Ranking the Studio Albums: Survivor (w/Steven Reid & Simon Bray)
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- Join Pete Pardo & the 'UK Connection' of Steven Reid & Simon Bray for a ranking of the albums of US melodic rock legends Survivor. #survivor
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Vital Signs is an absolute AOR classic! From the opening track I Cant Hold Back to last song I See You In Everyone and everything inbetween is phenomenal
One of the greatest AOR albums of all time:
1- Vital Signs
2- When Seconds Count
3- Eye Of The Tiger
4- Too Hot To Sleep
5- Premonition
6- Caught In The Game
7- Reach
8- Debut
Too hot to sleep is a masterpiece. A perfect album, a go to album. There’s some real depth here and burning bridges is simply mighty.
The title track is just brilliant should’ve been released as the first single then “ Desperate Dreams “ although “ She’s a Star “ is pretty great to, unfortunately the label didn’t give them hardly any promotion for that album
I agree, Burning Bridges is my favourite song of them, followed by Rhythm of the city
It's a solid, solid album ... a lot of my rocker friends like the heavier sound.
1 Vital Signs
2 When Second counts
3 Eyes of the tiger
4 Too hot too sleep
5 Premonition
6 Caught in the game
7 Survivor
8 Reach
THIS IS MY FAVE BAND PETE…YOU FINALLY DID IT!!
Survivor deep cuts is where it's at. Their albums are chock full of overlooked gems like "Children of The Night', 'I See You In Everyone', 'Runway Lights', etc. Too bad they got overshadowed by bands like Journey & Foreigner. RIP Jimi Jamison & Stephan Ellis.
Jim Peterik's band Pride of Lions (Toby Hitchcock lead vocals) is so awesome.
Wholeheartedly agree. Just listen to "Everlasting" on Vital Signs. That thing SHOULD have been "Don't Stop Believing" popular.
Before this show, would never thought that the music of Survivor would be of any interest. But the formidable UK/US trio on this episode convinced me so will be adding two or three of these albums to a playlist for an upcoming road trip. Pete, what a great move finally having a show with Simon and Steven. Really have enjoyed their separate appearances during my time with SoT but the three of you together were hilarious. Hoping there is an opportunity in the future for the three of you to do so again. Was going to give Simon top honors for his best use of "all the damn time" during the discussion but he bested that with the classic "I agree with myself here" which is hoped to be used during my next debate or discussion with a group. Thanks, gentlemen, for such a highly entertaining show and convincing viewers yet again that there is continues to be great "New-Old" music to be sought out for listening. Cheers.
Survivor is just fantastic, love all their albums!!
"First strike" by Cobra featuring Jimi Jamison and Mandy Meyer (Krokus, Asia, Katmandü) on guitars is an 80's hard rock masterpiece, just awesome!!!
"Poor Man's Son" from Premonition, I believe was the song that caught Sylvester Stallone's attention asking them to write a song for Rocky III and the rest is history. Their original version of Rockin' Into the Night (left off their 1979 debut going to .38 Special), I think sounds like a song early Kiss might do. Business-wise, it's strange they followed up a big seller like When Seconds Count with Too Hot to Sleep, can't imagine Scotti Bros. being too thrilled about the slight change of direction.
Yeah I've seen that story a few times. He had a similar thing with other bands as well, one being the Bee Gees
Jimi Jamison: One of "the best" Rock/Pop singers ever!!! In the last few years I've discovered his early catalog with bands like Target & Cobra. Jim is well known as a songwriter + I think Frankie is a bit overlooked as a guitarist(a perception that Survivor is just not (guitar forward). Favorite song - Poor Man's Son....Favorite album - Vital Signs:Pure 80's nostalgia & perfectly constructed melodic riffin'👍.
Vital Signs is a summer album for me. It came out in August of 1984 and had a great run through the summer of 1985. It brings back a lot of memories from my youth. I love metal music, but I also have a soft spot for well done melodic music of any genre. Especially if it is guitar based!
Great chemistry with this trio. I hope there is another show with all of you in the future!
Thanks J. So much fun getting together with Peter and Simon. There are plans afoot for more!
