''Allied Forces'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

band Triumph, released in 1981. It reached #23 on the '' Billboard Pop Albums'' chart assisted by the singles "Magic Power" and "Fight the Good Fight," which hit #8 and #18, respectively, on the US Mainstream Rock chart of 1981. The title song was the first single from the album which was released a month before the album came out. A remastered CD was first released in 1985 on MCA, then again in 1995 on the band's TRC label, and for a third time in 2004 on the band's label TML Entertainment (formerly TRC Records). It is considered their signature record.

Track listing

All tracks written by

Rik Emmett Richard Gordon Emmett (born July 10, 1953) is a vocalist, guitarist, and member of the Canadian hard rock band Triumph (band), Triumph. Career In Toronto, during the mid 1970s, several local musicians formed a progressive rock group called Act ...

, Mike Levine and

Gil Moore Gil Moore is a Canadian musician. Born in Toronto, Moore is the drummer and co-vocalist (sharing vocal duties with guitarist/vocalist Rik Emmett) of the power trio Triumph. Before Moore was in Triumph he was in a band called Sherman & Peabody w ...

, except where noted.

Personnel

– acoustic (six and twelve string) guitar, bottleneck slide guitar,

lap steel guitar The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar or lap slide guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the performer's lap. Unlike the usual manner of pla ...

, lead and background vocals Oberheim OB-Xa, and Sequential Prophet 5. *

– drums, percussion, lead and background vocals * Mike Levine – bass, organ, synthesizer, piano, Roland VP 330 Vocoder, MultiMoog * Elaine Overholt – background vocals

Production

* Dave Dickson – assistant engineer * Mike Jones – engineer * Joe Owens – direction * Nick Sangiamo – photography * Ed Stone – engineer * Mark Woods – assistant engineer * Brian Zick – artwork, illustrations *

Bob Ludwig Robert Carl Ludwig (born December 11, 1944), is a retired American mastering engineer. He mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists, including Led Zeppeli ...

– mastering on original RCA LP and on the 1985 and 1995 remastered versions * Brett Zilahi – remastering on 2004 re-issue

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

Allied Forces entry at The Official Triumph Homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Allied Forces (Album) 1981 albums Triumph (band) albums RCA Records albums Attic Records albums Albums recorded at Metalworks Studios