Tag: Triumph

Tuesday 2/7/23 8pm ET: Feature LP: Triumph – Never Surrender (1982)

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

Wednesday 12/28/22 8pm ET: Feature LP: Triumph – Progressions in Power (1980)

Progressions of Power is the fourth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released March 25, 1980. The album reached number 32 on the Billboard 200 and the single “I Can Survive” hit number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1980. The single “I Live for the Weekend”, though not a success in the band’s home country, gave them their only charting single in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 59. The album was re-released in 1985 on MCA Records, then on TRC Records in 1995, and remastered in 2005 and re-issued on the band’s own label TML Entertainment (formerly known as TRC Records).

  1. “I Live for the Weekend” 5:18
  2. “I Can Survive” 4:00
  3. “In the Night” 6:16
  4. “Nature’s Child” 5:41
  5. “Woman in Love” 4:37
  6. “Take My Heart” 3:28
  7. “Tear the Roof Off” 4:28
  8. “Fingertalkin'” 1:58
  9. “Hard Road” 5:22

Rik Emmett – guitars, Prophet 5 synthesizer, vocals
Gil Moore – drums, percussion, vocals
Mike Levine – bass, keyboards

Tuesday 1/11/22 8pm ET: RadioMaxMusic Special: The Music of 1981 A to Z – Part 6

This RadioMax special features our Library of music from 1981 A2Z.

We complete letter F and start G. We feature music from: Cliff Richard, Odyssey, Whispers, Blackfoot, Imagination, Rita Coolidge, Saga, Alan Parsons Project, Rick James. Siouxsie & The Banshees, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Billy Joel, Humble Pie, Duran Duran and many more. . .

4pm to 7pm ET

Monday 1/10/22 4pm ET: RadioMaxMusic Special: The Music of 1981 (by title) A to Z – Part 5

This RadioMax special features our Library of music from 1981 A2Z.

We complete letter E and start F. We feature music from: Stevie Nicks, Oak Ridge Boys, Elton John, AC/DC, Michael Stanley Band, Olivia Newton-john, Meat Loaf, Whispers, David Bowie, Haircut 100, Rolling Stones, Jefferson Starship, Triumph and many more. . .

4pm to 7pm ET

Wednesday 10/28/2020 1am ET: Feature LP: Triumph – Allied Forces

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.

1. “Fool for Your Love” 4:34
2. “Magic Power” 4:54
3. “Air Raid” Levine (instrumental) 1:18
4. “Allied Forces” 5:05
5. “Hot Time (In This City Tonight)” 3:23
6. “Fight the Good Fight” 6:16
7. “Ordinary Man” 7:17
8. “Petite Etude” 1:15
9. “Say Goodbye” 4:34

Rik Emmett – six string guitar, twelve string guitar, bottleneck slide guitar, lap steel guitar, lead and background vocals
Gil Moore – drums, percussion, lead and background vocals
Mike Levine – bass, organ, synthesizer, piano
Elaine Overholt – background vocals