Surveillance

Triumph | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: October 2, 2007
• Label: TML Entertainment
• Copyright: 2005 Tml Entertainment Inc
• Genres:
• ASIN: B0012ELLH4
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,182 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid and competent as everything TRIUMPH does, but.., January 15, 2005

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Gergellor (Supimpalāndia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Surveillance (Audio CD)

This album has definitely a pop metal production, but this is not bad, TRIUMPH seldom sounded so tight and focused in their production. The annoying factor is Gil Moore's reverbed drums.

The songs by themselves are very good, keeping the tradition of great songs by this unlucky band who had the misfortune of having existed in the same spam of years as RUSH.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Energy and melody., August 29, 2000

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sauerkraut - See all my reviews

This review is from: Surveillance (Audio CD)

I like this album from Triumph quite a bit. There's some good material that's energetic and melodic throughout. Surveillance is in a straight-ahead pop rock musical direction. There's a total of twelve tracks--two of them are instrumentals ("Prologue: Into the Forever" and "Prelude: The Waking Dream"). The album's musicianship, songwriting, and production are tight and satisfying. There's some cool and tasteful guitar playing from Rik Emmett, also. His guitar riffs and solos are attractive and meaty. Lead vocals are handled by both Rik Emmett and Gil Moore (drums). I find both of them to be pretty good singers. Rik Emmett has a cool high-pitched voice. I also like the keyboard playing that is utilized on the songs. The album starts off with the instrumental "Prologue: Into the Forever." This instrumental consists of a nice and moving blend of guitar and keyboard playing--it's a good start for the disc. The tracks that I like the best are "Prologue: Into the Forever," "Headed for Nowhere," "Let the Light (Shine on Me)," and "All over Again." "Let the Light (Shine on Me)" is a power ballad that I have always respected. The chorus of the song is beautiful and etherial--Rik Emmett does a good job with the vocals. "All over Again" is another well-written power ballad that I find to be enjoyable (Gil Moore handles the vocals.). Triumph did a decent job with this album. Surveillance is catchy and worth a listen.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Old Fashioned 80s Rock, April 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Surveillance (Audio CD)

Triumph is truly a one of a kind band. With the unmistakeable vocals of Rik Emmett, the lyrics of society ring loud. In my opinion one of the largest reasons why I am a huge fan of Triumph (other than the fact that they're probably the second best act out of Canada -- Rush being the first) is that they tackle some of the more important items society has to deal with in their songs (unlike the lyrics of other 80's Glam Rock bands such as Winger, Warrant, Poison and countless others). This album would be the last of the original line-up after Emett had some differences of opinion when it came to the business side of Triumph. Listening to the overall instrumentation of this album, the sound is superior to that of some of the other albums that came out around the same time (Europe's Final Countdown, Winger's self-titled debut, and even Whitesnake's first album). In my opinion any one who loves the lyrics and vocals of Rush should also check out anything by Triumph (especially Survelliance).