An underrated band, and there is more to them than Eye of the Tiger, as great as that song is.
Vital Signs is a classic - by far their best album, and one of the best AOR records of the 80s.
People need to give this band a lot more love than it gets.
Vital Signs one of the greatest AOR albums of all time
I wasn't aware of Survivor until EOTT was a hit and didn't know there was an album of the same name. They weren't very big over here in the UK. But wow I was hooked & bought all their albums, including the extended version which is a live album. Brilliant.
1) Vital Signs
2) Eye of the Tiger
3) Premonition
4) Survivor
5) When Seconds Count
6) Caught in the Game
7) Too Hot to Sleep
8) Reach
Love this band - just catching up on this episode. My order is:
1. Vital Signs
2. Eye of the Tiger
3. Caught in the Game
4. When Seconds Count
5. Too Hot to Sleep
6. Reach
7. Premonition
8. Survivor
Great, great show guys. Good to see some love going Survivors way. My ranking is as follows:-
1. Too hot to sleep
2. Vital signs
3. Eye of the Tiger
4. When seconds count
5. Caught in the game
6. Premonition
7. Survivor
8. Reach
👍
my list is the exact same
Vital Signs is such a great AOR album. I usually go for deep tracks, but “High On You” is such a beauty of a track. Probably my favorite.
I do love “Can’t Let You Go” from When Seconds Count. A great under appreciated band.
What a great vocalist Jimi was. R.I.P.
Great to see Survivor getting so much love,brilliant melodic rock band and Jim Peterik is such a great songwriter...
Jimi Jamison is one of my fave singers, that's why I have it ...
1. Vital Signs ... such balanced nuances and, yes, the perfect pop-rock record!
2. Too Hot To Sleep ... man, the guitars are so good, perfect accompaniment by the keys, and Jimi's best vocals.
3. When Seconds Count ... just too many keyboards in places, Side One is so awesome though!
4. Eye Of The Tiger ... such a great album besides having Eye Of The Tiger!
5. Reach ... why is Jimi not singing on TWO songs--the only reason why it's not fourth!
6. Caught In The Game ... superb opening track and their darkest album.
7. Premonition ... hungry for success and they're almost there on this one.
8. Survivor ... a great first album, though their sound isn't quite found yet.
All these albums are great ... all over 4 out of 5, with those top 3 being monsters!
Great show. Vital Signs is my favorite album of all time. I've gotten into the really heavy stuff, including a lot of death metal, the past couple of decades. But I've listened more to Vital Signs than anything else. I can still listen to it any time, and not skip any tracks. I prefer the Jamison stuff, but I love all of it. I've never heard Reach. I'll need to check that one out.
Great show. I saw them live in Chicago on their Premonition tour and have loved them ever since. Bickler’s solo album is fun to.
Great episode, guys!! I especially love Simon's passion for the band. It's contagious and kind of reignited mine as well.
Fantastic episode
Not the easiest set to rank, probably go more for the Jimi Jamison ones.
1 Too hot to sleap
2 Caught in the game
3When seconds count
4 Vital signs
5 Eye of the tiger
6 Premonition
7 Reach
8 Survivor
Vital Signs is simply the best AOR album of all time. Imagine if it had a beefy production/Martin Birch/Mutt Lange, it would be the best Heavy Rock album out there.
The Rock Candy remasters are great. Between the sound and the extended liner notes, it's good to see Survivor get the respect for their music that it deserves.
This was a very fun show. Thanks Pete for doing all this in your channel.
I have never owned a Survivor release. I may need to change that.
I think this episode might have been made for me. There was so much melodic rock I liked in the 80's - Foreigner, REO, Journey, Night Ranger, Loverboy, Eddie Money, etc. - Survivor has always slipped between the cracks for me. I never even bought the greatest hits. Guess I am starting with "Vital Signs"!
You won’t be disappointed with Vital Signs 👍🏻
As for writing great pop/rock songs, they were right up there with the bigger names of the genre like Foreigner or Journey.
@@reclaimerReclaimer Jimi Jamison’s voice is right up there with Foreigner & Journey
I'd love to see you three do a show for a top 10 Asia songs that weren't on the first three albums. There are a bunch of amazing songs in this band's catalog that aren't on those three albums.
