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Sport of Kings (banophernalia.com)

Sport of Kings 3/5 Stars (banophernalia.com) The Songs: Tears In The Rain / Somebody’s Out There / What Rules My Heart / If Only / Hooked On You / Take A Stand / Just One Night / Embrujo (Instrumental) / …

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Progression of Power (banophernalia.com)

Progression of Power 3/5 Stars (banophernalia.com) 1: I Live For the Weekend 2: I Can Survive 3: In the Night 4: Nature’s Child 5: Woman in Love 6: Take My Heart 7: Tear the Roof Off 8: Fingertalkin’ 9: Hard …

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Surveillance (banophernalia.com)

the songs: Prologue: Into The Forever / Never Say Never / Headed For Nowhere / All The King’s Horses / Carry On The Flame / Let The Light (Shine On Me) / Long Time Gone / Rock You Down / …

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Just A Game (banophernalia.com)

the songs: Movin’ On / Lay It On The Line / Young Enough To Cry / American Girls / Just A Game / Fantasy Serenade / Hold On / Suitcase Blues I never bought any of Triumph’s albums in the …

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Classics (epinions.com)

Experience the Magic Power of Triumph’s Classics Transport yourself back about 20 years and you may be aware of another Canadian Power Trio that made a splash in the American Rock-music market. A band that brought a style of Hard …

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Surveillance (seaoftranquility.org)

Triumph: Surveillance (remaster) Considered one of the weakest Triumph albums by many fans, 1987′s Surveillance was guitarist/vocalist Rik Emmett’s swan song with the band. Despite the negative reviews and lackluster sales, Surveillance still boasts a few exceptional tracks, as well …

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Stages (piercingmetal.com)

“Stages” – Remastered Rating 8/10 There is nothing like a good live album when it comes to big arena-level rock. Triumph were specialists in the field of concert performance and this remaster of their 1985 Concert piece entitled “Stages” is …

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Stages (seaoftranquility.org)

Triumph: Stages (remaster) There is nothing like a good live album when it comes to big arena-level rock. Triumph were specialists in the field of concert performance and this remaster of their 1985 Concert piece entitled Stages is a testament …

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The Sport of Kings (www.seaoftranquility.org)

Triumph: The Sport of Kings (remaster) Canada’s hard rockers continued their successive streak with 1986′s The Sport of Kings, a commercial mix of hard rock guitar, progressive tinged pop, and radio friendly melodies. The remastering process has delivered a bright …

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Thunder Seven (dailyvault.com)

Thunder Seven (Dailyvault.com) I have always had a great deal of admiration and even sympathy for rock and roll power trios. For the ones that were able to succeed in the AOR world of the late 70′s and 80′s, one …

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Never Surrender (seaoftranquility.org)

Triumph: Never Surrender (remaster) In 1983, Triumph was a band fresh off the success of Allied Forces, the fifth album by guitarist-vocalist Rik Emmett, drummer-vocalist Gil Moore, and bassist-keyboardist Mike Levine two years earlier. Songs like “Magic Power,” “Fight The …

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Allied Forces (piercingmetal.com)

Allied Forces (Piercing Metal) If there is one single album by the band Triumph that belongs in your CD collection then “Allied Forces” is that CD. Any collector of great music will agree that the numbers on this release (originally …

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Triumph: Allied Forces (seaoftranquility.org)

Triumph: Allied Forces (remaster) “I’m young now, I’m wild now, I want to be free, I got the Magic Power of the music in me…” Remember that FM Rock radio staple from 1981′s hit album Allied Forces by Canada’s Triumph? …

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Progressions of Power (seaoftranquility.org)

Triumph: Progressions of Power (remaster) Following up Triumph’s marginally successful Just a Game came the sweaty monster Progressions of Power, a forceful beast that is long on Gil Moore testosterone-fueled heavy rockers, short on Rik Emmett fronted melodic tunes. This …

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Just a Game (seaoftranquility.org)

Remember back in the late 70′s when there was all of a sudden another hot Canadian band besides Rush producing quality hard rock? Yes, that was Triumph, and their 1979 release Just a Game brought the band a bit of …

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