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01/25/1998
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Triumph
"Allied Forces"
© MCA Records
Year of Release: 1981
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track listing
Fool For Your Love
Magic Power
Air Raid
Allied Forces
Hot Time (In The City Tonight)
Fight The Good Fight
Ordinary Man
Petite Etude
Say Good Bye
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Triumph "Allied Forces"
If there is one band to compare Toronto, Canada's Triumph, it would
have to be the hard rock style of the Jefferson Starship. The high range
vocals of lead singer Rik Emmett can easily be compared to the Starship's
vocalist Mickey Thomas. Triumph is one of those many hard rock bands that
people may not remember. They have had a small handful of tunes that were
regularly played on FM radio. One of those songs, Magic Power, is
featured here on their 1981 release, Allied Forces.
Despite Triumph not being well-known, and not having other huge hits as
say, the Jefferson Starship, this album is just as exceptionally well to any
of the later releases by the Starship or other bands in that style. Sure,
maybe it's not a good idea to compare an artist or band to others well-known,
but, there are those who would like to know the easiest comparison in case
they weren't familar with such a talent, as Triumph.
The reason why I say that, is because for the people who wish to know more
about Triumph, would read up in the Rock History books and learn more information
about them, and to see what other albums they may have released, as well as how
long the group had been together. In Triumph's case, there wasn't a story
about them at all in my usual source book. One mention of Triumph was in
another book, and sadly, it only listed the few big hits they had in the Top 40,
and where the band was formed, but there was no major storyline written about
the band. That's a shame, because Triumph is a good band, just like many other
of their fellow neighbors from the Great White North.
Anyway, this album is definitely worth the price. It's a hard rockin'
album, and the instruments blend well in each track. One instrument that really
works in some of the songs heard on Allied Forces is an instrument not
rarely used in most hard rock bands: The Synthesizer. Synth-used tracks such
as Magic Power and Fight The Good Fight are exceptionally well
done. Fool For Your Love is the opening track on this album, and this
song is done so well, it makes you want to keep listening for more.
Like many hard rock albums, there is a (somewhat) slow-paced tune thrown in
to even out the balance. Ordinary Man is that tune. However, it does
start out slow, and eventually builds up to the hard rock status as the previous
songs already heard. On the topic of slow tunes, there is a short instrumental,
Petite Etude. It's just an accoustical guitar, and it's over a minute
in length. Say Goodbye ends the album, and it's great tune to close
out the album.
Another item that stands out for Triumph, is that their album covers are
EXTREMELY excellent. Have you ever bought an album just for the fact that
the cover was just so awesome, even if you've never even heard of
the artist or group, in some cases? Yes, the guitar shown on the Allied
Forces cover is cool, but some of the other album covers of Triumph
albums are more visual. Triumph is definitely worth checking out. All of
their original albums have been released on CD.
They did this for Triumph, why not
Survivor ?
Allied Forces is a rewarding force to be reckoned with. You'll want
to hear and learn more about this band.
(Hopefully there will be some websites on Triumph out there.)
And if so, may the Triumph Force be with you.
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