True. Both from the Payne era and then the 4 albums from the reunion.
This is one of those episodes that mercilessly feeds my compulsion. My Survivor collection currently consists of five CDs, only one of which is remastered (Too Hot To Sleep). I went on Discogs while watching and ordered a CD remaster of Premonition, without a doubt the first of several remastered Survivor CD acquisitions in the near future. Great episode!
Surprised to read that Survivor wrote Rockin' into the Night (.38 Special) for their debut album, but the producer rejected it. I think it would have fit really well.
"Too hot to sleep" is my fav, because of the "heavy" guitars
Definitely, 👍🏻 Frankie had been listening to Eddie Van Halen especially the 5150 Album, he pretty much mimic’s “ Best of Both World’s “ Lol,
Good to see Philip Seymour Hoffman again after being dead for several years!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
The UK connection rocks!!! Nice to see a criminality underrated band get some love fantastic ranking episode. Steven I have that Ultimate Survivor cd absolutely love it reach for it a lot particularly in the summer time. But now I’m inspired to do a deep dive into this impressive catalog. Thanks Pete, Steven and Simon.
Lots to love in the catalogue Cap. Enjoy!
@@TranquilityFireReid 👊
Like you Pete, I only really know the greatest hits. After this I now feel I’ve been missing out, so next week is going to be Survivor week!
Lol. Me too. !
Love Survivor. One of my favorite bands. Premonition is #1 for me. I love the Jimi Jamison fronted albums and he is one of my favorite singers, but prefer the grittier albums from the Bickler era. Some of the songs from Reach can be heard on the "fire makes steel" demos. Originally recorded in the 90s iirc but never released officially. I'd also be curious to hear your thoughts on the Night Ranger albums.
Amazing band. My top 4.
1. Vital Signs
2. When Seconds Count
3. Too Hot to Sleep
4. Eye of the Tiger.
Weighing in...
01 - Vital Signs
02 - When Seconds Count
03 - Eye of the Tiger
04 - Caught in the Game
05 - Premonition
06 - Too Hot to Sleep
07 - Reach
08 - Survivor
Always loved Too Hot To Sleep. No lie, I think Desperate Dreams is one of the finest songs of all time. How that wasn't a hit boggles my mind. It's amazingly beautiful.
Awesome give us some love more to my hometown Chicago guy Jim Peterik. So many people don't know about the man that's a shame his accomplishments are nothing short of amazing.
Jimi sad loss.
Dave bickler AKA Bud light real Men of genius what a great run he had I wish it would bring those back those were fantastic.
The first debut album that's Kim Basinger on the cover.
I find too hot to sleep is a very underrated hard rocking late '80s album that doesn't seem to get it's just too even though there were a few videos on MTV through the years back then.
Great show this was a good one
Too hot to sleep got buried. Label lost interest at that point. Great album. I remember walking to kmart to pick it up in 88. Graduation year.
@@tttarms1970 I unburied iit a few years back I think it's awesome.
@@truckerkevthepaidtourist still throw it on. Nothing but memories fill my head, that album has alot. Graduation, being 18, I can go on and on...one thing I used to love was running 4 miles a day listening to that album. Ran 4 miles a day until 6 years ago. 51 now. Knees caught up with me. Was my drug of choice. Thank god i still have the gym. Music, running and over 30 years of weights have always been my best friend
Well here is a nice surprise they have some great albums. My top5
1. Vital signs
2. Eye of the tiger
3. Too hot to sleep
4. When seconds count
5. Caught in a game
Cheers!
The "Eye Of The Tiger" album has one of the best hard rock productions I have ever heard and all instruments sound ideal for this genre.
I know many of Survivor’s songs, but have never owned the albums. With that being said, this episode was a joy to watch. The chemistry was excellent, and hilarity was in abundance. Would love to see more of this particular configuration. Cossing a toin over here.😉😁😜
I obviously meant to say toin coss. No really I did. I did I tell you! I meant it. Why will no one melieve be?
@@TranquilityFireReid Hahaha! I yelieve bou. 😉
@@knightvisioniixv Haha Yank Thou!
love em all......but Premonition is my fave as well! Cheers!
