The eight studio album from this band from Canada.
The band was a trio with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, synths, programming and vocals.
A handful of guests added additional keyboards, synth, programming and backing vocals.
The band had by now been overtaken by the new heavy metal scene. Triumph was never a heavy metal band and they could not compete. Heavy metal was the king and traditional hard rock did not have that many fans. So they had three choices..... become a heavy metal band, stick to their guns or becoming a pop band.
The result was that the band, something I admire them for, stucked to their gun. Alternative two in other words.
The band was always delivering hit singles and this album delivered one top 50 hit single. Besides of that, this album is a return to their hard rock roots. US hard rock, that is. There is a lot of stadium rock elements here although the band no longer did the stadiums, with a notable exception for the opening slot on the first edition of the first ever Monsters Of Rock festival at Donington in England.
The music here is decent.... more than decent. There are some really good stuff here too. This is a really enjoyable rock album, well worth checking out.
2.5 points
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