 May 2023}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = The Arts Desk
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/cd-gorgon-city-escape|title=CD: Gorgon City – Escape review – flashes of clubland class|website=The Arts Desk|last=Green|first=Thomas H|date=11 August 2018|access-date=24 May 2023}}
| rev2 = NME
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/gorgon-city-escape-review-2366933|title=Gorgon City – Escape review|website=NME|last=Mylrea|first=Hannah|date=13 August 2018|access-date=24 May 2023}}
}}
Thomas H Green of The Arts Desk found the album to be "no worse – and may even be slightly better – than its predecessor", and wrote that its "best tracks have a zest and bounce that's contagious". Green concluded that the duo "adhere to a cool deep house sensibility, deeply flavoured with UK bass culture, never wandering into the crass corridors of EDM". Hannah Mylrea of NME commented that the album "picks up exactly where their debut Sirens left off" with "a string of catchy tunes, though it's also a record of musical experimentation", highlighting "Hear That", "One Last Song" and "Night Drive".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Escape track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Kingdom
| note1 = featuring Raphaella
| length1 = 3:52
| title2 = Real Life
| note2 = with Duke Dumont featuring Naations
| length2 = 3:25
| title3 = Blame
| note3 = featuring Josh Barry
| length3 = 4:05
| title4 = Go Deep
| note4 = with Kamille and Ghosted
| length4 = 3:26
| title5 = Let It Go
| note5 = with Naations
| length5 = 3:46
| title6 = One Last Song
| note6 = with JP Cooper and Yungen
| length6 = 3:24
| title7 = Never Enough
| note7 = featuring Chenai
| length7 = 4:02
| title8 = Hear That
| note8 = featuring D Double E
| length8 = 3:43
| title9 = All Four Walls
| note9 = featuring Vaults
| length9 = 3:12
| title10 = Love Me
| note10 = featuring Lulu James
| length10 = 3:48
| title11 = Overdose
| note11 = featuring Josh Barry
| length11 = 4:44
| title12 = Night Drive
| note12 = featuring Kelly Kiara
| length12 = 4:40
| total_length = 46:07
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for Escape ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|UK2|45|date=20180817|rowheader=true|access-date=24 May 2023}} |
| {{album chart|UKDance|4|date=20180817|rowheader=true|access-date=24 May 2023}} |