Hey Pete, love Steve and Simon. If you can, please do more videos with them. You guys together are a riot and work great together as a team. Cheers Steve and Simon! 👍
Dante
Thanks Dante. Getting on a show with Simon and Peter was a blast! Glad that came across. More to come hopefully.
Looking forward to it Steve! 👍
Stay tuned!!!
Eye of the tiger and vital signs amazing albums ❤️
Been a Survivor fan for a long time. Love caught in the game.
I really like Survivor! I need to get their albums, all I have is a greatest hits right now. Rock Candy is a phenomenal reissue label, so I'll probably get those from them.
Being much AOR hard rock fan Journey Boston Triumph etc alway curious what this bands deep cuts sound like .. this is cool!!!
Theyve always reminded me of Boston. And actually the guitar solo in "the one that really matters" sounds like something Tom Scholz couldve written.
Pretty amazing - I was just about to take a dive into Survivor and you guys do this video! Thanks!
Great video and cool discussion lads! Survivor are iconic 🤟🔥
Great band, my favourite album is Vital Signs for sure
Some trivia; Jimi Jamison recorded Ever Since the World Began for the 1989 Stallone movie Lock Up on Sly's request. Styx' Tommy Shaw did a cover version on his 1987 solo album Ambition. Jimi Jamison's old band Cobra had some Survivor-like tracks, such as Looking At You from their 1983 Tom Allom produced album First Strike.
Jimi also song on that 1973 Prog album by D. Beaver. as Jimmy Jamison.
Fun to hear Steven mention Tommy Denander. Time to rank the Radioactive albums.
I've really loved this episode...now watched it 4 times...and boy why did I miss out on Survivor all these years....fantastic music
Growing up near the burbs of Chicago, Summer Nights and Poor Man's Son got significant airplay on Chicago radio. (The only place I every heard Rebel Girl on the air, too.) I thought Survivor were superstars throughout the country back then. I haven't listened to every Survivor album, but Premonition ranks as my No. 1. It fulfilled my Midwestern needs when I was a junior in high school. Good effin times.
Great episode! It was a lot of fun to watch...I saw someone mention Loverboy down in the comments which I don't believe you have done...would you consider doing an album ranking or top 10 list or something similar with them in the future?
1.Caught In The Game 2.Too Hot To Sleep 3. Survivor 4.Eye Of The Tiger 5. Vital Signs 6. When Seconds Count 7. Premonition 8. Reach .
I like Survivor but need to catch up on the albums. Since only had and enjoyed Eye Of The Tiger and Vital Signs. Got some online listens and locating sometime. Thanks Pete Steven and Simon. Good video.
If someone asks me what is a great American rock album I always say listen to Vital Signs by Survivor I love every track on it .
LOVE "VITAL SIGNS" and "When Seconds Count"! JIMI JAMESON RULES!
It is alway great show when you have Steven Reid with you hope to see more from him .And I will check out some of your recommendations as I only know the hit they had in the Uk
Thanks David, appreciate the support!
@@TranquilityFireReid
Hi do you have your own Chanel on you tube?
@@davidclark2208 No I don't David, but maybe one day.
@@TranquilityFireReid Hi Steven , I forgot to thank you for getting me into two groups that you have talked about and that is Gandaf's Fist and Magenta.The show do talked about Thunder,you talked about a band called Shy is the one Who did Brave the storm .as I saw the a few times live the first time they where with Meat loaf in London and that's what got me into Shy.Take care
@@davidclark2208 Great to hear that you've gotten into Gandalf's Fist and Magenta. Two great bands! Yes, that was the Shy that we mentioned in the Thunder show. Yet another act who deserved more recognition than they ever received.
Wow, did not see these show coming! Great band, much better than Journey for my money. Vital Signs, When Seconds Count and Eye of the Tiger is my top 3
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Great albums my favourite eye of the tiger Survivor debut caught in the game
Got "Premotion" (1981), "Too Hot To Sleep" (1988) (both from Rock Candy) & Real Gone Music "Anthology" (2 CD set)!!
