Suvivor - Eye of the Tiger (82)

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1. Eye Of The Tiger

2. Feels Like Love

3. Hesitation Dance

4. The One That Really Matters

5. I'm Not The Man Anymore

6. Children Of The Night

7. Ever Since The World Began

8. American Heartbeat

9. Silver Girl

1982 was an interesting year for mainstream rock.

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Listeners were still a few years away from the chart-topping pop-metal bands, and a few years removed from the oft-indulgent '70s rock era.

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As a result, people were left with an era that was mostly populated by bands that wore headbands and largely modeled their sound after Foreigner.

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In other words — bands that attempted to appeal to both the pop and rock audiences, by combining arena-worthy choruses and tough guitar riffs, topped off with a healthy scoop of melody.

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A perfect example would be Survivor, and their third release overall, Eye of the Tiger.

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With the group's first two releases barely causing a ripple on the charts, it was Tiger that catapulted the band to the top, thanks to the chart-topping title track, which was used as the theme song to the hit movie Rocky III the same year.

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Despite this, the Eye of the Tiger album is often overlooked, even though it almost topped the charts as well (peaking at number two).

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The reason for this was that while the group managed to appeal to both aforementioned audiences — as evidenced by the Zeppelin-esque "Hesitation Dance" and the power ballad "I'm Not That Man Anymore" — nothing here really scales the same height as the title track.

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But as a memento of mainstream rock circa the early '80s, Eye of the Tiger is a faithful snapshot.

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Target - Target (76)

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1 Love Just Won't Quit
2 Bad Boy
3 Let Me Live
4 Just a Little Too Much
5 Can't Fake It
6 99 1/2
7 You Need a Woman
8 Let Me Down Easy
9 Workin' Song
10 Are You Ready

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Mais uma banda do lider do Survivor.

Cobra - Fisrt Strike (83)

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Parte 1

Parte 2

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Banda do lider do Survivor.

Jimi Jamison - When Love Comes Down (91)

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Solo do lider do Survivor !!!

Jimi Jamison (Survivor) – Empires (02)

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Vocalist Jimi Jamison has long been associated with a number of bands, among them Survivor and Cobra.

When his venture with Survivor broke down, he established his own band.

He released several solo albums, beginning with When Love Comes Down in 1991.

Empires, a CD that first saw release in Europe, followed in 1999. Fans of the television program Baywatch will recognize his voice from a song he penned for the show's theme, "I'm Always Here."

The Mississippi native started out during the '70s with Target (members of the band still occasionally reunite for concerts).

Jamison and the group put out a pair of albums for A&M and opened for Black Sabbath, Boston, and Kiss.

He followed up with a stint in Cobra early the following the decade, putting together one recording for Epic Records.

By 1984, the singer became a member of Survivor after auditioning in Chicago.

The band already had chalked up a hit, "Eye of the Tiger," before he came on board. The song was featured in Rocky III in 1982.

Jamison's tenure took the band through five Top Ten hits, appearances on numerous film soundtracks, and a handful of recordings that achieved gold and platinum status.

His first appearance was on the Vital Signs album, and he took the band into the Top 20 with the singles "Can't Hold Back," "Search Is Over," and "High on You."

"Burning Heart," the theme for the next Rocky sequel in 1985, hit pop's number two spot.

Another Top Ten slot followed with "Is This Love," but Survivor soon broke up and Jamison was on his own in 1987.

His track record includes appearances on a number of television programs and half a dozen music videos.

In addition to his solo recordings and his work with the bands above, he also contributed backup vocals to such artists as the Jeff Healy Band, Krokus, and ZZ Top.

He is a founding member of the organization Voices of Classic Rock.

Jamison's charity efforts include work on behalf of Tony LaRussa's ARF (Animal Rescue Foundation), the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Special Olympics, and St. Jude's Children's Hospital.

The governors of three states have bestowed commendations on the vocalist.

In 2000, Jamison again teamed with other members of Survivor for a reunion. A tour with the bands Styx and REO Speedwagon followed. The reunion also took the band to Germany for a month-long series of concerts.

