Never Surrender is the sixth studio album by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 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...

, released in 1983. The album reached #26 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart assisted by the singles "All the Way", "A World of Fantasy" and "Never Surrender" which hit #2, #3 and #23, respectively, on the Mainstream Rock chart of 1983. A remastered CD

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 was first released in 1985 on MCA Records

MCA Records

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 (then again in 1995 on the band's own TRC label). A new remaster was released in November 2004 on the band's own label TML Entertainment

TML Entertainment

TML Entertainment is a record label launched by Canadian rock band Triumph in 2003.It is managed by Triumph's members Gil Moore and Mike Levine.The label was previously known as TRC from 1995 until 2003...

.

Track listing

All songs by 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...

 / Michael Levine / Gil Moore

Gil Moore

Gil Moore is most famous for being the drummer and vocalist of the Canadian power trio, Triumph...

 except where otherwise noted.

Side One

1. "Too Much Thinking" – 5:39
2. "A World of Fantasy" (Emmett, Levine, Moore, Patrick) – 5:03
3. "A Minor Prelude" – :44
4. "All the Way" – 3:45
5. "Battle Cry" – 5:00

Side Two

1. "Overture (Procession)" – 1:52
2. "Never Surrender" – 6:41
3. "When the Lights Go Down" – 5:08
4. "Writing on the Wall" – 3:39
5. "Epilogue (Resolution)" – 2:42

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...
  
   – guitars, synthesizer, vocals; dobro in "When The Lights Go Down"
• Gil Moore
  Gil Moore
  Gil Moore is most famous for being the drummer and vocalist of the Canadian power trio, Triumph...
  
   – drums, percussions, vocals
• Michael Levine – bass, organ, synthesizer, piano

Production

• Triumph & David Thoener – producer
• Ed Stone – engineer
• Hugh Cooper – assistant engineer
• Joe Owens – director
• Joe Brescio – mastering
• Brett Zilahi – remastering on 2004 re-issue
• Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....
  
   – remastering on 1985 and 1995 issues
• Dean Motter
  Dean Motter
  Dean Motter is an illustrator, designer and writer who worked for many years in Toronto, Canada, New York City, and Atlanta. Motter is best known as the creator and designer of Mister X, one of the most influential "new-wave" comics of the 1980s....
  
  – art direction, design