Saw Jim Peteric with his first band, The Ides Of March, along with Mark Farner about a month ago in Decatur. Outside show , 44 degrees, but fantastic! Peteric has written some really great tunes and Survivor is highly underrated. Many, many deep cut gems to be uncovered!
Can we rank ‘The Outfield’ as well? Another amazing underrated melodic rock band.
Only one surviving member of the trio today, not many albums but they were all very good.
Great show.Very interesting and funny...Despite Stevens accent he is the man.
Thanks francis! The more excited I get, the more Scottish I become!
@@TranquilityFireReid 😄👍👍Greetings from France.😄
The song "Poor Man's Son" (from November of 1981) was the first time that I heard Survivor!!!
Thank you all for this I only know Survivor for Eye of the Tiger and A Burning Heart… aka the Rocky songs. I will need to check the albums out. Cheers!
(8) Reach (5/10)
Favourite songs: 1) Talkin' 'Bout love, 2) Fire Makes Steel, 3) Give Me The Word
(7) Survivor (5/10)
Favourite songs: 1) Can't Getcha Offa My Mind, 2) Somewhere in America, 3) Nothing Can Shake Me (From Your Love)
(6) Premonition (7/10)
Favourite songs: 1) Chevy Nights, 2) Summer Nights, 3) Runaway Lights
(5) Caught in the Game (7/10)
Favourite songs: 1) Caught in the Game, 2) Half-life, 3) Ready For The Real Thing
(4) When Seconds Count (8/10)
Favourite songs: 1) When Seconds Count, 2) Rebel Son, 3) Backstreet Love Affair
(3) Eye of the Tiger (9/10)
Favourite songs: 1) The One That Really Matters, 2) I'm Not That Man Anymore, 3) Children Of the Night
(2) Vital Signs (10/10)
Favourite songs: 1) It's The Singer Not The Song, 2) First Night, 3) I See You In Everyone
(1) Too Hot to Sleep (10/10)
Favourite songs: 1) Burning Bridges 2) Rhythm of the City, 3) Here Comes Desire
TOP 10 Songs:
1) Burning Bridges
2) Rhythm of the City
3) Caught in the Game
4) Half-life
5) The One That Really Matters
6) When Seconds Count
7) Rebel Son
8) It's The Singer Not The Song
9) Ready For The Real Thing
10) Here Comes Desire
Great show . thanks
Caught in the game is really a great song. But the best version of it i've heard is on the CD Jimi Jamison - Live at firefest with the great Tommy Denander on Guitar. They played it with so much punch and great singing. Video of it is on youtube.
My No.1 is Vital Signs.
Is Philip Seymour Hoffman alive?
Or Eddie Trunk in 20 years .. lol!!
Great to see Pete rank Premonition as #1 it's easily my favorite as are all of the first 4 Survivors with Bickler on vocals since I've been into them heavily since getting the first Survivor s/t when it was released and like the more hard rockin' punchy sounds of the Bickler era.
Have to agree they were so hungry sounding on that album the playing was top the sound really came together in a big way on that album.
Ditto
Premonition is easily in my top 10 of all time. I listen to the whole album easily once a week
I rank Survivor albums from 1 to 8 to be: 1) Vital Signs; 2) Too Hot to Sleep; 3)Caught in the Game; 4) Eye of the Tiger; 5) When Seconds Count; 6) Survivor; 7) Premonition; 8) Reach. Really love the Band. Jimi Jamison was the real deal - RIP. Jim Peterik - fantastic song writer and musician. Those two teamed up to write some great tunes. They were a band, where they all contributed to each record and performance. I play the piss out of each album. Not a bad record.
I'll second the request to rank the studio albums of The Outfield - Great Band! Under rated!
But all in all you got a great show Pete I' watch you every morning
Great and underrated band and catalog !
Pete check out Pride of Lions ,Jim Peteriks continuation of the 80s style melodic rock in the Survivor vein
Only got into Survivor in the last few years but Vital Signs is a stone cold AOR classic.
Here's Mine:
1. Eye of the Tiger
2. Caught in the Game
3. Vital Signs
4. When Seconds Count
5. Too Hot to Sleep
6. Premonition
7. Survivor
8. Reach.
Simon(shaking head) "Shall We Move On?" Classic
Great band!
