Survivor

Good job, technically competent... but I can't understand how one can get excited about stuff like this. I've seen five-star ratings given abundantly as if they were Mozart. The classic tacky American pop-rock that's disposable. They do manage to land a few master strokes, sure... but I've listened to all their albums from their golden period 1982-1988, and aside from the excellent vocal harmonies and great execution, I saw all the Reagan-era tackiness of the '80s... :-) I'm increasingly convinced that AOR is a genre to be approached with caution; you never know where that thin line is that separates tackiness from melodic rock done with class. Anyway, they save themselves in the corner.