Livin' for the Weekend: The Anthology is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by the Canadian hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 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...

. The most comprehensive Triumph anthology ever issued at the time of its 2005 release, this two-CD set draws material from most of the albums the band had issued, as well as adding a previously unreleased cover of "Love Hurts" and two tracks from their 1983 appearance at the US Festival

US Festival

The US Festivals were two early 1980s music and culture festivals sponsored by Steve Wozniak, formerly of Apple Computer. The first was held Labor Day weekend in September 1982 and the second was Memorial Day weekend in May 1983...

 that was its own release in 2003 called Live at the US Festival

Live at the US Festival

Live at the Us Festival is a live album and DVD by Canadian rock band Triumph, released in 2003. The massive Us Festival took place over three day's outdoors in San Bernardino, California from May 28–30, 1983. Triumph appeared on May 29, which was billed as "Heavy Metal Sunday" and included ...

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Tracks

1. "24 Hours a Day" – 4:25
2. "Street Fighter" – 6:30
3. "Blinding Light Snow"/"Moonchild" – 8:41
4. "Takes Time" – 3:47
5. "Medley: New York City Streets, Pt. 1/ Pt. 2" – 7:51
6. "Rocky Mountain Way" – 4:06
7. "Lay it on the Line" – 4:04
8. "Hold On" – 6:03
9. "I Live for the Weekend" – 5:17
10. "I Can Survive" – 3:59
11. "Fool for Your Love" – 4:29
12. "Allied Forces" – 5:05
13. "Fight the Good Fight" – 6:30
14. "Magic Power" – 4:54
15. "Too Much Thinking" – 5:38
16. "When the Lights Go Down" – 5:05
17. "Follow Your Heart
    Follow Your Heart (song)
    "Follow Your Heart" is a hard rock song and the fourth track from Triumph's 1984 album Thunder Seven. It reached number 35 on the Canada pop chart; number 88 in the U.S....
    
    " – 3:34
18. "Spellbound [live]" – 3:57
19. "Mind Games" – 4:47
20. "Tears in the Rain" – 3:54
21. "Somebody's Out There" – 4:05
22. "Just One Night" – 3:40
23. "Never Say Never" – 3:37
24. "Headed for Nowhere" – 6:07
25. "Carry on the Flame" – 5:15
26. "Long Time Gone" – 5:14
27. "Never Surrender [live]" – 6:38
28. "Love Hurts
    Love Hurts
    "Love Hurts" is the name of a song, written and composed by Boudleaux Bryant. First recorded by The Everly Brothers in July 1960, the song is also well known from a 1975 international hit version by the rock band Nazareth and in the UK by a top 5 hit in 1975 by Jim Capaldi.The song was introduced...
    
    " (The Everly Brothers
    The Everly Brothers
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     cover) – 4:38

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...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
• Gil Moore
  Gil Moore
  Gil Moore is most famous for being the drummer and vocalist of the Canadian power trio, Triumph...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , vocals
• Michael Levine – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , keyboards
  Electronic keyboard
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  , synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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