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Sly must of had a Premonition.

S. C SCARDINA | 08/26/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"When Sylvester Stallone was looking for a new song for ROCKY III

he listened to this album. Survivor had finally made the top 40 with "POOR MAN'S SON." I'm sure he had no idea just what would happen when he asked them to write the theme song. So I guess you could say that if not for this album, the words "EYE OF THE TIGER" would be nothing more then words form a script.

What we have here is a great album of rock. From the opening riff of "CHEVY NIGHTS" to the b-side of "EYE", "TAKE YOU ON A SATURDAY", this album was self produced by the band,(just look at the album cover) which means no "CORPORATE ROCK" here.

Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan wrote all of the songs. Every one of them finds way to tug at your heart. The haunting "HEART'S A LONELY HUNTER" (which by the way is my favorite) to the rock n roll fantasy "LIGHT OF A THOUSAND SMILES" (which is something everyone of us has done at least once in our lives) not to forget the homecoming tear jerker "RUNWAY LIGHTS" this album will make you feel good when you listen to it."

Grossly overlooked

G. Moore | pt. neches tx | 01/18/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This was one of my favorite 80's 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 won't be sorry you bought it. Their first cd is very good as well."

Far and away Survivor's finest work

R. Baxendale II | 09/23/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

""Chevy Nights," from the Premonition LP, was one of the first Survivor songs to get airplay. It's still a favorite. One story has it that Sylvester Stallone loved Premonition (especially the song "Poor Man's 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 band's 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.""