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Triumph - Rock & Roll Machine Audio CD

A fair review of the Triumph "Rock & Roll Machine" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Triumph reviews here, or go back to the Triumph tabs.

Triumph Band: Triumph
Title: Rock & Roll Machine
Rating:
Release Date: 1995-09-06
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Takes Time 2: Bringing It on Home 3: Little Texas Shaker 4: New York City Streets, Pt. 1 5: New York City Streets, Pt. 2 6: City 7: Rocky Mountain Way 8: Rock'n' Roll Machine

One Of The Greatest Albums Of All Time
I had the international edition, which yes included the brilliant and masterful Blinding Light Show as the last song. I first heard this album when I was at 7 and after 16 years it never gets old. The only problem was that they cut out the epic track "City", but they made up for it by another epic which should be in the top five of anyones favorite Triumph tracks, Street Fighter Man.

You cannot go wrong with any version of this album, because Bringing It On Home, Little Texas Shaker, 24 Hour A Day, New York City Streets 1 and 2 and the title track are all brilliant.

Now before all these Eddie Van Halen(who is a brilliant innovative guitarist) fans begin claiming how he invented the shredding style of guitar playing, be known that this album came out a year before VH1 did. Rik also shreds on an accoustic guitar in the song Blinding Light Show, that epic is better known as Moonchild. And there has NEVER been another shredding guitar solo that can master the brilliant 4 minute one in the title track. Rik proves with just that one song how much of an impact he would have for decades later.

If you don't have this, you have never witnessed pure perfection, it's worth every penny you spend.


Awesome 2nd album!
It was the American version of "Rock & Roll machine". Hey Zombie,

The version your looking for was actually a combination of the first two Triumph albums. On CD (and import albums from the late 70's) it was "Triumph" (retitled "In The Beginning") and "Rock & Roll Machine". Your song (Blinding Light Show/Moonchild) can be found on the CD "In The Beginning".


I remember the day I bought it...
. . . in chrome vinyl. Oh yes, a fine album!.


Purest Hard Rock and Roll


The canadian trio released a very good work, with hard sonorities, sometimes with short escapes into blues. Put together three guys that have a good technique, good ideas and the instinct for heavy and sane hard Rock 'n'Roll and the output is this album. Songs have a sudden impact:they're straight, linear, without any superflous divagations. For sure they give birth (together with their other masterpiece "Allied Forces") a product well worth its price.


R'nR Machine Kicks off

Guitarist/Vocalist Rik Emmett is a genius musician,
the Epic 'City' is one of Triumphs greatest songs and Rik is well known for his trademark classic acoustic pieces on all Triumph albums, the man is one of the greatest guitarist ever!!! El duende agonizante(Instrumental),Bringing it home,Rocky mountain way are great songs for a first album and he's on fire on the title track. I've loved Triumph from this their first album back in '77 and I still love and listen to this Inspirational Canadian power trio. Rik can really hit the high notes!!!Triumph is by far one of the greatest bands ever!!!Other classic Triumph albums are Just a game,Progressions of Power, Allied Forces, Never Surrrender and Sport of kings.


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