Label: Canyon Records Inc. (Japan), D32Y0099
Style: AOR, Arena Rock, Hard Rock
Country: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Time: 44:25
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 296 Mb
Survivor
is the first album by the American rock band Survivor, recorded and
released in 1979. It is the band's only album with its original drummer,
Gary Smith, and bass guitarist, Dennis Keith Johnson. The recording
sessions, overseen by the A&R executive John Kalodner, were not
without difficulties. First, Ron Nevison replaced Barry Mraz as
producer, and then the project had to be taken to Bruce Fairbairn in
Vancouver to achieve a mix that was to Kalodner's satisfaction. The
album took eight months to finally be released.
The album just
entered the charts, reaching #169 on the Billboard 200 in the spring of
1980, but the opening track, "Somewhere in America", was a regional hit
in the Chicago area, peaking at #70 on the Billboard Hot 100, and
"Youngblood", with its dramatic guitar introduction, proved to be
something of a blueprint for the band's smash hit two years later, "Eye
of the Tiger".
An additional song recorded for the album, "Rockin'
into the Night", was rejected by Nevison as "too Southern". It was given
to .38 Special who turned the song into a hit.
The single "Rebel
Girl" was recorded about a year after the album sessions, though the
Japanese release of the album on CD includes it as song number six.
The model on the cover of the album is the actress Kim Basinger, according to the band's founding member Jim Peterik.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_(Survivor_album))
01. Somewhere In America (05:13)
02. Can't Getcha Offa My Mind (03:01)
03. Let It Be Now (03:39)
04. As Soon As Love Finds Me (02:51)
05. Youngblood (03:31)
06. Rebel Girl (bonus track) (03:45)
07. Love Has Got Me (03:40)
08. Whole Town's Talking (03:35)
09. 20-20 (03:27)
10. Freelance (03:40)
11. Nothing Can Shake Me (From Your Love) (04:09)
12. Whatever It Takes (03:49)
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