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Triumph: Progression Of Power (1980)

RCA Records

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A very positive hard rock (live) performance by Triumph.

From the US Festival, May 29, 1983.

Triumph

Rik Emmett – guitars, lead and backing vocals, synthesizers, keyboards, bass (1975–1988, 2008, 2019)

Mike Levine – bass, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals (1975–1993, 2008, 2019)

Gil Moore – drums, percussion, lead and backing vocals (1975–1993, 2008, 2019)

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Alex with Rik Emmett and Gil Moore of Triumph. Legendary and iconic Canadian rockers.

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Triumph - Rik Emmett

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Triumph: Stages (1985)

Live albums were extremely popular with music buyers of the late 1970s, but by the midway point of the following decade, they’d definitely lost some of their luster, as MTV increasingly satisfied fans’ hunger for visual evidence of their rock idols, both on-stage and off. 

But hard rock and heavy metal bands (for whom concerts were their bread-and-butter) were among the last to capitulate to this developing trend, and 1985, in particular, saw a number of worthy double live album releases -- most notably Iron Maiden’s Live After Death and the Scorpions’ World Wide Live. 

And then there was Triumph’s Stages, which simply couldn’t measure up to either one of these formidable benchmarks, and also happened to capture the long-running Canadian power trio near the end of their popularity arc, 35 years ago.

Not helping matters, much of Stages’ potential energy was sapped by non-sequential performances (meaning, audience noise faded in and out between tracks) recorded over three separate tours, so fans couldn’t even enjoy the illusion of an uninterrupted Triumph concert, from start to finish.

But, hey, try closing your eyes, anyway, and please do your best to imagine the band’s sophisticated, then-cutting edge “LAZERS.”

For what it’s worth, personal favorites like “Allied Forces,” “Magic Power,” “Lay it On the Line” and “Fight the Good Fight” get me every time, plus there’s an irresistible, ten-minute jam on “Rock & Roll Machine” that comes complete with Rik Emmett solo. 

Unfortunately, many of the remaining renditions sound, either plodding (“When the Lights Go Down,” “Spellbound”), or dated by their own prog-rock virtuosity (“Never Surrender,” “Midsummer's Daydream”), and don’t get me started on Gil Moore’s poorly disguised “Drum Mer Selbo.”

Oh, and a shout out to bassist/keyboardist Mike Levine: classic rock’s own invisible man (instead of “Where’s Waldo,” Triumph fans could have played “Where’s Mike”), because God knows he was up on stage ... somewhere!

Triumph also tossed in a pair of brand-new studio cuts, for good measure, but I’m afraid neither Moore’s AOR mediocrity, “Mind Games,” and certainly not Emmett’s weepy ballad “Empty Inside,” were anything to write home about ... or to write about here, I guess.

All of which made Stages a necessary purchase to no one but Triumph’s diehard fans/masochists, seeking to complete their collections, and you can pretty much say the same for the band’s entire discography, post ‘85. 

p.s. -- Some of these words were adapted from my All-Music Guide review of Triumph’s Stages.

More Triumph: Triumph, Rock & Roll Machine, Just a Game, Progressions of Power, Allied Forces, Never Surrender, Thunder Seven. 

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Triumph - Fight The Good Fight