Survivor "When Seconds Count"

When Seconds Count is the sixth album by the American rock band Survivor, released in October 1986. It is the second album featuring vocalist Jimi Jamison. The album included the hit single, "Is This Love", which peaked at #9 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1987. The album reached #49 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

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

Side one

1. "How Much Love" Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan 3:58
2. "Keep It Right Here" Jimi Jamison, Peterik, Sullivan 4:28
3. "Is This Love" Peterik, Sullivan 3:42
4. "Man Against the World" Jamison, Peterik, Sullivan 3:35
5. "Rebel Son" Jamison, Peterik, Sullivan 4:37

Side two

1. "Oceans" Peterik, Sullivan 4:39
2. "When Seconds Count" Peterik, Sullivan 4:05
3. "Backstreet Love Affair" Peterik, Sullivan 4:01
4. "In Good Faith" Jamison, Peterik, Sullivan 4:22
5. "Can't Let You Go" Peterik, Sullivan 4:42

Rock Candy CD reissue only

1. "Burning Heart" Peterik, Sullivan 3:53

Recorded at One On One Studios (North Hollywood, CA); Record Plant and Rumbo Recorders (Los Angeles, CA); Manzanita Studio (Valyermo, CA); Can-Am Studios (Tarzana, CA); Royal Recorders (Lake Geneva, WI); Ripe Studios (London, UK).

Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).

Ron Nevison – producer, engineer

Frankie Sullivan – producer

Jim Peterik – associate producer 

Phil Bonanno – engineer

Mike Clink – engineer

David DeVore – engineer

Allen Abrahamson – second engineer

Jim Bineen – second engineer

Dan Harjung – second engineer

Stan Katayama – second engineer

Steve Klein – second engineer

Julian Stoll – second engineer

Toby Wright – second engineer

Mike Reese – mastering

Jimmy Watchel – album art coordination

Thirst – art direction

Rick Valicenti – cover design

Corinne Pfister – cover photography

Tom Vack – cover photography

Randee St. Nicholas – portrait photography

Ron Larson – hand tinting

John Baruck – management

Tom Consolo – management