Premonition

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

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.

I bought Premonition after hearing Take you on a Saturday on the radio (about 200 years ago!). At the time, Omar, the owner of our local record shop, East Of Suez, had to order it in. It has remained one of my all time favorite recordings. I wore the record out, and had to replace it on cassette. When that finally wore out, I suppose I had moved on to other music...but I always remembered it fondly. It came to mind about a month ago, and I was THRILLED to see that it had been re-released. I ordered it, and it has not left my CD player in the car for a solid month. I popped that baby in, and it took me back....I listen to it, and Im 16 all over again. Take you on a Saturday is still my favorite song on it, but Summer Nights is a close second. There really isnt a bad song on this recording. I remember when Eye of the Tiger came out, and how I recognized Dave Bicklers singing on it; I knew immediately that it was Survivor....I was already a fan. Thanks for all the awesome memories!

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.

HOW DO YOU COMPARE SURVIVOR WITH DAVE BICKLER OR JIMI JAMISON??? YOU CANT, THEY ARE 2 DIFFERENT BANDS... THE ORIGINAL SURVIVOR HAS HARDER EDGED SONGS AND JIMI JAMISON HAD THE BIGGEST HITS & THE BALLADS... I THINK CAUGHT IN THE GAME IS THE BEST DAVE BICKLER ALBUM RECORDED... EVERY SONG IS GOOD FROM BEGINNING TO END, THERE ARE NO FILLERS ON THIS ALBUM, CAIUGHT IN THE CAME WAS THE FIRST DAVE BICKLER ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT, I HAD MY DOUBTS AS I HAD JUST BEEN INFECTED WITH VITAL SIGNS, AND BOY WAS I WRONG CAUGHT INTHE GAME WAS A GREAT ALBUM, I LOVED IT INSTANTLY... I HAVE READ ALOT OF REVIEWERS WHO FAVOR JACKIE DONT GO, AS THEIR FAVORITE, I HAVE TO AGREE ON THIS ONE... BUT AGAIN I CANT SINGLE OUT 1 SONG AS BEING BETTER THAN ANOTHER... I NEVER STOPPED LOVING YOU, READY FOR THE REAL THING, WHAT DO YOU REALLY THINK?, HALF LIFE ALL GREAT SONGS, AND JUST AS GOOD AS JACKIE DONT GO, THE HARD ROCKIN TITLE SONG CAUGHT IN THE GAME... THIS IS A MUST FOR ALL SURVIVOR FANS...

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.

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

I have to say this is probably the most consistent Survivor album and Ive heard them all in the Peterik years. Not a bad track on it. The lead track Chevy Nights is a little cheesey just because to the title/chorus but still solid. The ballads are excellent. Of course if you dont like ballads you probably wont agree. There are a handful so if they are not your thing beware (Hearts a Lonely Hunter, Light of a Thousand Smiles, Runway Lights) I had this on LP as a teen and dont remember liking it as much as I do hearing it on remastered cd. Its generally the other way round. You hear something years later and think wow this is bad. Not the case. Summer Nights is total Journey and Runway Lights sounds very much like Lights off of the Styx album Cornerstone. Even in the harmonizing. Take You on a Saturday is a very good rock song as is the hit Poor Mans Son. Totally forgot about Love is on My Side. Another solid rocker. All in all great blend of rockers and ballads that make a truly standout ALBUM. Highly recommended!

Survivors second album Premonition is the first Survivor album which carries the very sound that we are familiar. Their self-titled debut album is a good album with a bunch of great rock. But the album as a whole sounded too varied to grasp the image of the band. Kind of a Know-it-all all hits collection pop rock band. They failed to impress a large number of music fans and I think it was Jim himself who was not satisfied with the album. But with this second album they surely acquired the banner something unique and impressive. Part of the reason this album became excellent probably came from Jims collaboration with Sammy Hagers solid rock track Heavy Metal. It was in 1981, the word heavy metal was still not a household word. I can imagine Jims mumbling heavymetal, heavymetal...while producing this album and he was confident that style of rock would dominate. A light of Thousands Smiles served as a prophcy as the word premonition was taken from the lyric of this track. Take You On A Saturday is one of the highlight of this album-- very tight heavy track which might overwhelm die-hard Kiss fans. But what Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan tried to do in this album is to create the style of Heavy Metal not for rocks sake but with mass appeal. With the mission on their shoulders Survivor as we know it finally launched and the album became a small success in the U.S. with excellent tracks such as Chevy Nights, hits like Poor Mans Son, and Summer Nights. Recommended for all Survivor fans, 80s heavy metal rock fans, Sammy Hager fans, and Europian MHR fans.