Thunder Seven

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Thunder Seven is a concept album by the Canadian Heavy Metal band Triumph, released in November 1984. It was the band's seventh studio album. The album examines the actions and abnormalities of man at the turn of the 21st century. The album was certified gold in the US by the RIAA, with sales of over 500,000 copies, on April 21, 2003, almost nineteen years after its initial release. "Follow Your Heart" was the band's highest charting single of the time, reaching #88 in both the UK and the US....

Thunder Seven is a concept album by the Canadian Heavy Metal band Triumph, released in November 1984. It was the band's seventh studio album. The album examines the actions and abnormalities of man at the turn of the 21st century. The album was certified gold in the US by the RIAA, with sales of over 500,000 copies, on April 21, 2003, almost nineteen years after its initial release. "Follow Your Heart" was the band's highest charting single of the time, reaching #88 in both the UK and the US. Though another single was released under the form of "Spellbound", the single didn't prove as successful, only charting in Canada, and barely scraping the top 100. Thunder Seven was the last Triumph album to not feature any outside writers; prior to this, no album featured non-band songwriters since Rock and Roll Machine (1977). Artwork The album cover was illustrated by artist Dean Motter and was a mechanized version of the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci. The cover is a visible element of the album's concept, in which the band examines the actions and abnormalities of man at the turn of the 21st century. Track listing Disc (on CD) (side one of the vinyl and cassette) "Spellbound" (Gil Moore, Mike Levine, Rik Emmett) – 5:11 "Rock Out, Roll On" (Rik Emmett, Mike Levine, Gil Moore) – 5:18 "Cool Down" (Rik Emmett, Mike Levine, Gil Moore) – 4:51 "Follow Your Heart (Gil Moore, Mike Levine, Rik Emmett) – 3:27 [edit] Disc (on CD) (side two of the vinyl and cassette) "Time Goes By" (Rik Emmett, Mike Levine, Gil Moore) – 6:02 "Midsummer's Daydream" (Rik Emmett) – 1:41 "Time Canon" (Rik Emmett, Mike Levine, Gil Moore) – 1:31 "Killing Time" (Rik Emmett, Gil Moore, Mike Levine) – 4:14 "Stranger in a Strange Land" (Rik Emmett, Mike Levine, Gil Moore) – 5:15 "Little Boy Blues" (Rik Emmett, Mike Levine, Gil Moore) – 3:43 [edit] Singles "Follow Your Heart"/"Stranger in a Strange Land" - MCA 52540; released December 8, 1984 (US, Canada and UK) "Spellbound"/"Cool Down" - MCA-52520; released December 8, 1984 (Canada, UK and US) "Killing Time"/"Rock Out Roll On" - MCA 52635; Promo; December 15, 1984 (US and Canada) Charts Album Year Chart Position December 8, 1984 Canada 37 December 8, 1984 The Billboard 200 35 Singles Year Single Chart Position 1984 "Follow Your Heart" Pop Singles 88 1984 "Spellbound" Pop Singles 97 Personnel Rik Emmett – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, music sequencer, synthesizer, clavinet, bass pedals Gil Moore – drums, percussion, vocals Michael Levine – bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, organ, clavinet, bass pedals with Lou Pomanti – synthesizer, keyboards, programming, producer Al Rogers – background vocals Sandee Bathgate – background vocals Dave Dickson – background vocals Herb Moore – background vocals Andy Holland – background vocals Production Eddie Kramer – producer, mixer Ed Stone – engineer Hugh Cooper – mixing Noel Golden – assistant engineer Yoshiro Kuzumaki – mastering on original LP Bob Ludwig – mastering on CD issues Brett Zilahi – re-mastering on 2004 re-issue Dean Motter – art direction, illustration, design Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.