''Reach'' is the eighth and final studio album by rock band

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, released under

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on 25 April 2006. This is the band's first album in 18 years. Some of the material originates from a period from 1993 to 1996 when the band recorded demos for an unreleased album that can be heard on the ''Fire Makes Steel'' bootleg. By this time,

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was the only original member of Survivor, as

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left the band in 1996. Following the release of this album singer Jimi Jamison left Survivor as well, though he subsequently reunited with them in 2011. Ultimately, this turned out to be his final album with the band, due to his death in 2014.

Track listing

Personnel

Survivor *

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– lead vocals (1, 2, 4–7, 9–12), backing vocals * Chris Grove – keyboards *

– guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals (3, 10) * Barry Dunaway – bass (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10–12) * Marc Droubay – drums Additional musicians *

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– keyboards, bass and programming (4) * Randy Riley – bass (2, 4, 6) * Mark Christian – bass (4, 9)

Production

* Frankie Sullivan – producer * Phil Bonanno – engineer * Tim LeBlanc – engineer, mixing * Chris Steinmetz – engineer * Andy Hayes – assistant engineer * Sangwook Nam – mastering *

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– mastering * Ioannis – art direction, design, artwork * Alex Solca – band photography Studios * Recorded at

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(North Hollywood, California) and

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(Chicago, Illinois). * Mixed at Track Record Studios * Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).

References

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