1 too hot to sleep
2 vital signs
3 premonition
4 eye of the tiger
5 when seconds count
6 caught in the game
Only ones i have, too hot to sleep heaviest album and the fact that it did not sell shud not put anyone off
Cant forget to make mention of the Cobra record! Like a rough and tumble Survivor. Really great. Also cant forget some of Jimi's solo material. Excellent.
Great video guys, the three of you go very well together! Good music knowledge and laughs as well! Really pleased you`ve done Survivor they were a great band! Don`t have `Reach` so I just have a top seven -
1. Vital Signs (been my no.2 for many years but fairly recently moved up to the top spot!)
2. When Seconds Count - Jimi`s voice is spot on on this album not least on the title track. Simon and Steven you are correct about the first side. It`s brilliant!
3. Eye of the Tiger - as you guys say it`s still a great album even without the title track!
4. Caught In The Game - careful with the volume if you listen to this on headphones. The title track comes in very fast and very loud!
5. Survivor - amazed this wasn`t a bigger seller, especially in the USA with tracks such as `Somewhere In America`? Not to mention the front cover. Ahem..
6. Premonition (a strong album for no.6!)
7. Too Hot To Sleep - as much as I love Jimi Jamison this album just never clicked for me. Maybe one day...
Yes, Too Hot To Sleep SOUNDS great. However, aside from the three singles, it doesn't breathe with quite the melodic magic of many of their other releases.
@@Faltor895 You`ve described that very well, thanks Robert! 👍
@@SJHUE Thanks, Sjhue!
Like Premonition and Eye of The Tiger. Second album ever bought 1982 Eye of the tiger was 17 brought it on cassette in Kingston upon Thames amazingly from WHSmiths.The album along with Queen greatest hits took me on a path of long hair and rock/metal obsession to this day.So Survivor to blame
Great to see fellow UK types GET Survivor! I'm going Caught In The Game.. Santa Anna Wind gorgeous!
Too Hot To Sleep is so underrated. It's their hardest record, a relief after the lukewarm When Seconds Count, but the public didn't embrace the return to harder rock.
Too Hot to Sleep (1988) is really good.
Fun video, and I was laughing like hell when Simon says "You're both wrong" at about the 36.15 mark!
They played back in 96 in my town but got rained out after three songs but they were phenominal!
I agree about Caught In The Game - it's their best song. Santa Ana Winds from that album is another of their finest.
Bought all the vinyl in the day, tot all the cd's, time to refresh with the reissues.
Premonition has been my least-played Survivor album, but based on Peter's ranking, I gave it a hard listen tonight. It is one of their best records.
Too hot to sleep is my personal favorite and has the late Jimi Jamieson's most powerful vocal performance's this band is so much more than eye of the tiger
Excellent show. Not seen Simon before but he’s your typical phlegmatic northerner! Steven is brilliant as usual.
As Steven says, Survivor did very little in the UK and I actually only own two Survivor albums: Eye of the Tiger and Premonitions (on cassette). I consider the latter to be a fantastic album with some amazing songs especially Take you on a Saturday, my favourite Survivor song. I will be checking out the rest of the catalogue based on this programmes recommendations.
Love the Dave Bickler era Survivor so my list is Bickler heavy:
1. Premonition
2.Vital Signs
3. Eye of the Tiger
4. Caught in the Game
5. Too hot too Sleep
6. Debut
When seconds count sucked except for Oceans
Don't forget Dave bickler real Men of genius the Bud light successful ad campaign for years
Same here. Bickler is always nr one.
This was a very difficult thing to do! 1 Vital Signs
2 Eye Of The Tiger
3 When Seconds Count
4 Caught in The Game
5 Too Hot To Sleep
6 Premonition
7 Survivor ST
8 Reach
Steven, I'm from Leeds, Yorkshire and I also had a ticket to see Survivor in 2014. I too never got to see them live. Utterly devastating. 😪🇬🇧
1-Caught in the game,2-Premonition,3-Survivor,4-Eye of the tiger,5-When seconds count,6-Vital signs..