Premonition (Survivor album)
{{More citations needed|date=October 2007}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Premonition
| type = studio
| artist = Survivor
| cover = Survivorpremonition.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1981 (US){{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/806/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=806 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}
| recorded = 1981
| venue =
| studio = Rumbo Recorders (Los Angeles)
| genre = Rock
| length = 32:09
| label = Scotti Bros.
| producer = Frankie Sullivan, Jim Peterik
| prev_title = Survivor
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = Eye of the Tiger
| next_year = 1982
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Premonition
| type = studio
| single1 = Summer Nights
| single1date = August 1981 (US)
| single2 = Poor Man's Son
| single2date = October 1981 (US){{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/806/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=806 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}
}}
}}
Premonition is the second album by American rock band Survivor, released in October 1981 in the United States and February 1982 elsewhere.{{cite web |url=http://www.rockreport.be/review.asp?id=2967 |title=Survivor: Premonition |publisher=Rock Report |accessdate=2013-09-13}}Strong, Martin C. "The Great Metal Discography." Canongate Books Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1998. p. 325 It was the first album to use the Survivor script logo.
The album, along with many other Survivor albums, was briefly taken out of print in 2009, but was remastered and reissued the following year and distributed by Rock Candy Records. The album includes the singles "Poor Man's Son" (#33, US Chart), one of the songs that would be part of their live set list, and "Summer Nights" (#62, US Chart). A song named Missing Persons was recorded for the album but left out from the final cut.
Track listing
All tracks written by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan, except where noted.
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Chevy Nights
| writer1 = Jim Peterik
| length1 = 3:38
| title2 = Summer Nights
| length2 = 4:08
| title3 = Poor Man's Son
| length3 = 3:35
| title4 = Runway Lights
| length4 = 4:17
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title5 = Take You on a Saturday
| length5 = 4:05
| title6 = Light of a Thousand Smiles
| writer6 = Peterik
| length6 = 4:58
| title7 = Love Is on My Side
| length7 = 3:36
| title8 = Heart's a Lonely Hunter
| length8 = 5:12
}}
Personnel
Survivor
- Dave Bickler – lead vocals, synthesizers
- Jim Peterik – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Frankie Sullivan – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Stephan Ellis – bass
- Marc Droubay – drums
Additional musicians
- Daryl Dragon – additional keyboards
Production
- Jim Peterik – producer
- Frankie Sullivan – producer
- Artie Kornfeld – co-producer (1, 2), production assistant
- Artie Ripp – co-producer (1, 2)
- Phil Bonanno – production assistant, engineer, mixing
- Brad Cicotti – engineer
- Les Cooper – engineer
- Doug Sax – mastering
- Michael Kevin Lee – art direction, design, graphics
- Veronica Sim – photography
Studios
- Recorded at Rumbo Recorders (Los Angeles, California).
- Mixed at Fidelity Studios (North Hollywood, California).
- Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).
Charts
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
Chart (1981)
! Peak |
---|
{{Album chart|Billboard200|82|artist=Survivor|rowheader=true|accessdate=31 May 2023}} |
Notes
{{Reflist}}
{{Survivor (band)}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Survivor (band) albums
Category:Scotti Brothers Records albums
{{1980s-rock-album-stub}}