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Far and away Survivor's finest work   September 23, 2008
R. Baxendale II
"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."


Not my favorite, but still excellent   December 6, 2001
jeffrey343 (Plano, TX United States)
It seems all of us Survivor fans have our favorites, huh? I really enjoy this CD, but I can't quite put it up there with their first one, "Eye Of The Tiger", or "Caught In The Game".

I bought the "Premonition" record back in college. I'm not sure when I bought it relative to their other material, but it was definitely after "Eye Of The Tiger", "Vital Signs", and "Survivor", and possibly after "When Seconds Count" and "Caught In The Game". It was either right before or right after I got a CD player, and since this was on record, it was at a disadvantage. I found it in the bargain bin, just like I found the debut record. I had been floored by the debut album, so I had high expectations for this one. I had heard "Take You On A Saturday" before, since it was the B-side to the "Eye Of The Tiger" single. I played the record, thought it was pretty good, but not as good as the first one. And I didn't put this one on a tape for the car, and I didn't play it as much since I was playing more CDs than records back then, and I kinda forgot about it until recently. Since it is now on CD, I figured it would be a good way to complete my Survivor collection.

I bought the debut CD a couple of weeks before buying this one (along with "Caught In The Game"), and I've been playing all my Survivor CDs ever since then. This one definitely has more of the signature Survivor sound than the first one, and it's pretty close to "Eye Of The Tiger" and "Caught In The Game". The main reason I put this one below the others is because to me this one lacks multiple songs that are really great. "Take You On A Saturday" is my favorite - it really rocks - but it's the only one on this disc that would be on my list of all-time favorite Survivor songs.

I would really give this CD 4.5 stars, but what the heck, I'll give it five because I really do like Survivor, and this is a good CD. I just never gave the record enough of a chance to grow on me years ago.

If you like "Eye Of The Tiger", which is the most likely album that most non-die-hard Survivor fans would have from the pre "Vital Signs" era, chances are you'll like this too. If you're just starting to build a Survivor collection, I'd start with either "Eye Of The Tiger" or one of the greatest hits CDs to see if you like the Dave Bickler era material. If so, then I'd get this one once you know you like "Eye Of The Tiger" and "Caught In The Game". Also get the debut CD - it doesn't have exactly the same sound as "Premonition" or the other two, but it is really good.