''Vital Signs'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Survivor and their first with vocalist

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released in September 1984. Although Jamison did not sound much like

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, the album was their second most successful in the U.S., reaching #16 on the

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and being certified platinum by the RIAA. The album includes singles "I Can't Hold Back" which peaked at #13 on 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

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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 ''

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'' 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

;Rock Candy reissue bonus track

Personnel

Survivor *

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

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– guitars, backing vocals * Stephan Ellis – bass * Marc Droubay – drums Additional musicians * Peter Wolf – synthesizers, orchestration (4) * Billy Lee Lewis – percussion * Mickey Thomas – backing vocals

Production

* Ron Nevison – producer, engineer * Kevin Eddy – assistant engineer * Nick Sanchez – assistant engineer *

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– 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

References

1984 albums Survivor (band) albums Albums produced by Ron Nevison Scotti Brothers Records albums Volcano Entertainment albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub