Too Hot to Sleep

Survivor | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 25, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Volcano
• ASIN: B00005OAJC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #329,783 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blew me away!, November 7, 2001

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jeffrey343 "jeffrey343" (Plano, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Too Hot to Sleep (Audio CD)

This CD was an impulse purchase back in 1988 when it first came out. I was about to graduate from college, and I was in the music store, and I saw this new CD from Survivor sitting there. I had not heard any tunes from it, but I knew I liked Survivor, and I had a feeling from the cover that this one would be a little harder than the last two ("Vital Signs" and "When Seconds Count"). So I bought it, put it on when I got back home, and was totally blown away! I'm still blown away by this CD, in 2001.

Survivor had started out as a hard-rock group, with lots of solid guitar work. They gradually started adding more and more keyboards on each new album, with the two albums featuring Jimi Jamison becoming pretty heavily based on keyboards. So this one was a return to their earlier years, although it still had a fair amount of keyboards.

"She's A Star" is a great way to open this CD, with its crunching guitars. "Desperate Dreams" is more like what you'd find on their previous two disks, but with a little more edge. "Too Hot To Sleep" starts off with a nice little acoustic bit, then proceeds to a full-fledged rocker. "Didn't Know It Was Love" is the only tune from this CD that I heard on the radio. It's like the tunes on the previous two CDs, but also a little edgier and louder. "Rhythm Of The City" - what can I say? This is the tune I use to "break in" any new CD player I get. Crunching guitars, cool solo work, just a great tune. "Here Comes Desire" is another great rocker, with some cool piano work. "Across The Miles" is the only true ballad, a pleasant calm oasis on this CD. In spite of that, it does not sound out of place. "Tell Me I'm The One" and "Can't Give It Up" are both good solid rockers with good guitar work. "Burning Bridges" starts out brooding but quickly kicks in with an urgency that makes it an excellent way to end this CD.

This CD was not as commercial as their previous two - I don't know if that was by design or if by 1989 the landscape was changing such that this type of music was falling out of favor. I remember those being lean years for the type of music I liked. But of all the Survivor CDs, and I have them all, this is my favorite. More guitars, excellent songs, good production - it has it all.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THIS KICKS ASS, January 25, 2003

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Stephen Scott (Tulsa, OK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Too Hot to Sleep (Audio CD)

This one makes my Top Ten List of favorite albums.
I became a Survivor fan after the movie Rocky III. They had a few good hits, but they really big when singer Jimi Jamison replaced Dave Bisler.
Vital Signs was good pop, as well as When Seconds Count. Since Too Hot to Sleep was their last contractual album with Scotti Brothers, they decided to go out with one fiery punch. I wished it would have garnered more attention for another contract.
They rocked hard and grab you by the jugular with She's a Star, then let you relax a little with the pop gold of Desperate Dreams. They go back for the hard rocker in Too Hot To Sleep, then switches back to their best pop sound to date, Didn't Know it Was Love. Then, it's back to a high pulse rate with more rockers like Rhythm of the City and Here Comes Desire. If you listen, you might survive.
On this album, Survivor does not hold back, but delivers a rockier, harder-edged sound. This was the kind of music they definitely have a talent for, and should have been doing all along.
Unfortunately, it received little or no airplay, giving the band a loud eulogy that nobody seemed to hear.
Jamison tried a few solo endeavors, trying to keep the Survivor name alive, but he continues to spudder without the supporting trio tandem of Frankie Sullivan and Jim Petrik.
This is the BEST of the Suvivor albums. One of the few 1980's band that went out with one big bang.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars too hot to sleep, January 15, 2000

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"musicasua" (Zuerich, Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Too Hot to Sleep (Audio CD)

one of the greatest rock albums ever produced. The Songs are blueprints for any band in a melodic-rock environement. Fantastic Vocal Performance and Guitar playing. It was their last album before they split up in 1989.