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Undoubtedly a favourite of most Triumph fans, this album truly represents the energy of the band. The vocals, drumming, bass playing are so powerful that a critic once remarked the album should’ve been “Thunder Three”. Features hits such as Spellbound, Killing Time, Follow Your Heart, Rock On, Roll On.

Triumph – Thunder Seven
Label: MCA Records – 251 631-1
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 1985
Style: Hard Rock
A1 Spellbound 5:12
A2 Rock Out, Roll On 5:10
A3 Cool Down 4:49
A4 Follow Your Heart 3:32
B1 Time Goes By 5:57
B2 Midsummer’s Daydream 1:40
B3 Time Canon 1:32
B4 Killing Time 4:15
B5 Stranger In A Strange Land 5:11
B6 Little Boy Blues 3:33
Record Company – Warner Communications
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright © – Triumph, Written-By – Triumph

Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer – Mike Levine
Guitar [Six String], Twelve-String Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer, Vocals, Backing Vocals [Backgrounds] – Rik Emmett

Rik Emmett lead and backing vocals, guitars Michael Levine bass, synthesizer, keyboards Gil Moore percussion, drums, backing vocals

Released with printed inner sleeve with lyrics and credits. Cat-#’s printed on top right corner on side with lyrics

Triumph – Thunder Seven has a printed inner sleeve with both sides black with white letters and cat-#’s printed on bottom left on side with lyrics

Recorded July/August 1984, Ontario, Canada

© 1984 Triumph ℗ 1984 MCA Records, Inc.

◾️TRIUMPH/“Thunder Seven”（1984）
後から思うとかなり洗練とアメリカンが進んだ作品だ。
だけど、名曲も多い。てこれ、代表作じゃないかな。

https://youtu.be/MRT3IJtUviQ?t=8

Thunder Seven is the seventh studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in November 1984. Three songs on the second half of the album follow a concept based on time-related themes.

The album was certified gold in the US by the RIAA, with sales of over 500,000 copies, on April 21, 2003, almost nineteen years after its initial release.

“Follow Your Heart” was the band’s highest charting single of the time, reaching #88 in both the UK and the US. “Spellbound” was also released as a single, though it didn’t prove as successful, only charting in Canada and barely scraping the top 100.

Thunder Seven was the last Triumph album that did not feature any outside writers. All prior Triumph albums, with the exception of 1977’s Rock & Roll Machine, were written entirely by the band members.

Artwork
The album cover was illustrated by artist Dean Motter and was a mechanized version of the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci. The cover is a visible element of the album’s concept, in which the band examines the actions and abnormalities of man at the turn of the 21st century.

Charts
Chart (1984-1985) Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) 37
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 43
US Billboard 200 35

Certifications
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA) Gold 500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone

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 This record is probably among the Triumph’s best ones! It is a sophisticated hard rock that is nevertheless quite accessible. Regarding the question “Is this record progressive?”, it is obviously not really progressive, although there are some very light prog related elements. The lead singer has a tone between Journey’s Steve Perry and Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant. Speaking of Journey, I think the overall music has resemblances too; it also sounds a bit like hard rock band Night Ranger, at least the bass and the backing vocals arrangements. There are some good background synthesizers and the drums patterns are often varied and fast: those 2 elements certainly avoid this record to abruptly fall into a deja vu hard rock style. Some acoustic guitar bits again bring some variety to the whole: for instance, the acoustic instrumental track “Midsummer’s Daydream” proves that Rik Emmet is a VERY talented guitarist. The impressive “Time Canon” reminds a simplified Gentle Giant’s vocals canon. The 2 next songs are very slightly progressive, and the record finishes with a very good sentimental bluesy track with very impressive & insistent guitar solos.

Rating: 4.5 stars

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 Some guys may think that I’m exaggerating giving this album 4 stars, but believe me, I’m not!!! This is what the best we can find in Art Rock: songs perfectly executed, full of emotion and with a fine touch of Prog Rock here and there… The combination of the melodic voice of Rik Emmett and the thunder voice of Gil Moore are sensational, and the song “killing Time”, where they make a duet vocal is superb! For the people who like the hard rock side of the band “Rock Out Roll On” and the zeppelian “Cool Down” are fine examples of the great capacity of the guys. And who prefers the combination Hard/Prog… the best part of the album: the mini suite that begins with “Times Goes By” and ends with “Killing Time”. These songs reminds the best moments of “Caress of Steel” by RUSH. But TRIUMPH wins the competition… Then comes the blues based song “Stranger in a Strange Land”, for break the clima and the album ends with the sensational instrumental piece “Little Boy Blues”, where we can feel the absolutely emotional guitar of Rik Emmett (this song is pure feeling…). Well, the disc have two weak compositions: “Spellbound” and “Follow Your Heart”, where the repetitive refrain kills the song. Because of it, 4 stars, but very solid 4 stars. Maybe 4,5…

