Just a Game

Artist: Triumph
Label: Tml Entertainment
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 713137620323
EAN: 0713137620323
ASIN: B000003OTF

Release Date: 1995-09-06

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Tracks:

Movin' On
Lay It On The Line
Young Enough To Cry
American Girls
Just A Game
Fantasy Serenade
Hold On
Suitcase Blues

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Customer Reviews:

Another classic!.......2006-05-03

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.

The classic breakthrough album from the legendary Canadian rockers.......2006-04-13

Just A Game (1979.) The third Triumph studio album.

INTRODUCTION:
Triumph. The Canadian hard rock trio is definitely one of the ultimate bands to ever emerge from the northern nation. Despite not being as popular as many of the other bands of their era, the group's music is some of the finest rock and roll ever created. Although the band's first two records, Triumph and Rock And Roll Machine, were both excellent, they did little to get the attention of music fans outside of the band's native land. This all changed with the release of the band's 1979 third album, Just A Game. Lay It On The Line, one of the album's cuts, became the band's first and biggest hit. The album won the band critical acclaim from a greater audience than ever before, and they were now on their way to stardom! So, how is the album? Read on for my review of Just A Game.

OVERVIEW:
Triumph released their third album, Just A Game, in 1979. The band consisted of its usual classic lineup of guitarist Rik Emmett, drummer Gil Moore, and bassist Mike Levine. The band members produced the album themselves. Attic Records released the album. Tracklist for the record consists of Movin' On, Lay It On The Like, Young Enough To Cry, American Girls, Just A Game, Fantasy Serenade, Hold On, and Suitcase Blues.

REVIEW:
There's a reason this is the album that was Triumph's first commercial success - the album is AWESOME! For the first time the band was making an impact on the musical world on a large scale. The band's classic hard rock stylings were making the international breakthrough the group had always dreamed of, at long last! And the band's commercial appeal would only grow larger into the next decade. Of course, after this, many would claim the band "changed with the times" too much. As such, this is often revered as the band's finest effort. Read on for my review of Just A Game.

-SIDE A-

-Movin' On (Moore):
Vintage classic hard rock. This track was an excellent way to start the album off. Everything you could want in a classic, fun-to-listen-to rock tune is here. The first track on the album should be one that will keep the listener interested, and this one does just that, sure enough.

-Lay It On The Line (Moore):
Triumph's first and biggest hit, and the song that gave this album its godlike status among classic rock albums. With awesome guitar playing, this is a song that is hard enough for the hard rock crowd, but appealing enough for the pop rock crowd. It's the best of all worlds, rolled into a single song. One of the greatest songs ever recorded. Period.

-Young Enough To Cry (Moore):
Extremely gloomy, hard and heavy. This is hard, depressing rock with a bluesy touch. At many times, the song brings Aerosmith's seventies stuff to mind. Pretty much everything I love about classic hard rock, this song has. One of my all-time favorite Triumph songs, as well as one of the band's most underrated.

-American Girls (Moore):
Here's another one of those tunes like Lay It On The Line, which takes the perfect sound that combines elements of hard rock and pop rock. What results is another song hard enough for the hard rock, but at the same time, appealing enough for the pop rock crowds. Excellent stuff. Too bad it didn't become a big hit like the aforementioned song.

-SIDE B-

-Just A Game (Emmett): The album's title track is, not surprisingly, an excellent song. Here the band slows down the musical pace a bit, creating something that is more on the side of melodic rock. It's still got plenty of fast-paced guitar and some nice hard rock elements, but it's more on the melodic side than some of the other stuff on here. Nonetheless, it's a damn good song, and definitely one of my favorites on here.

-Fantasy Serenade (Emmett):
Basically, this is a short acoustic session. The piece is very melodic and beautiful, definitely a far cry from the hard rock that dominates the rest of the album. Unfortunately, the piece is very short, and as a result, underdeveloped in comparison to the other tracks here. It's still damn good though.

-Hold On (Emmett):
This is another melodic piece. And it's another great one, too. Very slow and peaceful in its execution, the song bares somewhat of a resemblance to the band's later hit, Magic Power, in many ways. It's a nice, peaceful tune, though not without its moments that rock. Awesome song.

-Suitcase Blues (Emmett):
The album's closing tune is one of its more irregular and more unique pieces. It's a more traditional, bluesy song. This sounds nothing like any of the other songs on the album, and yet, somehow, it works. It's irregularity and uniqueness make it a very unique song, and a nice album closer.

OVERALL:
Overall this is a damn good Triumph album - arguably the band's finest work. The band rocks from start to finish on this one, serving up a diverse and excellent mixture of sounds all the way through. Gil, Mike, and Rik rule on this album. It's very much arguable that no album the band did equals this one in terms of sheer quality. If you're at all a fan of classic rock, DO NOT be without this album. If you're only gonna buy one Triumph album, this is probably the best choice. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

EDITION NOTES:
Like most Triumph albums, this one was recently reissued and remastered in America. These reissues are quite abundant in the States, and I'm glad to see these classic albums are widely available again. I just wish they had included bonus content on the albums. Other than that, no complaints with the reissues.

Triumph's First Classic Album.......2004-06-29

JUST A GAME is Triumph's first classic album. It contains such great inspirational songs as "Movin' On" and "Hold On." A few songs are not so great, but the highlights are enough to make this a five-star CD.

A few songs make it a four.......2003-12-27

I got hooked on Triumph with the american version of Rock n Roll Machine right when it came out in the late 70's. Rik's speed guitar work was perfect for someone just finding his tastes were more suited to harder rock.
"Just a Game" wasn't purchased until five years later. I was out of high school and older, wiser, and totally into heavy metal. There was a side of me that appreciated blues, and although at the time I loved the brutal, savage sounds of metal, this album grew on me.
"Lay it on the Line" was familiar, it had been on the airwaves earlier, we all liked it alot. It still plays well. The real treat is in the title track (Just a Game)and "Suitcase Blues". As a young Sailor I was often far from my family and friends and "Suitcase Blues" really hit home. The vocals are great, the words painting a picture of loneliness and using alcohol to drown it. "Fantasy Serenade" is a terrific acoustic song that leads perfectly into "Hold On", a really nice song about how music changes lives. The clunkers are "American Girl" and the dreadful "Young enough to cry"
Once you put aside the poor songs, the brillance of the rest of this CD shines through. It is very good, well worth 10 bucks.

good rock & roll.......2003-11-08

not my favorite triumph album, but 4 or 5 really great songs, love the guitar work.I think it was their last great album, still love their 1st album best, (24 hours a day) but buy far this is a great album to listen to.

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