Never Surrender (Triumph album)

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Never Surrender
Studio album by Triumph
Released	1983
Recorded	1982
Genre	Hard rock
Length	40:31
Label	RCA, TML
Producer	Triumph, David Thoener
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Triumph chronology
Allied Forces (1981) Never Surrender (1983) Thunder Seven (1984)

Never Surrender is the sixth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, 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 was first released in 1985 on MCA Records (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.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Rik Emmett / Michael Levine / Gil Moore except where otherwise noted.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Personnel

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

[edit] 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 – remastering on 1985 and 1995 issues
• Dean Motter – art direction, design