Vital Signs
Studio album by
Survivor
ReleasedSeptember 1984[1]
StudioThe Plant Studios (Sausalito, California)
Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
GenreRock
Length40:38
LabelScotti Bros., Volcano
ProducerRon Nevison
Survivor chronology
Caught in the Game
(1983)		 Vital Signs
(1984)		 When Seconds Count
(1986)
Singles from Vital Signs
  1. "I Can't Hold Back"
    Released: September 1984 (US) [2]
  2. "High on You"
    Released: November 1984 (UK)[3]
  3. "The Search Is Over"
    Released: April 1985 (US) [4]
  4. "First Night"
    Released: August 1985 (US) [5]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Melodic.net[7]
The Daily VaultA[8]

Vital Signs is the fifth studio album by American rock band Survivor and their first with vocalist Jimi Jamison released in September 1984. The album was their second most successful in the U.S., reaching #16 on the Billboard album charts and being certified platinum by the RIAA. The album includes the singles "I Can't Hold Back" which peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "High on You" reached #8, "The Search Is Over" #4 and "First Night" #53.

Vital Signs is one of the very few studio albums that remained commercially available by Volcano Entertainment after they took a great deal of their releases out of print in August 2009. Rock Candy Records also remastered the content of Vital Signs and reissued it in 2010, adding "The Moment of Truth" (from The Karate Kid soundtrack) as a bonus track. This was first issued on CD in August 1984 and was issued before the Vinyl and Cassette. The Matrix on the CD that was first initial pressing is “11B1”

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."I Can't Hold Back"3:59
2."High on You"4:09
3."First Night"4:17
4."The Search Is Over"4:13
5."Broken Promises"4:01
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Popular Girl"3:39
7."Everlasting"3:52
8."It's the Singer, Not the Song"4:34
9."I See You in Everyone"4:26
Rock Candy reissue bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."The Moment of Truth"3:47

Personnel

Survivor

Additional musicians

Production

  • Ron Nevison – producer, engineer
  • Kevin Eddy – assistant engineer
  • Nick Sanchez – assistant engineer
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Mick Higgins – cover concept
  • Rick Weigand – cover concept
  • Jim Marshall – cover photography
  • John Baruck – direction
  • Alex Kochan – direction

Studios

  • Recorded at The Plant Studios (Sausalito, California) and Record Plant (Los Angeles, California).
  • Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).

Charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[9] 85
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 48
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 27
US Billboard 200[12] 16

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[13] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[14] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 806. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ↑ "Survivor singles".
  3. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 806. ISBN 9780862415419.
  4. ↑ "Survivor singles".
  5. ↑ "Survivor singles".
  6. ↑ Allmusic review
  7. ↑ Melodic.net review
  8. ↑ E5S16, Eric (2019). "The Daily Vault Music Reviews : Vital Signs". dailyvault.com. Retrieved 18 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 9555". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Survivor – Vital Signs". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Survivor – Vital Signs". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Survivor Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Survivor – Vital Signs". Music Canada.
  14. ↑ "American album certifications – Survivor – Vital Signs". Recording Industry Association of America.
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