Allied Forces is the fifth studio album by Canadian

Canada

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 hard rock

Hard rock

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 band Triumph

Triumph (band)

Triumph is a Canadian hard rock power trio that was popular in the late 1970s through the 1980s. Eight of the band's albums were certified gold or higher, and Triumph was nominated for multiple Juno Awards, including Group of the Year Award in 1979, 1985, 1986 and 1987.Like their fellow Canadians...

, released in 1981

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. 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

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 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).

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
   Allied Forces (song)
   "Allied Forces" is the first single and title track from the internationally successful Allied Forces album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, first released in September 1981, and later released on the album the following month....
   
   " (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" instrumental (Emmett) – 1:15
9. "Say Goodbye" (Emmett, Levine, Moore) – 4:34

Personnel

• Rik Emmett
  Rik Emmett
  Richard Gordon Emmett is a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of the Canadian rock band Triumph. Emmett left Triumph in 1988 to pursue a solo career. His first solo album, Absolutely, was released in 1990 and became a moderate hit across North America thanks to the hits "When a Heart...
  
   – six string guitar, twelve string guitar, bottleneck slide guitar
  Slide guitar
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  , lap steel guitar
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  , lead and background vocals
• Gil Moore
  Gil Moore
  Gil Moore is most famous for being the drummer and vocalist of the Canadian power trio, Triumph...
  
   – drums, percussion, lead and background vocals
• Michael Levine – bass, organ, synthesizer, piano
• 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
  Bob Ludwig
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  – mastering on original RCA LP and on the 1985 and 1995 remastered versions
• Brett Zilahi – remastering on 2004 re-issue

External links

• Allied Forces entry at The Official Triumph Homepage