Triumph - Surveillance (1987)

The ninth album from this band from Canada.

The band was a trio with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, synths and vocals.

Some guests added percussion, guitars, keyboards, synths, narrations and vocals.

This album was the final Triumph album with Rik Emmet. He rejoyned the band in 2008 but has not recorded any new material with the band.

Their previous album, the 1986 album The Sports Of Kings, saw the band revert to their hard rock roots. Hard rock with some blues. The sounds was good and fresh.

It is therefore pretty disappointing that the band then turned into another direction the year after... on this album.

Commercial US heavy metal is what we get here. Big hair metal, also called poodle rock is the grenre. The music is formula based and there is some pop rock here dressed up with some guitar solos and screaming vocals.

Triumph sounds like hundreds of other bands on this three quarters of an hour long album. Less successful hundreds of other bands. 

There are some decent songs here but most of this album is best forgotten. What a shame...

1.5 points