''When Seconds Count'' is the sixth studio

album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by the American rock band

Survivor Survivor(s) may refer to: * one who survives Arts, entertainment and media Fictional entities * Survivors, characters in the 1997 KKnD series#Armies, ''KKnD'' video-game series * ''The Survivors'', or the ''New Survivors Foundation'', a fictional ...

, released in October 1986. The album included the hit single, "

Is This Love Is This Love may refer to: * "Is This Love" (Daryl Braithwaite song) * "Is This Love?" (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah song) * "Is This Love?" (The Fireman song) * "Is This Love" (Aiden Grimshaw song) * "Is This Love" (Bob Marley & The Wailers song) ...

", 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. The album cover was designed by Rick Valicenti and Craig Davidson in Chicago during the summer of 1986. 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 *

Jimi Jamison Jimmy Wayne Jamison (August 23, 1951 – September 1, 2014) was an American singer. Best known as Jimi Jamison, he earned recognition as the frontman for the rock bands Target, Cobra, and Survivor from 1984 to 1988, performing the songs " Burni ...

– 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 guitarist in The Ides of March, and as co-writer of the anthem "Eye of the Tige ...

– keyboards, additional backing vocals *

Frankie Sullivan Frankie Sullivan (born February 1, 1955) is an American guitarist, best known for being a founding member of the rock band Survivor. He has been the only permanent fixture in its lineup since the band's 1977 inception. Early life According to ...

– guitars, backing vocals * Stephan Ellis – bass * Marc Droubay – drums Additional musicians * Mike Moran – synthesizers * Bill Cuomo – additional synthesizers * Tom Kelly – backing vocals *

Tommy Shaw Tommy Roland Shaw (born September 11, 1953) is an American singer and guitarist best known for his tenure in the rock band Styx (band), Styx as co-lead vocalist. In between his stints with Styx, he has played with other groups including Damn Yan ...

– additional backing vocals

Production

* Ron Nevison – producer, engineer * Frankie Sullivan – producer * Jim Peterik – associate producer (4) * Phil Bonanno – engineer *

Mike Clink Mike Clink is an American record producer. He began his career as an engineer at Record Plant Studios, recording such bands as Whitesnake, Triumph, Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Megadeth, UFO (including ''Strangers in the Night''), Jefferson ...

– 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 and Craig Davidson – 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 The Record Plant was a recording studio established in New York City in 1968 and last operating in Los Angeles, California. Known for innovations in the recording artists' workspace, it produced highly influential albums, including the New York ...

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 20215 ...

(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 {{1980s-rock-album-stub