Survivor (Survivor album)
Survivor album
Survivor is the first album by the American rock band Survivor, recorded and released in 1979. It is the band's only album with its original drummer, Gary Smith, and bass guitarist, Dennis Keith Johnson. The recording sessions, overseen by the A&R executive John Kalodner, were not without difficulties. First, Ron Nevison replaced Barry Mraz as producer, and then the project had to be taken to Bruce Fairbairn in Vancouver to achieve a mix that was to Kalodner's satisfaction. The album took eight months to finally be released.
The album just entered the charts, reaching #169 on the Billboard 200 in the spring of 1980, but the opening track, "Somewhere in America", peaked at #70 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Youngblood", with its dramatic guitar introduction, proved to be something of a blueprint for the band's smash hit two years later, "Eye of the Tiger".
An additional song recorded for the album, "Rockin' into the Night", was rejected by Nevison as "too Southern". It was given to 38 Special who turned the song into a hit. The original Survivor recording became available in 2004 on the compilation Ultimate Survivor.
The single "Rebel Girl" was recorded about a year after the album sessions, though the Japanese release of the album on CD includes it as song number six.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q762410. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1979, 1980 and 2004.
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