Premonition

Survivor just puts out good albums with catchy well done lyrics and music - hard to find the words.

The first four songs, which were Side 1 (back when there were records with sides), are, to my mind, one of the greatest pure pop music album sides ever. Summer Nights is grossly overlooked when people think of the great songs of the decade -- I have to believe that Kid Rock had it rattling around in his brain when, almost 30 years later, he visited the same thematic terrain in All Summer Long, but without anywhere near the vulnerability and wistfulness that makes the Survivor track so indelibly great.

Way back when, actor Sylvester Stallone was smart enough to ask Survivor to write a pumped-up theme song for

Chevy Nights, from the Premonition LP, was one of the first Survivor songs to get airplay. Its still a favorite. One story has it that Sylvester Stallone loved Premonition (especially the song Poor Mans Son) and became a Survivor fan, eventually asking the band to write a song for his new Rocky movie; Eye of the Tiger, probably the bands biggest hit, turned out to be that song. Survivor guitarist Jim Peterik was a member of The Ides of March, which had a #2 hit in 1970 with Vehicle.

Sounds perfect! Remember hearing this on my brother inlaws klipsch horns. Awesome!

This release definitely shows more maturity and songwriting prowess than the first album. Cuts like Runway Lights, Poor Mans Son, Summer Nights and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter are some of the better cuts, but all are first-rate. I regret that in my area of the country there was no promotion of this album when it was first released, so it took all these years and the internet to stumble upon this great album.

This has always been one of my favorite albums....now I have it on CD! So glad that I found it at Amazon!

It seems all of us Survivor fans have our favorites, huh? I really enjoy this CD, but I cant quite put it up there with their first one, Eye Of The Tiger, or Caught In The Game. I bought the Premonition record back in college. Im not sure when I bought it relative to their other material, but it was definitely after Eye Of The Tiger, Vital Signs, and Survivor, and possibly after When Seconds Count and Caught In The Game. It was either right before or right after I got a CD player, and since this was on record, it was at a disadvantage. I found it in the bargain bin, just like I found the debut record. I had been floored by the debut album, so I had high expectations for this one. I had heard Take You On A Saturday before, since it was the B-side to the Eye Of The Tiger single. I played the record, thought it was pretty good, but not as good as the first one. And I didnt put this one on a tape for the car, and I didnt play it as much since I was playing more CDs than records back then, and I kinda forgot about it until recently. Since it is now on CD, I figured it would be a good way to complete my Survivor collection. I bought the debut CD a couple of weeks before buying this one (along with Caught In The Game), and Ive been playing all my Survivor CDs ever since then. This one definitely has more of the signature Survivor sound than the first one, and its pretty close to Eye Of The Tiger and Caught In The Game. The main reason I put this one below the others is because to me this one lacks multiple songs that are really great. Take You On A Saturday is my favorite - it really rocks - but its the only one on this disc that would be on my list of all-time favorite Survivor songs. I would really give this CD 4.5 stars, but what the heck, Ill give it five because I really do like Survivor, and this is a good CD. I just never gave the record enough of a chance to grow on me years ago. If you like Eye Of The Tiger, which is the most likely album that most non-die-hard Survivor fans would have from the pre Vital Signs era, chances are youll like this too. If youre just starting to build a Survivor collection, Id start with either Eye Of The Tiger or one of the greatest hits CDs to see if you like the Dave Bickler era material. If so, then Id get this one once you know you like Eye Of The Tiger and Caught In The Game. Also get the debut CD - it doesnt have exactly the same sound as Premonition or the other two, but it is really good.

If you love their song eye of the tiger and never invested in any of their albums-then youve missed out on a LOT of great music-including this,their second release!AS a matter of fact,ALL their albums (except for maybe caught in the game)are very strong,including the first one,also now available on c.d. They also deserve credit for replacing their excellent lead vocalist(Dave Bickler) with the awesome Jimi Jameson(Dave sang on the first four albums)Do yourself a favor and check out this band that easily could have been a HUGE sucsess with a little more support from the music industry.

Have this album on vinyl in storage in another state. It still is a great album. The writing is great and the melodic, hard-pop rock sound is still there. Performances still stand through. I used to see them at shows during this period-before eye of the tiger. Production is also superb- No 1980s frills, nor 70s muffling (where everything sounded like like someone was holding a towel on the instruments). This is before Survivor became the sappy power ballad band with jimi jameson in the mid to late 80s (hey Peterik was great at writing that stuff, but we already had enough if those). survivor was best, to me, on the albums that no one heard mch of-the ones before stardom= Survivor (first album with 20/20 and somewhere in America) and this, as well as rebel girl.....they also wrote rockin into the night, and hold on loosely for 38 special during this period.....