Survivor - Survivor (79)

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1 Somewhere in America
2 Can't Getcha Offa My Mind
3 Let It Be Now
4 As Soon as Love Finds Me
5 Youngblood
6 Love Has Got Me
7 Whole Town's Talkin'
8 20/20
9 Freelance
10 Nothing Can Shake Me (From Your Love)
11 Whatever It Takes

Survivor - Caught in the Game (83)

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1 Caught in the Game
2 Jackie Don't Go
3 I Never Stopped Loving You
4 It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
5 Ready for the Real Thing
6 Half-Life
7 What Do You Really Think?
8 Slander
9 Santa Ana Winds


Caught in the Game had Survivor focusing on a harder rock & roll sound, with greater emphasis stemming from the guitar and percussion, but this new formula didn't fare well commercially and the band failed to put any of the album's songs onto the charts.

With Frankie Sullivan finally expressing himself with his guitar playing, the album does manage to establish a vibrant and dominant punch through most of the cuts, but because of this, there's a shortage of musical flow and melodic consistency that becomes apparent after the first few tracks.

Efforts such as "What Do You Really Think" and "I Never Stopped Loving You" are Survivor's best examples of their straight-ahead rock fair, but they're canceled out by non-abrasive fillers like "Slander" and "Santa Ana Winds," which have the band playing well below their capacity.

After this album, Survivor replaced vocalist Dave Bickler with the more inspired-sounding Jimi Jamison.

The album that followed, 1984's Vital Signs, had the band playing clean-cut radio-friendly rock, and two of the three singles released from the album made it into the Top Ten.

Survivor encountered further success with their new vocalist and their future albums had more of a congenial pop/rock flair to them, which was apparent even on the releases that didn't net the band any charted singles.

None of Caught in the Game's tracks appear on Survivor's most thorough hits package entitled Fire in Your Eyes: Greatest Hits, an essential 18-track compilation released in 2001.

Survivor - Vital Signs (84)

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1 Can't Hold Back
2 High on You
3 First Night
4 The Search Is Over
5 Broken Promises
6 Popular Girl
7 Everlasting
8 It's The Singer, Not The Song
9 I See You in Everyone

Replacing singer Dave Bickler with former Cobra vocalist Jimi Jamison paid off for Survivor, giving them three Top 20 singles from Jamison's debut on 1984's Vital Signs.

His high harmonies, added to the group's well-maintained keyboard/guitar style, threw them into the ring with bands like Styx and Foreigner.

Both "High on You" and "I Can't Hold Back" are built on congenial rock charm with an AOR dressiness, using the synthesizer to guide Jamison's energetic singing.

Along the same lines as Journey's "Open Arms," the delicate but sternly sung ballad "The Search Is Over" gave them a number four single in May of 1985, bettered only by the number two placing of "Burning Heart" from the Rocky IV soundtrack a year later.

Outside of the singles, the other songs on Vital Signs keep up with the band's effective formula, a much better effort than 1983's Caught in the Game, which lacked both enthusiasm and rock magnetism.

Though a hits package from Survivor would cover most essentials, Vital Signs works best as the band's most spirited studio release.

Survivor - When Seconds Count (86)

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1 How Much Love
2 Keep It Right Here
3 Is This Love
4 Man Against the World
5 Rebel Son
6 Oceans
7 When Seconds Count
8 Backstreet Love Affair
9 In Good Faith
10 Can't Let You Go


After 1984's Vital Signs netted Survivor three Top 20 singles, the band knew that they would have to come up with something of equal or greater value upon their next release.

Unfortunately, 1986's When Seconds Count failed to do either, although the album did give Survivor their last Top 40 hit with the synth-driven "Is This Love" in November of that same year.

Only Jimi Jamison, Frankie Sullivan, and Jim Peterik made up the band at this point, and a handful of session musicians had to be hired in order to complete the album.

The result was a harder, more streamlined approach to their music, shedding themselves of their past pop/rock sound for the most part.

Other than "Is This Love," cuts like "Man Against the World" and "How Much Love" sound the firmest, with the band focusing more on melody and on an appealing song structure.

But the bulk of When Seconds Count comes off hurried and overlooked, evident in shoddy efforts like "Rebel Son," "Oceans," "Keep It Right Here," and "In Good Faith."

Although Survivor opted for the more aggressive pop/rock avenue, the material on When Seconds Count doesn't exactly comply with the group's chosen formula, unlike the smoother-sounding Vital Signs or even 1983's Caught in the Game.

The album itself would have benefited by the inclusion of "Burning Heart," which was released on the Rocky IV soundtrack a year earlier but became Survivor's second-highest-charting single.

The album that followed, 1988's Too Hot to Sleep, is more consistent, with sharper songwriting and sturdier musicianship the whole album through.

When Seconds Count isn't a total write-off, but the better tracks can be heard on any of Survivor's hits packages.