Rock & Roll Machine

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Rock & Roll Machine
Triumph RockandRoll Machine.jpg
Cover of the original Canadian edition
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 3, 1977
RecordedAugust–September 1977
StudioPhase One Studios, Toronto, Canada
Genre
Length39:12
Label Attic, RCA, TML
Producer Mike Levine, Doug Hill
Triumph chronology
Triumph
(1976)
Rock & Roll Machine
(1977)
Just a Game
(1979)
International edition
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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Rock & Roll Machine (also Rock 'N' Roll Machine) is the second studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph. It was first released in 1977 by Attic Records. The album contained in the band's first hit, a version of Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way".

Contents

A different "international" version of the album was released on RCA Records in the United States and other countries in 1978. This edition replaces some tracks from the original Canadian version with tracks from the self-titled debut Triumph (1976) album, along with new artwork.

The album was released for a second time in Canada, with a different cover than the original one or the international one, using the re-sequenced tracks from the international version. The international version was re-issued in the US on MCA Records in 1985.

The song The City: War March / El Duende Agonizante / Minstrel's Lament includes a rearrangement of Mars, the Bringer of War from Gustav Holst's The Planets.

Track listing (Attic Records, Canada)

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalsLength
1."Takes Time" Rik Emmett, Mike Levine, Gil Moore Moore3:48
2."Bringing It on Home"Emmett, LevineEmmett4:35
3."Little Texas Shaker"Emmett, Levine, MooreMoore3:24
4."New York City Streets, Pt. 1"MooreMoore3:09
5."New York City Streets, Pt. 2"MooreEmmett4:40
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalsLength
6."The City: War March / El Duende Agonizante / Minstrel's Lament"Emmettinstrumental / instrumental / Emmett9:20
7."Rocky Mountain Way" Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale, Kenny Passarelli, Rocke GraceMoore4:04
8."Rock & Roll Machine"MooreMoore6:53

Track listing (International version)

The RCA and MCA re-sequenced track listing is as follows:

Side one
  1. "Takes Time" (Emmett, Moore, Levine) 3:48
  2. "Bringing It On Home" (Emmett, Levine) 4:35
  3. "Rocky Mountain Way" (Walsh, Vitale, Passarelli, Grace) 4:04
  4. "Street Fighter" (Emmett, Moore) 3:30
  5. "Street Fighter (Reprise)" (Emmett, Moore) 3:02
Side two
  1. "24 Hours a Day" (Emmett) 4:17
  2. "Blinding Light Show/Moonchild" (Emmett, Brockway, Young) 8:43
  3. "Rock and Roll Machine" (Moore) 6:53

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1977-1978)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [2] 19
US Billboard 200 [3] 182

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [4] 2× Platinum200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateLabel
Canada November 3, 1977 Attic
Canada April 2, 1977 RCA
United States June 24, 1978 RCA
United States October 3, 1995 TCD
United States April 12, 2005 TRC
United States May 16, 2005 Castle
Canada September 2, 2005Magada
Japan March 7, 2008 Airmail

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