Never Surrender is the sixth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1982. The album reached #26 on the Billboard Albums chart assisted by the singles “All the Way”, “A World of Fantasy” and “Never Surrender” which hit #2, #3 and #23, respectively, on the Billboard’s Mainstream Top Rock Tracks chart in 1983. “All the Way” (the third of the three tracks to chart) was Triumph’s highest charting song on the Top Rock Tracks chart, but did not sustain that level of popularity with Triumph fans as the song is not included on their 1985 live album Stages, the later Classics (a Greatest Hits album) or 2005’s Livin’ for the Weekend: The Anthology album.
In Canada, the album peaked at No. 29 on the RPM album chart (compared to No. 13 for their previous album, Allied Forces) and none of the singles managed to reach the Top 100 of the RPM Singles chart, although they received some airplay at album-oriented rock stations.
“Too Much Thinking” – 5:39
“A World of Fantasy” (Emmett, Levine, Moore, Tammy Patrick) – 5:03
“A Minor Prelude” – 0:44
“All the Way” – 3:45
“Battle Cry” – 5:00
“Overture (Processional)” – 1:52
“Never Surrender” – 6:41
“When the Lights Go Down” – 5:08
“Writing on the Wall” – 3:39
“Epilogue (Resolution)” – 2:42
Rik Emmett – lead vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, 12-string guitar, slide guitar pedal steel guitar, guitar synthesizers, guitar pedalboard, dobro (8)
Michael Levine – bass guitar, pianos, synthesizers, organ
Gil Moore – drums, percussions, vocals
Allied Forces is the fifth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released September 19, 1981. The album reached #23 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart assisted by the singles “Magic Power” and “Fight the Good Fight,” which hit #8 and #18, respectively, on the Mainstream Rock chart of 1981. The title song was the first single from the album which was released a month before the album came out. A remastered CD was first released in 1985 on MCA, then again in 1995 on the band’s TRC label, and for a third time in 2004 on the band’s label TML Entertainment (formerly TRC Records). It is considered their signature record.
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