Progressions of Power [Original recording remastered]

Progressions of Power [Original recording remastered]

Track Listings

1. I Live for the Weekend

2. I Can Survive

3. In the Night

4. Nature's Child

5. Woman in Love

6. Take My Heart

7. Tear the Roof Off

8. Finger Talkin' (Instrumental) [Instrumental]

9. Hard Road

Tracks:

I Live for the Weekend
I Can Survive
In the Night
Nature's Child
Woman in Love
Take My Heart
Tear the Roof Off
Finger Talkin' (Instrumental) [Instrumental]
Hard Road

Customer Reviews:

Triumph's overlooked and underrated fourth album gets sonic upgrade.......2007-05-24

Canadian hard rock trio Triumph released its fourth album Progressions of Power in the spring of 1980.
A year earlier, the band released its US breakthrough album Just a Game which was spurned by the hits "Lay it On the Line" and "Hold On". Just a Game made singer/guitarist Rik Emmett, bass player Mike Levine and singer/drummer Gil Moore Canada's other biggest rock band aside fellow Toronto natives Rush.
When Progressions of Power was released was the album just as good as its predecessor or did they take a major backstep. Read ahead and find out, as I did when I acquired the album on CD originally in November of 1999.
We begin Progressions of Power with the great rocker "I Live For The Weekend". This track, sung by drummer Moore, became the album's most popular track. Also, the track would be a concert staple for the next couple of years. "I Can Survive" follows and starts out to be a melodic number before turning into a full throttle rocker sung by Moore. The track was the album's single but peaked at a dismal #92 on the charts. Next is the album's best track "In The Night". This track has Emmett on vocals and is an epic which goes from quiet to loud and back and then has one of Emmett's best lead vocal performances pre-1981. "Nature's Child" ends the first half and is a killer rocker. Moore (who sings it) and Emmett are on fire here and the track would rightfully be a concert staple.
The album's second half kicks off with another hard rocker sung by Moore called "Woman In Love" which sounds like a cross between hard rock and arena rock. Next is the slow and acoustic ballad "Take My Heart" which was sung by Emmett and is an excellent ballad. Next is "Tear The Roof Off" which was a killer hard rocker sung by Moore and would serve as the opening song on this album and the next two tours (Emmett would share lead vocals on live versions of the track). Next is the acoustic piece "Fingertalkin'" which shows Mr Emmett's superb classical guitar playing. We end the album with the majestic "Hard Road" which is a mid-tempo melodic hard rocker with Emmett on vocals and just a superb track.
Progressions of Power was initially released on RCA Records and peaked at #32 on the Billboard album charts in 1980. Then the album was re-released in 1985 on MCA then again in 1995 on TRC and then again in 2005 as a new remaster on the band's own TML label and trumps the 1980s CD version by a longshot.
RECOMMENDED!

Remastered early Triumph CD.......2007-03-21

This is a remastered version of Triumph's fourth album. The sound engineering is superb. The sound is crystal clear, a distinct improvement over the previous version of this CD. Unfortunately, the music is a little uneven. There are some inspired songs, notably Hard Road, but also a certain amount of filler. Triumph did not really break through until their fifth release, Allied Forces, which was consistently stronger.

Not Triumph's best effort.......2006-10-25

Listenable, at best. While hard core Triumph fans will probably appreciate this, it doesn't hold a candle to their best work. Sure, there's good music here, and it deserves to be in print, but to experience undiluted Triump, purchase 'Allied Forces', 'Never Surrender, 'Just A Game' or their superior "Thunder Seven"

Awesome hard rock intensive album from Triumph.......2006-06-02

Progressions Of Power (1980.) The fourth Triumph studio album.

INTRODUCTION:
In a few short years, Triumph went to being a band that was relatively obscured and known only in their native Canada to an internation rock and roll super power. Gil Moore, Rik Emmett, and Mike Levine had become some of rock music's finest musicians in a relatively short time. The band had released three albums, each one of which being more popular than the last. Come 1980, and the group released its fourth album, Progressions Of Power. Read on for my review of album number four from the Canadian rock trio!

