''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
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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 t ...

and Jim Peterik put the band on indefinite hiatus, while lead vocalist

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 (American band), Target, Cobra (American band), Cobra, and Survivor ( ...

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 Stephen 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 *

– lead vocals, backing vocals * Jim Peterik – keyboards *

– guitars, backing vocals Additional musicians *

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– keyboards * Bill Syniar – bass *

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– drums * Ian Lloyd – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals *

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– additional lead vocals (7)

Production

* Frankie Sullivan – producer *

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– producer, engineer, mixing * Jim Peterik – associate producer * Jeff Abikzer – second engineer * Dan Harjung – second engineer * Danny Mormando – second engineer *

Doug Sax Doug Lionel Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He mastered three of The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six of Pink Floyd's albums, including ''The Wall''; Ray Charl ...

– mastering * Hugh Syme – art direction, cover design * Jay Buchsbaum – photography * John Baruke – management * Tom Consolo – management * Frank Rand – management Studios * Recorded at Royal Recorders (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin) and

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(New York City, New York). * Mixed at Right Track Recording * Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).

References

1988 albums Survivor (band) albums Scotti Brothers Records albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub