Label: Canyon Records (Japan), D32Y0039
Style: Arena Rock, Soft Rock, Hard Rock
Country: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Time: 38:08
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 277 Mb
Charts: US #2, AUS #26, CAN #4, GER #31, NLD #29, NOR #3, JPN #17, SWE #13, UK #12. US, AUS & CAN: Platinum.
Every great band needs a little luck. And for Survivor it came in 1981 when Sylvester Stallone commissioned them to write the theme song for the third movie in his blockbuster Rocky franchise. Stallone loved the Chicago rockers’ minor hit Poor Man’s Son, and wanted an anthem in a similar vein. “Something with a pulse!” he said.
Jim Peterik, Survivor’s keyboard player and principal songwriter, knew instinctively what was needed. “I saw the punches in my mind,” he said. “Bam! Bam, bam, bam!” And from that thumping staccato riff, an all-American rock classic was born.
Eye Of The Tiger topped the US and UK singles charts in July 1982. The parent album, full of brilliant songs including American Heartbeat, another hit, and gritty power ballad Ever Since The World Began – would seal Survivor’s status as one of the great AOR bands of all time.
Formed in Chicago in 1977 around the nucleus of keyboard player Jim Peterik, guitarist Frankie Sullivan and original singer Dave Bickler, Survivor shot to fame in 1982 with Eye Of The Tiger. Written for the blockbuster Rocky III – at the personal request of the movie’s star Sylvester Stallone – Eye Of The Tiger topped the charts in eight countries.
Bickler was a charismatic figure, with his powerful voice and signature Che Guevara-style beret, worn to hide his premature baldness. But after the phenomenal success of Eye Of The Tiger, he developed nodes on his vocal cords and was forced to leave the band. As Peterik said: “Very few bands can survive a lead singer transplant.”
(full version: loudersound.com/reviews/survivor-eye-of-the-tiger-album-of-the-week-club-review)
Album recorded and mixed in the analog domain - AAD. That is, a minimum of digital processing.
A=Analog. D=digital. The first letter stands for how the music was recorded. The second letter for how it was mixed. The third letter stands for the format (all CD's will have D as the last letter).
01. Eye Of The Tiger (04:06)
02. Feels Like Love (04:10)
03. Hesitation Dance (03:53)
04. The One That Really Matters (03:33)
05. I'm Not That Man Anymore (04:49)
06. Children Of The Night (04:45)
07. Ever Since The World Began (03:44)
08. American Heartbeat (04:12)
09. Silver Girl (04:53)
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