Rock and Roll Machine

Infobox Album | Name = Rock and Roll Machine
Type = Album
Artist = Triumph


Released = November 3, 1977
Recorded = August–September 1977
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 39:12
Label = Attic, RCA, TML
Producer = Mike Levine, Doug Hill
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2n8n1vf1zzma link]
Last album = "Triumph"
(1976)
This album = "Rock and Roll Machine"
(1977)
Next album = "Rock and Roll Machine_International"
(1978)

"Rock and 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. 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 & Roll Machine" or "Rock 'N' Roll Machine".__NOTOC__

Track listing

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.

ide One

# "Takes Time" (Emmett, Moore, Levine) – 3:48
# "Bringing It On Home" (Emmett, Levine) – 4:38
# "Little Texas Shaker" - (Moore, Levine, Emmett) – 3:29
# "New York City Streets (Part 1)" (Moore) – 3:13
# "New York City Streets (Part 2)" (Moore) – 4:42

ide Two

# "The City": (Emmett) – 9:38
#* Part 1: "War March" (instrumental)
#* Part 2: "El Duende Agonizante" (instrumental)
#* Part 3: "Minstrel's Lament"
# "Rocky Mountain Way" (Walsh, Vitale, Passarelli, Grace) – 4:07
# "Rock and Roll Machine" (Moore) – 6:58

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

External links

* [http://triumphmusic.com/music/discography/major_albums/rock_and_roll_machine.aspx Rock And Roll Machine entry at The Official Triumph Homepage]