Livin' for the Weekend (Triumph album)

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Livin' for the Weekend: The Anthology
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ReleasedMay 10, 2005
Recorded2004-05
Genre Rock
Length147:50
Label Castle
Producer Emmett, Levine, Moore
Triumph chronology
A Night of Triumph
(2004)
Livin' for the Weekend: The Anthology
(2005)
Extended Versions: Triumph
(2006)
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Livin' for the Weekend: The Anthology is a compilation album by the Canadian hard rock band Triumph. 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 live tracks: "Spellbound" from their 1985 release Stages and "Never Surrender" from their 1983 appearance at the US Festival that was released in 2003 on Live at the US Festival .

Contents

Tracks

Disc one

  1. "24 Hours a Day" 4:25
  2. "Street Fighter" 6:30
  3. "Blinding Light Show"/"Moonchild" 8:41
  4. "Takes Time" 3:47
  5. "Medley: New York City Streets, Pt. 1/ Pt. 2" 7:51
  6. "Rocky Mountain Way" (Barnstorm cover) 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

Disc two

  1. "Magic Power" 4:54
  2. "Too Much Thinking" 5:38
  3. "When the Lights Go Down" 5:05
  4. "Follow Your Heart" 3:34
  5. "Spellbound [live]" 3:57
  6. "Mind Games" 4:47
  7. "Tears in the Rain" 3:54
  8. "Somebody's Out There" 4:05
  9. "Just One Night" 3:40
  10. "Never Say Never" 3:37
  11. "Headed for Nowhere" 6:07
  12. "Carry on the Flame" 5:15
  13. "Long Time Gone" 5:14
  14. "Never Surrender [live]" 6:38
  15. "Love Hurts" (The Everly Brothers cover) 4:38

Personnel

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