Allied Forces (album)

Allied Forces is the fifth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1981. The album reached #23 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart assisted by the singles "Magic Power" and "Fight the Good Fight," which hit #8 and #18, respectively, on the Mainstream Rock chart of 1981.[2][3] The title song was the first single from the album which was released a month before the album came out.[4] [5] A remastered CD was first released in 1985 on MCA, then again in 1995 on the band's TRC label, and for a third time in 2004 on the band's label TML Entertainment (formerly TRC Records). It is considered their signature record.

Allied Forces
Studio album by Triumph
Released	September 19, 1981
Recorded	April - August, 1981
Studio	Metalworks Studios Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	38:50
Label	RCA, TML, Attic
Producer	Triumph
Triumph chronology
Progressions of Power (1980) Allied Forces (1981) Never Surrender (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Length
1.	"Fool for Your Love"	Moore, Levine, Emmett	Moore	4:34
2.	"Magic Power"	Emmett, Levine, Moore	Emmett	4:54
3.	"Air Raid"	Levine	(instrumental)	1:18
4.	"Allied Forces"	Moore, Levine, Emmett	Moore	5:05
5.	"Hot Time (In This City Tonight)"	Emmett, Levine, Moore	Emmett	3:23
6.	"Fight the Good Fight"	Emmett, Levine, Moore	Emmett	6:16
7.	"Ordinary Man"	Emmett, Levine, Moore	Moore, Emmett	7:17
8.	"Petite Etude"	Emmett	(instrumental)	1:15
9.	"Say Goodbye"	Emmett, Levine, Moore	Emmett	4:34
Total length:				38:50

Personnel

• Rik Emmett – six string guitar, twelve string guitar, bottleneck slide guitar, lap steel guitar, lead and background vocals
• Gil Moore – drums, percussion, lead and background vocals
• Mike Levine – bass, organ, synthesizer, piano
• Elaine Overholt – background vocals

Production

• Dave Dickson – assistant engineer
• Mike Jones – engineer
• Joe Owens – direction
• Nick Sangiamo – photography
• Ed Stone – engineer
• Mark Woods – assistant engineer
• Brian Zick – artwork, illustrations
• Bob Ludwig – mastering on original RCA LP and on the 1985 and 1995 remastered versions
• Brett Zilahi – remastering on 2004 re-issue

Charting history

Album Chart (1981-1982) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 93 Canada Albums 13 Sweden Albums Chart 44 UK Albums Chart 64 U.S. Billboard 200 23

Year End Chart (1981) Peak position Canada Albums 13 Year End Chart (1982) Peak position U.S. Billboard 200 54

Charting Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1981	"Fight The Good Fight"	Mainstream Rock Chart	18
	"Magic Power"	Billboard Hot 100	51
		Mainstream Rock Chart	8
1982	"Say Goodbye"	Mainstream Rock Chart	50

External links

• Allied Forces entry at The Official Triumph Homepage

References

1. "Allied Forces review". Allmusic. Allmusic. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
2. "Billboard Magazine" (PDF). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
3. "Billboard Magazine" (PDF).
4. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Triumph/Allied Forces". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
5. "Allied Forces". last.fm. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 313. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.