OVERVIEW:
Triumph released Progressions Of Power in 1980 on Attic Records. As usual the band consisted of the classic trio of Rik Emmett on guitar, Gil Moore on drums, and Mike Levine on bass. The band produced the album themselves, along with a production/engineering crew that featured Robin Brouwers, Jeff Stobbs, and Mick Walsh. Tracklisting for the album features I Live For The Weekend, I Can Survive, In The Night, Nature's Child, Woman In Love, Take My Heart, Tear The Roof Off, Fingertalkin', and Hard Road.

REVIEW:
I'll be realistic. I didn't think Triumph could top Just A Game. After all, the band's third album was a rock and roll masterpiece of unrivaled greatness. Just when I thought the band had climaxed, they showed that their career and their musical abilities were far from being through. Progressions Of Power is the band serving up straightforward rock. While many of the band's albums feature lots of experimentation and diversified tracklistings, this is just straight-up rock. If you prefer Gil Moore's hard rock tunes over Rik Emmett's melodic, pop-rock stuff, this is the album for you. Keep reading for the track-by-track analysis!

NOTE: All tracks were written by Emmett/Levine/Moore except for the ones listed otherwise.

-SIDE ONE-

-I Live For The Weekend:
The band starts off their fourth album with a quintesential rock anthem. Straight up hard rock is exactly what the album's first song gives you. This would become one of the most popular songs on the album, and after giving it a listen, it really isn't hard to see why. A great way to start things off.

-I Can Survive:
Even though on this album Gil Moore was clearly the dominating power in the band, he must have taken some musical advice from Rik Emmett here, doing what Emmett often did - starting a song with a short, slow, and melodic introduction, and then turning it into classic hard rock as only Triumph could do. Although not really a popular song, it's an excellent tune that should have been big.

-In The Night:
This is one of the album's most interesting piece. Although it's generally a mid-paced piece of music all the way through, it often fluctuates between hard and heavy rock and the slow melodic stuff. It's an astonishing rock anthem, and like so many other songs here, it deserved a lot more credit.

-Nature's Child (Levine/Moore):
More of that awesome hard rock. This time the band speeds things up, and Rik Emmett (despite being the only member of the band that played no part in the songwriting process according to the album liner notes) is on fire here.

-SIDE TWO-

-Woman In Love:
This album is a hard rock album - not much else. But no one can deny that the many hard rock tunes the band decided to feature on here are nothing short of excellent. This particular song sounds like a cross between hard rock and arena-style rock. Basically, it sounds like so many bands of the era were going for at the time. Of course, Triumph's take on the style is better.

-Take My Heart:
Even if it's a hard-rock album, it wouldn't be a Triumph album with some slow and melodic stuff. That's exactly what this track serves up. Triumph is one of those bands who could do ballads like no other, thanks in no small part to Rik Emmett's musical diversity. A memorable and unique song.

-Tear The Roof Off:
Right back to the hard rock. Hard and heavy as only Triumph could do, this song is another rock masterpiece. This album is full of masterpieces, and this hard rocker proves to be no exception to the rule. Another great song - did you expect otherwise?

-Fingertalkin' (Levine/Moore):
Here's another one of those songs that is excellent because it is so different from everything else the rest of the album as to offer. Essentially, it's a short instrumental sequence - which has an almost Spanish sound to it at times. Interesting stuff, definitely worth hearing.

-Hard Road:
The band finishes the album on top. This is another excellent rock tune, with much of the song resembling the hard rock sound that Styx used in many of their songs. Of course as a whole, it's distinctly Triumph. An awesome way to end things.

OVERALL:
If it's straightforward classic hard rock you fancy, you simply cannot go wrong with Progressions Of Power. Is Gil Moore your favorite member of the band? Are his hard-rock compositions the main reason you listen to these guys? If so, this is a must-own album. It rocks like no other release from the band. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

EDITION NOTES:
This album, like most of the Triumph catalogue, was recently remastered and reissued. I was disappointed by the lack of bonus material on the reissues, but just the same, they are good reissues with plenty of liner notes, and the albums do sound better than before. All in all, I'm just glad the albums are abundant and fairly easy to find again.

Average customer rating:

Progressions of Power

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000BMFYIA
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Album Description

Remastered version of Progressions of Power, the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Triumph, released in 1980. The album reached #32 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart and the single 'I Can Survive' hit #91 on the Pop Singles chart of 1980. Castle. 2005.

