Only the Wild Survive

Studio album by Wild Cherry

Released

1979

Genre

Funk rock, rock

Length

38:57

Wild Cherry chronology

I Love My Music
(1978)

Only the Wild Survive
(1979)

Play the Funk
(2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Only the Wild Survive is an album by Wild Cherry, released in 1979.^[2] Their fourth studio album, this would be their last before breaking up the same year. It was also the first and only Wild Cherry album to feature Donnie Iris (formerly of the Jaggerz) as a performer. After Wild Cherry's breakup, Iris and bandmate Mark Avsec would launch Donnie Iris and the Cruisers.

Track listing

"Try a Piece of My Love" (James Robert Barrett, Mark Cunningham) - 4:28
"Look at Her Dance" (Russ Ballard) - 4:40
"Don't Wait Too Long" (Robert Parissi) - 5:50
"Starlight" (Parissi) - 4:25
"Hold On to Your Hiney" (Tony Joe White) - 4:15
"All Night's All Right" (Carol Parks) - 3:50
"Raindance" (Billy Burnette, Don Henley) - 3:26
"Take Me Back" (Mark Avsec, Parissi) - 4:10
"Keep On Playin' That Funky Music" (Edward Jones, Parissi) - 3:55

Personnel

Robert Parissi - lead guitar, lead vocals
Donnie Iris - guitar, vocals
Mark Avsec - keyboards, vocals
Cooke Michalchick - bass
Ron Beitle - drums, vocals

References

↑ Henderson, Alex. "Wild Cherry Only the Wild Survive review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
↑ The Unofficial Donnie Iris Site - Only the Wild Survive

Wild Cherry

Members	Rob Parissi Allen Wentz Bryan Bassett Ronald Beitle Mark Avsec Donnie Iris Coogie Stoddart

Studio albums	Wild Cherry (1976) Electrified Funk (1977) I Love My Music (1978) Only the Wild Survive (1979)

Compilations	Play the Funk (2000) Super Hits (2002)

Singles	"Show Me Your Badge/Bring Back the Fire" (1973) "Play That Funky Music" (1976) "I Feel Sanctified" (1976) "Baby Don't You Know" (1977) "Hold On (With Strings)" (1977) "Hot to Trot" (1977) "123 Kind of Love" (1978) "This Old Heart of Mine" (1978) "Try a Piece of My Love" (1979)

Promos	"Get Down" (1972) "Show Me Your Badge" "Hold On (With Strings)" (1977) "Don't Wait Too Long/Try a Piece of My Love" (1979)

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