SURVIVOR: s.t, 1st, debut LP. Check all samples.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An underrated album which contains pure rock treasures,
I discovered the band Survivor with the famous "Eye of the Tiger" hit, so I just wanted to try a Best-of album and any other album in their discography. I decided to try this first effort of Survivor because it contained no songs from the Best-of.
And now, I'm completely amazed of it. This is a great rock album. I guess this one is the BEST.
Believe me, it really rocks, better than "Eye of the tiger".

Personal ratings :

Somewhere in America - B+
"Somewhere in America, she waits for me...". Nice story, but the guitar riffs could be more elaborate.

Can't getcha offa my mind - A+
First amazing song. This synthesiser intro, yeah ! The subject of the song is common, but what a pleasure to hear this !

Let it be now - A+
My personnal favorite. It has a loud and catchy chorus that surronds you. What an atmosphere in this song !

As soon as love finds me - A
An interesting song that has a good vocals demonstration in the middle, followed by a guitar solo.

Youngblood - B+
A generic chorus, quite monotonous.
This song has a vocal solo.

Love has got me - B+
A slower song. The chorus is a little boring.
This time, the singer is Jim Peterik.

Whole town's talkin' - A
An interesting intro on acoustic guitar.
The chorus is slow and nice, like on a ballad.

20/20 - A
Survivor is pretty good for chorus.
This song has a good guitar demo.
If I had a mark to give, it would be 20/20.

Freelance - B+
Hmm... This reminds me a lot "Runnin' with the devil" from Van Halen. Similar guitar intro, similar first sentence.

Nothing can shake me (From Your Love) - A+
This song is a ballad. A soft song that becomes suddenly hard. I hear "Oh no, oh no" and after a catchy chorus, it becomes soft again. An excellent piece.

Whatever it takes - A
A nice intro on both guitar and synthesiser.
A nice dialog-bridge :
"Will you break the rules?"
If I gotta
"Will you play the fool?"
Every time

This album is really awesome. I wasn't born when it was realeased but I guess that it had no success and that it was terribly underrated. It's really hard to find some flaws in this ...
If you don't own it, don't hesitate to buy it.

Line-up :
Frankie Sullivan & Jim Peterik : Guitar & backing vocals
David Bickler : Lead vocals & keyboards
Gay Smith : Drums
Dennis Keith Johnson : Bass

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5.0 out of 5 stars Clarification,
Wow!! This was one terrific band that unfortunately fell into the homogenized trap that also befell Styx, REO, Journey, and others. I heartily recommend this album.

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5.0 out of 5 stars So Glad I Finally Found This.
I originally bought this record in 1985, and I was blown away. This LP is a lot more guitar-heavy than the later, Jimi Jamison era stuff, which may or may not be to your liking. Keyboards are not prominent on this, although they are used to nice effect when they are used. Jim Peterik is credited with playing guitar rather than keyboards like on the later stuff.
If you like the sounds of "Vital Signs" and "When Seconds Count", with their increased emphisis on keyboards, then this might be a little hard for you. Chances are you've never heard any of these tunes on radio. But if you are a Survivor fan, and if you like guitar-based hard melodic rock, grab this one now!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Love it forever!!!!!!!!!,
This was and IS the best album Survivor ever did....After they lost Dennis Keith Johnson on bass...that pretty much reduced them to some lame pop band....

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Great Songs Long Forgotten,
This album offers variety of power pop, hard rock, blues rock that represents late 70s. They had been really ahead of the game, but commercial success would had to wait until 1982 when Rocky III theme song EYE OF THE TIGER rocked the world.
Recommended for late 70s/early 80s American rock fans.