''When Seconds Count'' is the sixth studio
album by the American rock band
Survivor
Survivor(s) may refer to:
Actual survivors
*
*Last survivors of historical events
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities
* Survivors, characters in the 1997 ''KKnD'' video-game series
* ''The Survivors'', or the ''New Survivors Found ...
, released in October 1986.
It is the second album featuring vocalist Jimi Jamison. 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.
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
Survivor
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Jimi Jamison – lead vocals, backing vocals
*
Jim Peterik
James Michael Peterik ( ; born November 11, 1950) is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the founder of the rock band Survivor, as vocalist and songwriter of "Vehicle" by the Ides of March, and as co-writer of the anthem " ...
– 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
* Jimmy Watchel – album art coordination
* Thirst – art direction
* Rick Valicenti – cover design
* Corinne Pfister – cover photography
* Tom Vack – cover photography
* Randee St. Nicholas – portrait photography
*
Ron Larson – hand tinting
* John Baruck – management
* Tom Consolo – management
Studios
* Recorded at One On One Studios (North Hollywood, CA);
Record Plant
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and
Rumbo Recorders
Rumbo Recorders was a recording studio in the Canoga Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
History
In 1977, Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille, the husband and wife team widely known as Captain & Tennille, began building the studio at 20 ...
(Los Angeles, CA); Manzanita Studio (Valyermo, CA); Can-Am Studios (Tarzana, CA); Royal Recorders (Lake Geneva, WI); Ripe Studios (London, UK).
* Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).
Charts
References
1986 albums
Survivor (band) albums
Albums produced by Ron Nevison
Albums with cover art by Jimmy Wachtel
Scotti Brothers Records albums
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