Premonition (Survivor album)

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Premonition
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1981 (US) [1]
Recorded1981
Studio Rumbo Recorders (Los Angeles)
Genre Rock
Length32:09
Label Scotti Bros.
Producer Frankie Sullivan, Jim Peterik
Survivor chronology
Survivor
(1979)
Premonition
(1981)
Eye of the Tiger
(1982)
Singles from Premonition
  1. "Summer Nights"
    Released: August 1981 (US)
  2. "Poor Man's Son"
    Released: October 1981 (US) [2]

Premonition is the second album by American rock band Survivor, released in October 1981 in the United States and February 1982 elsewhere. [3] [4] It was the first album to use the Survivor script logo.

Contents

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.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Chevy Nights" Jim Peterik 3:38
2."Summer Nights" 4:08
3."Poor Man's Son" 3:35
4."Runway Lights" 4:17
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Take You on a Saturday" 4:05
6."Light of a Thousand Smiles"Peterik4:58
7."Love Is on My Side" 3:36
8."Heart's a Lonely Hunter" 5:12

Personnel

Survivor

Additional musicians

Production

Studios

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [5] 82

Notes

  1. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 806. ISBN   9780862415419.
  2. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 806. ISBN   9780862415419.
  3. "Survivor: Premonition". Rock Report. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
  4. Strong, Martin C. "The Great Metal Discography." Canongate Books Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1998. p. 325
  5. "Survivor Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2023.


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