Rock & Roll Machine

Rock & Roll Machine
Cover of the original Canadian edition
Studio album by Triumph
Released	November 3, 1977
Recorded	August–September 1977
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	39:12
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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Rock & Roll Machine was the second album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1977. The album was released on RCA Records in the US in 1978 and again on MCA Records (MCA-1455) in 1985. The album resulted in the band's first hit single, a cover version of Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way". Depending on the country of issue, the album may also be named Rock and Roll Machine or Rock 'N' Roll Machine. The MCA issue is noteworthy in that the album was re-mastered by Bob Ludwig at his Masterdisk location as opposed to the original RCA which was mastered by Jack Adelman at RCA.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Takes Time" – 3:48
2. "Bringing It on Home" – 4:35
3. "Little Texas Shaker" – 3:24
4. "New York City Streets, Pt. 1" – 3:09
5. "New York City Streets, Pt. 2" – 4:40

Side two

1. "The City: War March/El Duende Agonizante/Minstrel's Lament" [Medley] – 9:20
2. "Rocky Mountain Way" – 4:04
3. "Rock & Roll Machine" – 6:53

The album was originally released only in Canada, but when the band signed an international deal with RCA Records in 1977, the international edition of the album was re-sequenced to include some of the tracks from their self-titled Triumph (1976) album. 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 tracking from the 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

• Rik Emmett – guitars, vocals
• Gil Moore – drums, vocals
• Michael Levine – bass, keyboards
• Laurie Delgrande – keyboards
• Mike Danna – keyboards
• Beau David – background vocals
• Elaine Overholt – background vocals
• Gord Waszek – background vocals
• Colina Phillips – background vocals
• Rosie Levine – background vocals

Production

• Michael Levine – producer
• Mike Jones – engineer
• George Semkiw – remixing
• Doug Neil – assistant
• Hugh Cooper – assistant
• John Golden – digital mastering
• Brett Zilahi – digital remastering
• Rene Zamic – cover illustration
• Gary Kremnitz – photography
• Lynne Waggett – photography
• Jim Murray – photography
• Alan Henry – crew
• Dave Dickson – crew
• Peter Woods – crew

Release history

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

Singles

External links

• Rock & Roll Machine entry at The Official Triumph Homepage