Grand Funk Railroad / Survival
Artist Grand Funk Railroad
Album Title: Survival
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Rock: General Rock
Format CD
Released 04/00/1971
Label Capitol Records, Inc.
Catalog No 72435-41725-2-6
Bar Code No 7 24354 17252 6
Reissue Yes
Remastered Yes
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Country Road (4:22)
2. All You've Got Is Money (5:16)
3. Comfort Me (6:48)
4. Feelin' Alright (4:27)
(Mason, Dave)
5. I Want Freedom (6:19)
6. I Can Feel Him In The Morning (7:15)
7. Gimme Shelter (6:29)
(Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)
8. I Can't Get Along With Society (2002 Remix) (5:41)
9. Jam (Footstompin' Music) (4:40)
10. Country Road (Unedited Original Version) (7:38)
11. All You've Got Is Money (Unedited Original Version) (8:19)
12. Feelin' Alright (Unedited Original Version) (5:55)
(Mason, Dave)
Date Acquired 08/10/2006
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon
Purchase Price 7.99

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Notes

Originally released as Capitol Records Lp #764, April 1971
Highest "Billboard Album Chart" position:  #6
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Analyzed: Grand Funk Railroad / Survival
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR6       -1.37 dB    -9.45 dB      4:23 01-Country Road
DR6       -1.39 dB    -8.37 dB      5:16 02-All You've Got Is Money
DR6       -1.26 dB    -9.02 dB      6:48 03-Comfort Me
DR5       -1.23 dB    -8.77 dB      4:28 04-Feelin' Alright
DR6       -1.36 dB    -9.93 dB      6:19 05-I Want Freedom
DR6       -1.35 dB    -9.93 dB      7:16 06-I Can Feel Him in the Morning
DR5       -1.39 dB    -7.61 dB      6:29 07-Gimme Shelter
DR7       -0.20 dB    -7.92 dB      5:41 08-I Can't Get Along With Society (2002 Remix)
DR6       -0.20 dB    -7.65 dB      4:41 09-Jam (Footsompin' Music)
DR7       -0.20 dB    -8.63 dB      7:38 10-Country Road (unedited original version)
DR7       -0.31 dB    -8.34 dB      8:19 11-All You've Got Is Money (unedited original version)
DR6       -0.10 dB    -8.09 dB      5:55 12-Feelin' Alright (unedited original version)
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Number of tracks:  12
Official DR value: DR6

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           908 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by William Ruhlmann
By the time Grand Funk Railroad came to make Survival in January 1971, Cleveland Recording had moved to new quarters, and the group had become a national phenomenon, its last two albums Top Ten million-sellers. They spent a relatively luxurious six weeks or so on the record, and the results showed; Survival was the best-sounding and the best-played album they had yet made. Such assessments are, of course, relative, however. The group's playing remained rudimentary, especially in the rhythm section, and its sense of song construction was simple and repetitious. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Mark Farner sang in a strained, limited tenor lyrics that yearned for basic satisfactions ("Comfort Me," "I Want Freedom"), then led the lengthy instrumental passages with either simple guitar patterns or simple organ patterns. The band's choice of covers, Traffic's "Feelin' Alright" and the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter," indicated taste (and that they were short of material), but their interpretations were inferior. This may have been Grand Funk's first real studio album, but they still sounded like they hadn't quite figured out how the studio differed from the stage and what added dynamics might be necessary to make a recording successful.
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