Allied Forces (album)

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Allied Forces
Studio album by Triumph
Released	September 19th, 1981
Recorded	April - August, 1981
Genre	Hard rock
Length	38:50
Label	RCA, TML
Producer	Triumph
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Read
Triumph chronology
Progressions of Power (1980) Allied Forces (1981) Never Surrender (1983)

Allied Forces is the fifth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). The album 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 Mainstream Rock chart of 1981. A remastered CD was first released in 1985 on MCA then again in 1995 on the band's TRC label then for a third time in 2004 on the band's label TML Entertainment (formerly TRC Records).

[edit] Track listing

1. "Fool for Your Love" (Moore, Levine, Emmett) – 4:34
2. "Magic Power" (Emmett, Levine, Moore) – 4:54
3. "Air Raid" (Levine) – 1:18
4. "Allied Forces" (Moore, Levine, Emmett) – 5:05
5. "Hot Time (In This City Tonight)" (Emmett, Levine, Moore) – 3:23
6. "Fight the Good Fight" (Emmett, Levine, Moore) – 6:16
7. "Ordinary Man" (Emmett, Levine, Moore) – 7:17
8. "Petite Etude" (Emmett) – 1:15
9. "Say Goodbye" (Emmett, Levine, Moore) – 4:34

[edit] Personnel

• Rik Emmett – guitars, vocals
• Gil Moore – drums, vocals
• Michael Levine – bass, organ, synthesizer, piano
• Elaine Overholt – background vocals

[edit] 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 – mastering on original RCA LP and on the 1985 and 1995 remastered versions
• Brett Zilahi – remastering on 2004 re-issue

[edit] External links

• Allied Forces entry at The Official Triumph Homepage