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group that made good music, the music that avoids wars, not the music of now made up of insults, noise…

1. Spellbound with the prog intro, yes like you’re on a road it’s dark, a road from which you never return and suddenly a blonde creature passes you in front!!! in short it’s Gil on the drums who sings and it’s Rik who sets the fire, the guitar riff harder than heavy, explosive; the break reminds me for a while of ‘In the evening’ with the stopping of the tune for a prog beat; the sound is heavy, well-paced, you don’t get bored, in short, this title is immense; FYI the blonde lady leaves at the end 2. Rock Out, Roll On another melting, latent intro with a sharp riff before Lou’s keyboards, centerpieces of the 80s, get going; rock but rock with soaring moments just to change from hard, heavy, yes we are here in the middle of the period, AOR and hard FM; it’s over ah no phew I’m talking and I almost forgot to talk about this beautifully crafted solo which fills the stage, ooh there it squirts, it shines everywhere, almost nirvanesque; I read ah but it’s not prog… but of course calm down guys, but how good are these progressive moments 3. Cool Down come on I’ll take you to Kansas, a slide, a banjo and we’re there; vocal a cappella or almost…southern rock for the harmonica, in any case at the beginning I find the abrupt and dirty sound of LED ZEPPELIN, yes especially the chorus it seems… them; chopped banjo break then the guitar on top, vintage rock that does honor to this dino! The very hardcore solo that lasts and sets fire… cool down! 4. Follow Your Heart with the stadium entrance, a pompous title on one side, but a chorus that makes the audience scream, we could hear the cries of thousands of women, fans; yes, a frontman was missing, the type to have a microphone to transcend… this live audience, an obvious lack; pyro effects yes but I always said to myself that it hid something lacking, the hero with a microphone, in short it’s moving 5. Time Goes By, yes, another intro… and a beautiful intro… a riff that doesn’t ask any questions, a vocal that follows the tune, and…and the voices of the trio that start on a latent space, assured softness, before the return of hard air; Gil has a distinctive hit, like pads forged in lava to slam even drier; ah the 2nd break with the voices, prog not prog but listen to bondiou and enjoy, that’s the important thing, high voices yes, machine gun pad suddenly yes we won’t get bored… again.. the solo a pearl, a musical gallop, a symphony in itself, astonishing; the title which never ends and which keeps its nervousness until the end, ah this sound which also takes me back to VAN HALEN the foot 6. Midsummer’s Daydream… so… yes the link is made with Eddie but even if it’s chance (I don’t believe it personally) this arpeggio which falls from the sky, interlude, break, no I won’t do not quote the interludes of Steve from YES otherwise you will listen again…in any case it…progresses and it introduces 7. Time Canon then ?? a canon of Pachelbel or not, the second interlude which sends this album very high, which brings it into the lair of the progressive space just for that, time, time, time, slap, slap, slap; who would dare say there’s no prog blood in there? 8. Killing Time comes next, a spleen rock-pop song, then an energetic ballad from the start of the second verse; quite a few synths which make the sound more rock AOR, the voice seems to me over time a tad too high, too much on RUSH in fact, and this can also explain the lack of recognition of this group which released a cream there; last break where Gil’s drums fart very clearly, roll, smash against the speakers, superb 9. Stranger In A Strange Land… if there was one it would be this one… a consensual heavy rock title without much singularity, which flirts instrumentally with a vitaminized TOTO; the more I find this stereo riff which diffuses to the right, to the left, to the right, I didn’t need much to be happy in fact; Gil still with his pads, the guitar more bluesy there, not bad at all anyway, a beautiful nervous ballad which shows that rock can rock… ah this riff which makes me think of a hard band, but I’m not going quote it otherwise people will say to me ‘you see it’s not prog’! 10. Little Boy Blues well I wrote blues just before without knowing it for the last title (my eye do you think I’m going to believe myself???) in short a title to get notes, ahead of the legendary Gary who s ‘ll put it there later; what can I say, it’s beautiful, yes much more than the awful notes on PA, but that’s how it is… listen to these notes coming out of this guitar, listen… music can be beautiful when you stop for a while and we take the time!

TRIUMPH OMNI for this album  5/5