Triumph discography

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The discography for the band Triumph.

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[edit] Album Discography

[edit] Studio/Live albums

Year of release Title Label RIAA (US) Certification Billboard Chart Position Notes
1976 Triumph Attic
  • First album, did not chart and is extremely rare outside of native Canada
1977 Rock and Roll Machine Attic Gold #185
  • Released as second album in Canada, was soon repackaged however a year later
1978 Rock and Roll Machine International RCA Gold #181
  • Included four songs from self-title debut and four from the original version, while omitting three others from the original
1979 Just a Game RCA Platinum #48
  • First commercially successful Triumph album
1980 Progressions of Power RCA Platinum #32
  • The most Gil Moore vocal led songs on one album, with a five to three differential
1981 Allied Forces RCA 2x Platinum #23
  • The band's best selling album other than "The Sport of Kings"
1983 Never Surrender RCA Platinum #26
  • Last album with RCA Records
  • Most commercial album in the RCA Records era
1984 Thunder Seven RCA Gold #35
  • First album for MCA Records
  • Named in response of this being the bands seventh album, although the original name was to be As the Wheel Turns
1985 Stages MCA Platinum #50
  • First official live album
  • Featured two original songs by the name of "Mind Games" and "Empty Inside", with Gil Moore and Rik Emmett singing them respectively
  • Juno Award nomination: award for Group of the Year.
1986 The Sport of Kings MCA 2x Platinum #33
  • Juno Award nomination: award for Group of the Year.
1987 Surveillance MCA Gold #82
  • Last album with Rik Emmett on vocals and guitar
1993 Edge of Excess Victory Gold #4
  • First and only album with Phil Xenidis on guitar
  • First and only album to feature Gil Moore on vocals for every single song

[edit] Compilations

Year of release Title Label RIAA (US) Certification Billboard Chart Position Notes
1989 Classics MCA Gold #101
  • Featured a song from every album of the bands career with the exception of their self-titled debut and their (then) last album Surveillance
  • Was only released to fulfil a contract with MCS Records for five albums
  • Covers releases 1977-1986
  • 5 songs feature Moore on vocals, 6 feature Emmett. Songs are not in chronological order of release.
2004 Living for the Weekend: Anthology TML Platinum
  • The most comprehensive Triumph anthology ever issued at the time of its 2005 release
  • This two-CD set draws material from all of the albums the band had released with the exception of Edge Of Excess
  • Features a previously unreleased cover of "Love Hurts", which Rik Emmett did not record on.
  • Features two tracks from their 1983 appearance at the US Festival.
  • 5 songs feature Moore on vocals, 6 feature Emmett. Songs are in chronological order of release of their respective albums.

[edit] Singles

Year Song CAN US UK
1976 "Blinding Light Show" / "Moonchild" - - -
1978 "Rocky Mountain Way" 1 - -
1979 "Hold On" 28 38 -
1979 "Lay It on the Line" 63 86 -
1980 "I Can Survive" 92 91 -
1980 "I Live for the Weekend" - - 59
1981 "Magic Power" 12 51 -
1981 "Fight the Good Fight" - - -
1982 "Say Goodbye" 36 - -
1983 "A World of Fantasy" - - -
1984 "Follow Your Heart" - 88 -
1985 "Spellbound" - - -
1986 "Somebody's Out There" 84 27 -
1986 "Tears in the Rain" - - -
1987 "Just One Night" 26 - -
1987 "Long Time Gone" - - -
1987 "Let the Light (Shine on Me)" 61 - -
1988 "Never Say Never" - - -
1992 "Trouble Maker" - - -
1992 "Child of the City" 91 - -
1993 "Somewhere Tonight" - - -

[edit] Videos/DVD

Year Title RIAA Certification Bonus Features
2003 Live at the US Festival Gold Backstage footage from a Triumph concert at Wachovia Spectrum in Philadelphia. Video for "Just One Night", a live performance of "When the Lights Go Down" from the 1983 US Festival
2004 A Night of Triumph Gold 2003 Interview with Mike Levine & Gil Moore, bonus videos: "Spellbound" & "Follow Your Heart", "Inside the Rock and Roll Machine" – A forty minute rockumentary highlighting the explosive Triumph arena rock show.

[edit] Music Videos

Year Music Video
1979 "Moving On"
"Lay It on the Line"
"American Girls"
"Hold On"
1980 "I Live for the Weekend"
"I Can Survive"
1981 "Magic Power"
"Allied Forces"
"Say Goodbye"
1983 "A World of Fantasy"
"When the Lights Go Down"
"Never Surrender"
1984 "Follow Your Heart"
"Spellbound"
1985 "Mind Games"
1986 "Somebody's Out There"
"Just One Night"
1987 "Never Say Never"
1993 "Child of the City"

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