Survivors
by Samson
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Samson bestography
Survivors is ranked 3rd best out of 11 albums by Samson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Samson is Head On which is ranked number 23647 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 42.
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Survivors track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Survivors rankings
Survivors rankings summary
Overall rank: 48,106th | 1970s rank: 4,543rd | 1979 rank: 448th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Micro-genres: NWOBHM | 43/62 | - |
| 2026 | Repo | Top 88 Music Albums of 1979 | 67/88 | 1 |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 61 Music Albums of 1979 | 14/61 | 4 |
| 2024 | Junomoogmello | Top 27 Music Albums of 1979 | 5/27 | 4 |
| 2024 | Junomoogmello | 100 Metal/Hard Rock Masterpieces | 73/100 | - |
| 2023 | Repo | 1979: Metal | 13/30 | - |
| 2021 | vruslov | Top 86 Music Albums of 1979 | 36/86 | 3 |
| 2020 | Steppenwolf666 | More debut albums | 69/86 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 15 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/21/2026 16:51 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,023 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2022 17:33 | MetalMan67 | 6,250 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2021 19:18 | Repo | 2,234 | 85/100 |
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Survivors forum mentions
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From Repo 12/01/2021 12:34 in Rank 'Em: The Beach Boys
Repo 12/01/2021 12:34 in Rank 'Em: The Beach Boys“BLACK ROSE!!! Super solid picks, Mercury!!! Black Rose is a really GOOD album , but always felt a little "soft" to me. Especially the single "So Anything You Want To Do" whose melody reminds me a bit too much much of "I'll always Be In Love with You." And "My Sarah" is pretty much Yacht Rock. I…”
View forum topic (3 mentions) →From Repo 10/31/2020 23:24 in What album are you listening to right now?
Repo 10/31/2020 23:24 in What album are you listening to right now?“What album are you listening to right now?”
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Junomoogmello TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/25/2020 17:24 | #259775
I always envied a mates brother who owned this album on vinyl. And so, after some some thirty plus years I have got my own copy, a re-issue on yellow vinyl! It is better than I remember it, I had forgotten that they used keyboards on this album and the vocals are shared with a chap called Bruce Bruce who was actually Bruce Dickinson of later Iron Maiden worldwide fame! Samson had a very fresh metal sound which is difficult to describe, less heavy and more bluesy and this debut album is much more melodic and diverse than their later works. By the time I got to see Samson live in the late eighties (supporting Whitesnake I think) both Bruce Dickinson and Thunderstick had moved on and there were no keyboards but I do remember what and amazing guitarist Paul Samson was. I think I may actually rate this higher than Shock Tactics and Head On! (Edited)
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