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Triumph - Edge of Excess Audio CD

A fair review of the Triumph "Edge of Excess" 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: Edge of Excess
Rating:
Release Date: 1993-01-12
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Child of the City 2: Troublemaker 3: It's Over 4: Edge Of Excess 5: Turn My Back On Love 6: Ridin High Again 7: Black Sheep 8: Boy's Night Out 9: Somewhere Tonight 10: Love In A Minute

get this if you find it!
have 600 plus rock/hm cds and edge of excess is in the top5% of my collection. . sorry triumph fans but this is by far the band`s most exciting record, Phil X delivers in spades shredding like an evil stringbaron (some contribution from the Mladen too) and offering a brown sound nothing short of EVH, with Moore`s great vocals in place Rik Emmett is not missed at all. . . this is just an awesome CD! Too bad it came out at a sad time for rock music, it deserved much more!.


Generic, Flat and Terrible
The worst, most generic piece of junk ever put out under that name. This is a terrible excuse for a Triumph album.
Rik Emmitt is sorely missed, and this album drowns in mediocrity without his presence.
I gave this cd away, I hated it so much. One would hope they could at least live up to a song like "Follow Your Heart" from Thunder 7 (which only used Rik a little bit), but they cannot even muster a song close to that on this dreadful waste of recording materials.

If I could give it a ZERO I would.

AVOID, if you liked any other Triumph album. .


Last ditch effort to move on without Rik Emmett
It's definitely worth a listen. The CD is not that bad. The production is nice and has more of a commercial heavy metal guitar driven sound. Guitars definitely stand out along with Gil's voice. Meet new guitarist Phil X, who's not as good as Rik Emmett, but does a decent job filling in, with a sort of Zakk Wylde playing style and crunchy tone. The downside of this disc is the lack of real energy between the band members. Gil's drumming went from a busy John Bonham style of the old days, to a typical basic four four count drum playing. Unfortunately no little keyboard interludes by bassist Mike Levine either. The disc feels like they are trying their best to move on in a different direction without Rik. Overall a decent effort with the best song being " Child of the City".


A Minor Triumph!
It's a decent Triumph album, about on par with Never Surrender. This Triumph post-Emmett release has gotten a lot of bad press over the years, most of it unjustified. Listenable with a couple of stand-out tracks -- It's Over (classic Triumph), Somewhere Tonight and Boy's Night Out, a dynamite rocker with a guitar solo as hot as anything Emmett ever did.

It's too bad poor fan reaction to this album caused Levine and Moore to close shop; this post-Surveillance release (I consider Surveillance their best album and am a fan of the band's post-Allied Forces releases) shows Triumph still had good music to make and maybe another classic album or two. Now, of course, we'll never know. We do know that Emmett has forsaken Rock for pedestrian rock-fusion and jazz. . .

For a last ride on the Triumph bandwagon give Edge of Excess a spin!

John.


Triumphant Again!!
But just the other day I was listening to it again. I have to admit that when I bought this CD back in 1992, I did not like it. Now I love it. I don't know if it was time or just my music taste changed but I am glad that I have the CD. Standouts are: It's Over, Turn My Back On Love, Somewhere Tonight & Child Of The City. Do not pass this CD off because of the bad reviews. It really is very good.


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