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Greatest Hits (Survivor album)

compilation album by Survivor

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5601273 ↗
Source-derived summary

Greatest Hits is the title of two compilation albums released by the American rock band Survivor in 1989 and 1993.

The first Survivor Greatest Hits album was released in 1989, after the band went on indefinite hiatus following the commercial failure of their 1988 album Too Hot to Sleep. The album covers 10 of the band's singles from 1981 to 1988.

The package was reissued in 1993 featuring two new songs recorded with original lead vocalist Dave Bickler.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Greatest Hits (Survivor album)” as compilation album by Survivor. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Greatest, Hits and Survivor.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1989, 1993, 1988, 1981—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Greatest, Hits and Survivor providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5601273. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1989, 1993, 1988 and 1981.

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This entry incorporates text from “Greatest Hits (Survivor album)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.