Too Hot to Sleep is the seventh album from rock band Survivor

Survivor (band)

Survivor is an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1978. The band achieved its greatest success in the 1980s with its AOR sound, which garnered many charting singles, especially in the United States. The band is best known for its double platinum-certified 1982 hit "Eye of the Tiger", the theme...

, released in 1988. It was a relative commercial disappointment, reaching only #187 on the Billboard album

Billboard 200

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 charts. As a result, founders Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik put the band on indefinite hiatus, and singer 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 Stephen Ellis were replaced by studio musicians on the album. The lineup of Sullivan, Peterik and Jamison would not reunite until 2000.

This is one of the many Survivor albums taken out of print in 2009. However, it is available as a more pricy import.

Track listing

All songs written by Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik, except as indicated.

1. "She's a Star" - 5:44
2. "Desperate Dreams" - 4:46
3. "Too Hot to Sleep" (Sullivan, Peterik, Jamison) - 4:48
4. "Didn't Know It Was Love" - 4:22
5. "Rhythm of the City" (Sullivan, Peterik, Jamison) - 5:23
6. "Here Comes Desire" - 6:43
7. "Across the Miles" - 5:51
8. "Tell Me I'm the One" - 5:10
9. "Can't Give It Up" - 4:24
10. "Burning Bridges" - 5:22

Personnel

• Jimi Jamison
  Jimi Jamison
  Jimmy Wayne "Jimi" Jamison is a rock vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer for the band Survivor from 1984–1989 and 2000-2006.- Further biography :...
  
   - lead vocals
• Frankie Sullivan
  Frankie Sullivan
  Frankie Sullivan, Frankie M. Sullivan III, is an American guitarist and songwriter. He is best known for being a founding member of the band Survivor, and has been the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1977.Along with former bandmate, keyboardist/vocalist Jim Peterik,...
  
   - guitar
• Jim Peterik
  Jim Peterik
  Jim Peterik is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the band Survivor and as vocalist and songwriter of the hit song "Vehicle" by The Ides of March...
  
   - guitar, keyboards
• Mickey Curry
  Mickey Curry
  Michael Timothy Curry is an American drummer. He is best known for his long-term collaboration with the singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, although he has also worked with Hall & Oates, Cher, Tina Turner, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Sam Phillips, Tom Waits, The Cult, Steve Jones and...
  
   - drums
• Bill Syniar - bass