Too Hot to Sleep is the seventh studio album from rock band Survivor, released in 1988. It was a relative commercial disappointment, reaching only #187 on the Billboard album charts,Too Hot to Sleep USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved July 19, 2013 though "Across the Miles" is one of their biggest AC chart hits. After this album, founders Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik put the band on indefinite hiatus, while lead vocalist Jimi Jamison would continue to tour under the Survivor name (thus resulting in a lengthy court battle regarding rights to the name). Drummer Marc Droubay and bassist Stephan Ellis were replaced by studio musicians on the album. This album marks the final Survivor release to feature Peterik. The lineup of Sullivan and Jamison would not reunite until 2000.
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
Personnel
Survivor Jimi Jamison – lead vocals, backing vocals Jim Peterik – keyboards Frankie Sullivan – guitars, backing vocals
Additional musicians Peter-John Vettese – keyboards Bill Syniar – bass Mickey Curry – drums Ian Lloyd – backing vocals Tommy Shaw – backing vocals Rory Dodd – additional lead vocals (7)
Production Frankie Sullivan – producer Frank Filipetti – producer, engineer, mixing Jim Peterik – associate producer Jeff Abikzer – second engineer Dan Harjung – second engineer Danny Mormando – second engineer Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) Hugh Syme – art direction, cover design Jay Buchsbaum – photography John Baruke – management Tom Consolo – management Frank Rand – management
Charts Chart (1988) PeakpositionJapanese Albums (Oricon) 82
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