Survival - GRAND FUNK***

Country Road/All You've Got Is Money/Comfort Me/Feelin' Alright/I Want Freedom/I Can Feel Him In The Morning/Gimme Shelter

During the early seventies the American hard rock band Grand Funk never put a foot wrong with their adoring mainly young male fans. Survival would provide them with more of the same back to basics product. (US:6)

“By 1971, the band-the-critics-loved-to-hate, Grand Funk, had proved that they weren't going to go away, or allow the fickle music press get them down. The primal onslaught of hard rock and dense blues from the power trio was just what the long haired youth of America clinged to as the flower-power scene was left in the dust. First and foremost Grand Funk were a people's band.”

“The songs from Survival are more intricately arranged than those from previous albums, while the group pulled back on the heavy end.”

“A great mix of rock and soft rock and a must have for Grand Funk fans. Any one that likes a clean sound without all that feedback and distortion but with the pure sound of a super garage rock band, this album has it.”

“Good hard guitar oriented rock and roll. Their cover of the Stones' Gimme Shelter is the highlight, but all the tracks are good.”

“I doubt anyone will ever be able to explain the vast gulf between Grand Funk’s success and the mediocre quality of their records. This collection of seven tracks - including two covers - made at the peak of the band's popularity isn't exactly bad, but it is very unexciting. The best track is a gospel song, I Can Feel Him In The Morning, which is neither typical of the album nor of the band generally.”

“Survival is a powerful heavy blues-based rock album, the best part of which is that it is so solid, there isn't a single weak track, as all songs are of the same high quality level. The only flaw of the album is that it lacks certain originality. It doesn't really sound like anything we haven't heard before, it doesn't say anything new.”

“A perfectly enjoyable album, especially the bass heavy Country Road, but not one of their best. The Stones cover is totally unnecessary. Nothing really stands out about this album or its songs but the great singing and funkyness is still there.”