The debut album from this band from Canada.
The band was a trio with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars and vocals.
A guest added keyboards too.
Rightly or wrongly (wrongly in fact), I have for the last forty years thought Rush, Saga and Triumph was the three big bands from Toronto, Canada. So I developed a bit of a fascination for them. Saga and in particular Rush became my favourite bands and their studio albums has been reviewed in either ProgArchives or this blog.
It has taken me many years to come around to Triumph, though. Their ten albums are all up for reviews in the coming months. I have also bought the Rik Emmet biography on Kindle and will read it while I review these albums.
Somewhere in their ten albums, there are some progressive rock influences. But not on this album.
Some wild party rock and hard rock is what we get here. There are some references to Rush self titled debut album and Led Zeppelin here. But most of this album are pretty wild.... until we get to the final track Blinding Light Show/Moonchild which has some folk rock influences and sounds a bit like Thin Lizzy.
The result is a half decent album where the band dips their toes in the ocean. This is surely not their finest moment.
1.5 points
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