When Seconds Count
Survivor album
When Seconds Count is the sixth studio album by the American rock band Survivor, released in October 1986. The album included the hit single, "Is This Love", which peaked at #9 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1987. The album reached #49 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album cover was designed by Rick Valicenti and Craig Davidson in Chicago during the summer of 1986.
This is one of the many Survivor albums briefly taken out of print in 2009. However, it was remastered and reissued in 2011 and distributed by Rock Candy Records.
Track listing
Rock Candy CD reissue only
Personnel
Source:
Survivor
Jimi Jamison – lead vocals, backing vocals
Jim Peterik – keyboards, additional backing vocals
Frankie Sullivan – guitars, backing vocals
Stephan Ellis – bass
Marc Droubay – drums
Additional musicians
Mike Moran – synthesizers
Bill Cuomo – additional synthesizers
Tom Kelly – backing vocals
Tommy Shaw – additional backing vocals
Production
Ron Nevison – producer, engineer
Frankie Sullivan – producer
Jim Peterik – associate producer (4)
Phil Bonanno – engineer
Mike Clink – engineer
David DeVore – engineer
Allen Abrahamson – second engineer
Jim Bineen – second engineer
Dan Harjung – second engineer
Stan Katayama – second engineer
Steve Klein – second engineer
Julian Stoll – second engineer
Toby Wright – second engineer
Mike Reese – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
Jimmy Watchel – album art coordination
Thirst – art direction
Rick Valicenti and Craig Davidson – cover design
Corinne Pfister – cover photography
Tom Vack – cover photography
Randee St.
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