Year : 1986 (Rock Candy Remastered 2011)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , Melodic Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Videos
Size : 174 mb
Info:
Survivor is an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1978 by Jim Peterik. The band achieved its greatest success in the 1980s, garnering many charting singles, especially in the United States. The band is best known for its double platinum-certified 1982 hit "Eye of the Tiger," the theme song for the motion picture Rocky III (US number 1 for 6 weeks). Singles like "Burning Heart" (US number 2), "The Search Is Over" (US number 4), "High on You" (US number 8), "Is This Love" (US number 9) and "I Can't Hold Back" (US number 13) continued to chart in the mid-1980s.The band tweaked its musical direction in 1988 with the release of the slightly heavier Too Hot to Sleep, but due to lackluster promotion the album barely reached the Billboard 200 in the United States. Because of this and tension between founding members, the band split.Singer Jimi Jamison later toured as "Survivor" in the mid-1990s without the permission of the rest of the band, but reunited with guitarist Frankie Sullivan in 2000. The band then released Reach in 2006, but Jamison left again after its release and was replaced by singer Robin McAuley. Survivor continued to tour with McAuley into 2011 until Jamison returned later that year.An announcement on November 13, 2011 by McAuley on his Facebook page revealed that he had left Survivor. A subsequent announcement on November 18, 2011 confirmed that Jamison had rejoined the band and a tour was to take place in 2012.In April 2013 it was announced by the band's official media sources that guitarist Frankie Sullivan had reunited the current Survivor line-up with original singer Dave Bickler, with the band now having their two most popular vocalists together for the next tour, Bickler and Jamison.On September 1, 2014 Jamison died of what was believed to be a heart attack in his home in Memphis, TN. at the age of 63. His autopsy released on November 11, 2014 revealed the actual cause of death to be a hemorrhagic brain stroke, with "acute methamphetamine intoxication contributing."
Album:
Album recorded in Los Angeles, produced by long time associate Ron Nevison (Heart, Bad Company, Foreigner, etc) and featuring the now world-wide star vocalist Jimi Jamison, the album picks up perfectly from ‘Vital Signs’ boasting a number of classic cuts including the anthemic ‘Rebel Son’, ‘How Much Love’ and heart rending power ballads ‘In Good Faith’ and top 10 US hit single ‘Is This Love’.Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan just kept serving up catchy, radio-friendly superb songs, and Jamison gave those songs the heart & soul they needed to become timeless."When Seconds Count", originally released in 1986, is a record choc full of great songs, placing Survivor in the pantheon of primo American AOR units, alongside masters of the craft such as REO Speedwagon, Journey and Foreigner.Reissue specialists Rock Candy put out the definitive version of "When Seconds Count" with this brilliant digital remaster from original source tapes.Additionally features as bonus track ‘Burning Heart’, the US #2 hit single originally featured in the blockbuster Sylvester Stallone movie Rocky IV, but not included on the original release of the album."When Seconds Count" remains an essential album not only for Survivor fans, but for fans of classic AOR and Melodic Rock in general. Yeah, in fact any collection - it does not matter the genre - is not complete without this diamond, and this excellent remastering makes this a mandatory upgrade over any previous versions.
Line-Up:
Jimi Jamison - lead vocals
Frankie Sullivan - guitar, backing vocals
Jim Peterik - keyboards, backing vocals
Stephan Ellis - bass
Marc Droubay - drums
additional musicians:
Mike Moran, Bill Cuomo - synthesizers
Tom Kelly - backing vocals
Tommy Shaw - backing vocals
Tracklist:
01. How Much Love
02. Keep It Right Here
03. Is This Love
04. Man Against The World
05. Rebel Son
06. Oceans
07. When Seconds Count
08. Backstreet Love Affair
09. In Good Faith
10. Can't Let You Go
11. Burning Heart (Bonus Track)
+ Video "Burning Heart" (Official Video)
+ Video "Is This Love" (Official Video)
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