Surveillance by Triumph [Millennium Remastered Series] (CD, 2005) *NEW*

Description: Surveillance by Triumph [Millennium Remastered Series] [CD] Track Listing: 1 Prologue: Into The Forever2 Never Say Never3 Headed For Nowhere4 All The Kings Horses5 Carry On The Flame6 Let The Light (Shine On Me)7 Long Time Gone8 Rock You Down9 Prelude: The Waking Dream10 On And On11 All Over Again12 Running In The NightYet another Triumph catolog piece re-mastered from the original analog mixes, using the latest 24-bit digital technology. Originally released in 1987, it featrures the hits "Never Say Never" and "Long Time Gone" --- Triumph attempted to rescue their ailing career with the creative about-face of 1987's Surveillance, an album that saw the veteran Canadian trio rejecting many of the commercial concessions adopted on recent efforts for a return to thundering hard rock with progressive rock flourishes emblematic of their early work. Yes, aggressive numbers like "Never Say Never" (clearly the album's statement of intent) and "Headed for Nowhere" (featuring a guest solo from Steve Morse) tended to be as clichéd as ever from a lyrical standpoint, but they easily made up for those failings with Rik Emmett's reborn passion for biting -- heck, positively carnivorous -- riffs that seemed to beg fans not to give up on Triumph just yet! Calculated experimentation was also back on the menu, whether the group was looking ahead via the anthemic, crowd-baiting directness of "Long Time Gone" or harking back to those '70 prog rock roots via the keyboard-intensive "Carry on the Flame," which may have harnessed all of the era's novel synthesizer technology but still sounded curiously reminiscent of Kansas. Unfortunately, the album's overall grade was still diminished by its remaining selection of filler material (including the AOR-flavored mainstream single "Running in the Night"), but Surveillance's stronger cuts at least gave Triumph fans some kind of solace before the end, which would arrive in 1988 with Emmett's departure from the group, making this the final album recorded by the original trio. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE

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