Grand Funk Railroad – Survival (VG+/VG+) – LP, US 1971

Survival is an LP by Grand Funk Railroad from 1971 released on the Capitol Records label.

About this album

Survival is a hard-driving 1971 statement from Grand Funk Railroad, sharpening the trio’s muscular blend of hard rock and classic rock into one of their heaviest albums. Issued at the height of their early-’70s commercial peak, it balances swaggering originals with sharply chosen covers, including interpretations of songs by Traffic and the Rolling Stones, while keeping the band’s arena-sized force front and centre. Built on driving rhythms, thick guitar and Mark Farner’s forceful vocals, the album reflects the raw power that made Grand Funk one of the era’s biggest American rock acts and helped define mainstream hard rock before the genre hardened into its later form.