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Appearing three years after Mercury's comprehensive collection Fire in Your Eyes: Greatest Hits, BMG Heritage's 2004 release Ultimate Survivor edges out that previous collection for the title of the best Survivor compilation yet assembled. Why? Because the song selection and sequencing are sharper, developing a real momentum over its 18 songs, and it's also better presented, with strong liner notes and muscular remastering. Where the Mercury collection sometimes felt padded toward its end, as it emphasized some latter-day material, this focuses on the group's '80s heyday so much that it includes the original version of "Rockin' into the Night," a song Survivor leader Frankie Sullivan and his songwriting partner, Jim Peterik, gave to .38 Special, and their version is every bit as good as that group of wild-eyed Southern boys. Little touches like these make Ultimate Survivor live up to its title. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Photographer: Paul Narkin. Ultimate Survivor Music | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Pop, Hard Rock | | Label | BMG Heritage | | Orig Year | 2004 | | All Time Sales Rank |  3873  | | CD Universe Part number | 6747547 | | Catalog number | 61488 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 13, 2004 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Ron Nevison; Frankie Sullivan; Jim Peterik; Frank Filipetti; Robie Porter; Survivor; Ron Nevison; Frankie Sullivan; Jim Peterik; Frank Filipetti; Robie Porter; Jeremy Holiday (Compilation) | | Additional Info | Remastered |
Ultimate Survivor Music Review Average Rating: (4.1 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews its all about the EYE OF THE TIGER...
There was a time when I ate, drank, slept and dreamt ROCKY and EYE OF THE TIGER was next in line. This was a quite a good collection even though I saw a few reviews mentioning that a couple of good tracks are missing but it was ok cos the essentials were present. A must have if you are a fan of the 80’s Arena rock scene and of course if you are a diehard fan of ROCKY.
Submitted by Sid H. (Kandy, SL) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No A Great Disc From Survivor!!
I would have to say that I am very impressed by this CD!! The remasterd sound quality is outstanding. "Eye of the Tiger" has never sounded better here. Other excellent tracks include
"Didn't Know It Was Love" and "Rebel Girl". Also, "Across the Miles" is a pleasant surprise. One flaw, however, is the omition once again of "Ever Since the World Began". How does the band (or record company) not realize how much of a hit this song was for Survivor fans. Thank God for CD recorders...I simply dumped "Caught In the Game" & replaced it with "Ever Since the World Began". NOW I have the Ultimate Survivor CD!! Next time, give "World Began" it's just due, this song will always be my favorite. This IS, otherwise, a GREAT CD!!
Still Rockin' In Minnesota, Todd
Submitted by dddtoto (Andover, MN)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Good stuff
What can i say? All the hits are here. I just wished a couple more tracks from Eye Of The Tiger were there also. Good buy anyway!
Submitted by Mark (Ft. Worth, Texas)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Must Have!!!
If you are a truly Survivor fan,you need this CD. Is a complete travel to the 80's.. You will enjoy every song..
GREAT!!
Submitted by arielrosario62 (san juan, pr)
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BEST COLLECTION
for someone just getting into SURVIVOR then this is for you. re-mastering rocks! there were really 2 different bands. The DAVE BICKLER era had more rockin' tunes and FRANKIE SULLIVAN played harder. The JAMI JAMISON era had songs more accustomed for his vocal range. JIMI had a better voice but the music was more subdued even though VITAL SIGNS was huge. JIMI AND FRANKIE would eventually put out a rockin'and perhaps their best album with TOO HOT TO SLEEP.
Submitted by COBRAFUNK (EDMOND, OK)
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Purchase Ultimate Survivor CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Bryan Adams So Far So Good CD (1993)
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SO FAR SO GOOD (AND MORE) includes 9 previously unreleased videos.
By 1993, when Bryan Adams released his first collection of greatest hits, he had enjoyed 12 years in the music business during a span that had seen hot trends like new wave ...
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Nights Are Forever was the breakthrough album for Dan Seals and John Coley after some sincere and excellent work on A&M Records in the early '70s. Two of their biggest hits were the title track and the beautiful "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight." Those songs are a good indication of the fine performances this 1976 album contains. The duo's originals like "Long Way Home" and the Dan Fogelberg-ish "Westward Wind" could have been hits as well displaying superb musicianship and delicate vocals. This album is very much a companion piece to the Parker McGee album recorded around the same time, on the same label, with pretty much the same musicians. Producer Kyle Lehning has the sounds so similar a survey panel would probably ...
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The sincerity of their days on A&M Records has turned to total formula by the time Dr. Heckyl & Mr. Jive came around -- and Robert Louis Stevenson expert, author Ray McNally, makes it clear in his book on Mr. Hyde that the true pronunciation is Dr. Jeekill (as in, "I Kill and Hide"). It is quite a paradox that this justified attack on the Hollywood system uses the mispronunciation of this famous title which Hollywood forced upon the world. Were these singers that clever to have slipped this in as a sly parody? Probably not -- because the sentiment in the poem here is right on, but the execution of the title track, is as musically contrived as it sounds. This album shows the worst, and the best, of this productive duo. "Running After You" falls into the former category, but their hit rendition of the Todd Rundgren ...
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In 2006, Fonovisa launched its ambitious Para Ti... Mi Historia/Para Ti... Nuestra Historia (For You...My Story/For You...Our Story) series, thoughtfully assembling an abundance of two-CD sets that contained both familiar recordings by Fonovisa artists and newly recorded spoken introductions to those songs by the artists. The Historia sets were essentially best-ofs, but the ...
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