Premonition

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.

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...

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.

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

Premonition is the second album by American melodic rock/AOR band Survivor originally released in 1980, reissued in 2010 by Rock Candy Records. Premonition, was an additional step towards the identifiable Survivor sound, bringing to front more of their melodic essence while retaining a good deal of the hard rock style of their debut. Premonition was also the first album to feature the established rythm section of bassist Stephan Ellis and drummer Marc Droubay along side founders guitarist Frankie Sullivan, keyboardist Jim Peterik and singer David Bickler. The album as expected opens on such rockers as Chevy Nights, Summer Nights and Poor Mans Son followed by such pomp AOR tunes as Runway Lights the epic Light of a thousand smiles and Love is on my side. There is also the power-ballad Hearts a lonely hunter built on an unconventional but absolutely stimulating guitar/keyboard melody, which serves as an early verification that Survivor belong to an artistic league of their own. While most would consider Vital Signs, When Seconds Count and Eye of the Tiger as the ultimate Survivor albums, Premonition has more than enough musical depth and substance to challenge their most popular works. If you are a fan of pomp-adult oriented rock you can not go wrong with Remonition.

Survivor is the most under-rated band in history. Ask most people who they are and you get the same response. They sang Eye of the Tiger. However, that wasnt the only song they ever sang!! These guys were true American rock, before the age of MTV. Bands who write and play their own music are always higher on my list. Jim Peteriks song writing was awesome and Frankie Sullivans guitar playing was perfection. I agree they were better with Dave Bickler, but I think it was more because that time period was their original music when they were new and fresh. Over time, the well of great tunes seems to dry up, it happens to everyone.

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

Glad to have a CD of this to add to my collection. My L.P. is scratched to worthlessness !!

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!

This was one of my favorite 80s cds. Just a great feel good effort. Great melodies and vocals from Dave Bickler. I felt like Survivor went bubblegum after he left. This one had at least 4 potential radio hits and never got any air play. That sort of thing started happening alot after MTV cranked up and injected cancer into the american music scene. This cd rocks. You definitely wont be sorry you bought it. Their first cd is very good as well.