Survivor (Eric Burdon album)

Survivor
Studio album by Eric Burdon
Released	1978
Studio	Advision Studios, UK
Label	Polydor, Eric Burdon Grow Craft Music Ltd.
Producer	Chas Chandler
Eric Burdon chronology
Love Is All Around (1976) Survivor (1978) Darkness Darkness (1980)

Professional ratings

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues	[2]

Survivor is an album by the English musician Eric Burdon, released in 1978. ^{[3] [4]}

Chas Chandler, Burdon's former bandmate in the Animals, produced the album. The album included a full sized booklet of ink drawings by Burdon illustrating some aspect of each song, accompanied by the song's lyrics.

It was recorded at Advision Studios, in London, England. Burdon reunited with Zoot Money to write songs for this album. His old friend Alexis Korner helped recording.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Eric Burdon and Zoot Money, except where noted.

1. "Rocky" (4:00)
2. "Woman of the Rings" (4:17)
3. "The Kid" (3:13)
4. "Tomb of the Unknown Singer" (4:27) (Jonnie Barnett, Shel Silverstein)
5. "Famous Flames" (4:16)
6. "Hollywood Woman" (3:53)
7. "Hook of Holland" (4:31)
8. "I Was Born to Live The Blues" (3:55) (Brownie McGhee)
9. "Highway Dealer" (3:26)
10. "P.O. Box 500" (4:39)

Personnel

• Eric Burdon - lead vocals
• Zoot Money - keyboards
• John Bundrick - keyboards
• Jürgen Fritz - keyboards
• Alexis Korner - guitar
• Frank Diez - guitar
• Colin Pincott - guitar
• Geoff Whitehorn - guitar
• Ken Parry - guitar, vocals
• Dave Dover - bass guitar
• Steffi Stephan - bass guitar
• Alvin Taylor - drums
• Maggie Bell, P. P. Arnold, Vicki Brown - backing vocals

References

1. "Survivor - Eric Burdon | AllMusic". AllMusic . 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
2. Larkin, Colin (2013). The Virgin Encyclopedia of the Blues. Ebury Publishing.
3. The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002. Taylor & Francis Group. 2002. p. 70.
4. Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Touchstone. 2001. p. 129.