Just a Game [Original recording remastered]

Triumph | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Tml Entertainment
• ASIN: B0006VF6GQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,815 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Triumph, Just a Game

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just A Game and growing up., August 2, 2005

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James T. Mott (O'Fallon, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just a Game (Audio CD)

I was 15 years old and K-SHE 95 in St. Louis played Lay It On The Line. From that moment on I became a devoted fan for life. I ran out on my bicycle down to Cricket Records and bought the vinyl album with my allowance. Loved the game board on the inside of the album but most importantly, the music. It spoke to me and I can tell you that Triumph made great music throughout their career but never as good as they did on Just A Game.

Best songs: Young Enough To Cry, Just A Game, Lay It On The Line, Hold On and American Girls.

Anyone who is not all that familar with Triumph should buy this album first. This is the benchmark for everything that followed and the 2 albums before this one.

Commercially, Allied Forces was their big breakthrough and most successful album. Just A Game is the blue print for Allied Forces. First times a charm in this case.

This album reminds me of being 15 and getting turned on to the most explosive guitar and vocals, bass and drum attack I'd ever heard.

Anyone hesitating to buy this album should not think twice. Buy it now!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another classic!, May 3, 2006

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Sandman "Loverofdamusic" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just a Game (Audio CD)

This was indeed a very good listen back in the day and the newly remastered one is true to form. The songs and sound are all top notch. Tunes like American Girls, Lay It On The line and Just A game are highlights on this great offering, ah hell they all sound good!!

Triumph was on a roll with their first 3 releases and up here in Canada, they were giving Rush (another fantastic Canadian band) a run for their money back then. Triumph has long since passed on since from their heydays in the late 70's early 80's. Rush continues to rock as strong as ever and hopefully will for some time to come. The beginning of the end for Triumph was in the mid 80's when record sales dipped as their quality dropped. After a few sub par 80's releases, Rik Emmett decided to go the solo route and has seen some success, but nothing like he did when Triumph was riding high.

Triumph had their day and this cd represents what they had to offer back then. All in all a great rock & roll album and a must have for any true classic rock fan.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!!!!!!!!!, September 21, 2008

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Dave Fruge (Metairie, La. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just a Game (Audio CD)

I remember when "Allied Forces" was the hot new album & all of the buzz. Somebody made me a copy of it recently, & I thought, "This is cool", but it kind of lay forgotten, & I assumed Triumph was a one album wonder. Yesterday, I turned on the radio while waiting for a friend to come out of her apartment & herad "Lay It On The Line". I thought, "Who's THIS?" I discovered it was Triumph & IMMEDIATELY purchased this CD. BOY, AM I GLAD I WAS MISTAKEN ABOUT THIS GROUP! I dont use... or take... this word lightly, but this album is a MASTERPIECE!!!! Rik Emmett has a classical influence to his guitar style, & it comes through on his slower compositions. (They still rock, but with a slower tempo) Now, I love flat out rocking as much as the next guy, (I'm a metalhead from back in the day!) but I think these slower tracks are where the band shine their brightest. My favorite track on here is the title track. I don't know what else to say but WOW!!! "Young Enough To Cry" is a blues metal masterpiece in it's own right. And for those who prefer the straight ahead rockers, this album has that, too. "Movin' On" & "American Girls" are CLASSIC late 70's/early 80's hard rockers!!! I am listening to "Allied Forces" as I type this, & I may be wrong, but (IMHO)I think the difference between early & later Triumph is the later albums were more produced, making them a slightly commercial power pop metal. NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT!! I need my head examined for EVER putting "Allied Forces" in the mothballs! So far, though, I prefer the early sound. Bottom line: If you want to hear some good old fashioned hard rock/classic metal equipped with some of the most beautiful guitar melodies ever laid down, BUY THIS ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!