Average customer rating:

Read more METAL DREAMS reviews @ www.metaldreams.go.to
A Great Testament to The Power Of Positivity
Wonder what was going on with the band at this time...
MORE THAN JUST A GAME, IT IS A PROGRESSION OF POWER!
MORE THAN JUST A GAME, IT IS A PROGRESSION ON POWER!

Progressions of Power
Triumph
Manufacturer: MCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music

Never Surrender
The Sport of Kings
Edge of Excess
Standing Hampton

ASIN: B000002QW4
Release Date: 1979-01-01

Tracks:

I Live for the Weekend
I Can Survive
In the Night
Nature's Child
Woman in Love
Take My Heart
Tear the Roof Off
Finger Talkin' (Instrumental) [Instrumental]
Hard Road

Customer Reviews:

Read more METAL DREAMS reviews @ www.metaldreams.go.to.......2005-03-13

Posted: 3/12/05 @ www.metaldreams.go.to
Reviewed by: Dirt
Category: Hard Rock / Classic Rock
Label URL: www.triumphmusic.com
Artist URL: www.triumphmusic.com
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Battle-Axes

I can remember listening to Progressions Of Power for the first time back in the late 80s. My friend 'Ratt' had exposed me to the band and I instantly fell in love with them. Back then, Progressions Of Power didn't do much for me though. I classified it as their 'odd' album and ignored it whenever I decided to play Triumph material. In recent years, I've played it more often and I've realized that my original assessment was very off base. I'm not sure if it was where my ears were at the time or where Triumph was at the time (Sport Of Kings), but all these years later I realize that Progressions Of Power is one of the band's most rockin' and consistent efforts.

Heavier than their 1979 album, Just A Game, Progressions Of Power has the guitar intensity that was found on Rock & Roll Machine. Vocally, the album is dominated by drummer Gil Moore, who sings five of the eight vocal tracks. Guitarist Rik Emmett handles the bluesy "Into The Night" and the annoyingly-light "Take My Heart." He turns it up on the scorching "Hard Road," a song that is a real gem that I overlooked until now. He also delivers the short instrumental "Finger Talkin'," which will satisfy anybody who enjoyed Rik's later instrumentals (e.g. "Midsummer's Daydream).

The Bloody Truth: If you're more of a Gil fan than a Rik fan, then Progressions Of Power will definitely be one of your favorites. If you enjoy the more straight-to-the-point, fuel-injected, driving guitar Triumph material, then songs like "I Live For The Weekend," "Tear The Roof Off," "Nature's Child," "Woman In Love," and the aforementioned "Hard Road" will be favorites of yours. While other Triumph albums displayed a variety of styles within each recording, this one emphasizes the direct and rocking approach (aside from the two light Emmett tracks).

A Great Testament to The Power Of Positivity.......2003-11-17

PROGRESSIONS OF POWER is an album that provides a powerful testament to the power of positive thinking. Songs such as "I Can Survive" send a message that today sounds refreshing in a world populated by depressing alterna-crap. Get this album and you won't be disappointed.

Wonder what was going on with the band at this time..........2001-11-24

This album sounds a lot different than its predecessor (Just A Game) and successor (Allied Forces). Almost all of the tracks are sung by drummer Gil Moore and the album doesn't have the balance of Rik and Gil vocaled tracks that most of their others do. Makes me wonder what was going on during this phase of the band's career. It does seem Rik's playing is more intense on this album, so maybe he was concentrating on his instrument versus singing. I rank this one number four in their catalog.

MORE THAN JUST A GAME, IT IS A PROGRESSION OF POWER!.......2001-09-23

As A long time fan of Triumph, I first had mixed opinions of the 'Progressions of Power' ellpee, but I am know convinced that the majority of the tracks are incredible musical works of art that, to just disregard this particular album as not worthy enough for ears to hear is completely narrow-minded. Just because there is not one song that had any radio air play does not mean that the music is horrible. 'I Can Survive' and 'Hard Road' are just two of the compositions that really combine all of the elements that make up an excellent song that is truly powerful and will live on forever.

MORE THAN JUST A GAME, IT IS A PROGRESSION ON POWER!.......2001-09-23