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 studio 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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Length
1.	"Takes Time"	Rik Emmett, Mike Levine, Gil Moore	Moore	3:48
2.	"Bring It On Home"	Emmett, Levine	Emmett	4:35
3.	"Little Texas Shaker"	Emmett, Levine, Moore	Moore	3:24
4.	"New York City Streets, Pt. 1"	Moore	Moore	3:09
5.	"New York City Streets, Pt. 2"	Moore	Emmett	4:40

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Length
6.	"The City: War March / El Duende Agonizante / Minstrel's Lament"	Emmett	instrumental / instrumental / Emmett	9:20
7.	"Rocky Mountain Way"	Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale, Kenny Passarelli, Rocke Grace	Moore	4:04
8.	"Rock & Roll Machine"	Moore	Moore	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

Region	Date	Label
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, 2005	Magada
Japan	March 7, 2008	Airmail

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Pop Albums	185

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1977	"Rock & Roll Machine"/"Bringing it on Home"	Pop Singles	36
1977	"Rocky Mountain Way"/"Little Texas Shaker"	Pop Singles	41
1978	"Takes Time"	Pop Singles	82

External links

• Rock & Roll Machine entry at The Official Triumph Homepage