''Thunder Seven'' is the seventh studio album by Canadian

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band Triumph, released in November 1984. Three songs on the second half of the album follow a

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based on time-related themes.

Release

The album was certified gold in the US by the

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, 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.Homepage , The Official Community of Triumph
/ref> It reached number 35 on the Canada pop chart. The video that was shot to accompany the single was filmed live at the Providence Civic Center in Rhode Island. During the concert, the band announced they would be filming a video after the concert and the audience were free to stay around. "Spellbound" was also released as a single, though it did not 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 ''

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'', were written entirely by the band members.

Artwork

The album cover is illustrated by artist

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and is a mechanized version of the ''

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'' by

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Track listing

All tracks written by

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 ...

, Mike Levine and

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 ...

, except where noted.

Side one

# "Spellbound" – 5:11 (lead vocals:

) # "Rock Out, Roll On" – 5:18 (lead vocals:

) # "Cool Down" – 4:51 (lead vocals: Rik Emmett) # "Follow Your Heart" – 3:27 (lead vocals: Gil Moore & Rik Emmett)

Side two

# "Time Goes By" – 6:02 (lead vocals: Rik Emmett) # "Midsummer's Daydream" (Rik Emmett) – 1:41 (instrumental) # "Time Canon" – 1:31 (lead vocals: Rik Emmett) # "Killing Time" – 4:14 (lead vocals: Rik Emmett & Gil Moore) # "Stranger in a Strange Land" – 5:15 (lead vocals: Rik Emmett) # "Little Boy Blues" – 3:43 (instrumental)

Singles

*"Follow Your Heart"/"Stranger in a Strange Land" - MCA 52540; released December 1984 (Canada); released February 1985 (US) *"Spellbound"/"Cool Down" - MCA-52520; released January 1985 (Canada and US) *"Killing Time"/"Rock Out Roll On" - MCA 52635; Promo; December 1985 (US and Canada)

Personnel

– vocals, guitars, bass guitar, music sequencer, Prophet 5 synthesizer, Roland Jupiter 8, Synclavier, Fairlight CMI Series III, Clavinet, bass pedals *

– drums, percussion, vocals * Michael Levine – bass guitar, keyboards, Prophet 5 synthesizer, Synclavier, organ, Clavinet, bass pedals with * Lou Pomanti – synthesizer, keyboards, programming, producer * Al Rogers – background vocals * Sandee Bathgate – background vocals * Dave Dickson – background vocals * Herb Moore – background vocals * Andy Holland – background vocals

Production

Eddie Kramer Edwin H. Kramer (born 19 April 1942) is a South African-born recording producer and engineer. He has collaborated with several artists now in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, including Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, L ...

– producer, mixer * Ed Stone – engineer * Hugh Cooper – mixing * Noel Golden – assistant engineer * Yoshiro Kuzumaki – mastering on original LP *

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 CD issues * Brett Zilahi – re-mastering on 2004 re-issue *

– art direction, illustration, design

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

Thunder Seven entry at The Official Triumph Homepage

Thunder Seven Analysis Discussion at The Official Triumph Homepage
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