{"id":35804,"date":"2026-06-01T10:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/?p=35804"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:14:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:14:41","slug":"triumph-discography-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/triumph-discography-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Triumph Discography Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35804\" class=\"elementor elementor-35804\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2aa477a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"2aa477a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-90b8f87\" data-id=\"90b8f87\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ae67b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ae67b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A miracle happened late last year:\u00a0 Triumph announced a reunion tour!!\u00a0 First tour in over 30 years and almost 40 years since Rik Emmett (vocals\/guitar) was in the band, aside from a few one off appearances.<\/p><p>I saw the show in Michigan on May 30th and it was phenomenal (review <a href=\"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/i-thought-this-would-never-happen-triumph-april-wine-concert-review\/\">here<\/a>).<\/p><p>So, now that I have seen the band, I would like to rank their albums, like I have with so many bands\/solo artists I am a fan of.<\/p><p>Like the others, it&#8217;s difficult because I think every album is very good, but hey, I have to rank them someway.\u00a0<\/p><p>Depending on the time of day, I may change my mind.\u00a0 But here it goes:<\/p><ol><li>Thunder Seven<\/li><li>Allied Forces<\/li><li>Triumph (My copy is called In The Beginning.)<\/li><li>Edge Of Excess<\/li><li>Progressions Of Power<\/li><li>Rock &amp; Roll Machine<\/li><li>Never Surrender<\/li><li>The Sport Of Kings<\/li><li>Just A Game<\/li><li>Surveillance<\/li><li>Live At Sweden Rock Festival<\/li><li>Stages<\/li><li>Live At The US Festival<\/li><\/ol><p>Again, it&#8217;s tough because I like them all, but that is my ranking as of this typing.<\/p><p>Triumph rocks!!\u00a0 Please check out these albums and if they play somewhat near you, go see them.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A miracle happened late last year:\u00a0 Triumph announced a reunion tour!!\u00a0 First tour in over 30 years and almost 40 years since Rik Emmett (vocals\/guitar) was in the band, aside from a few one off appearances. I saw the show in Michigan on May 30th and it was phenomenal (review here). So, now that I have seen the band, I would like to rank their albums, like I have with so many bands\/solo artists I am a fan of. Like the others, it&#8217;s difficult because I think every album is very good, but hey, I have to rank them someway.\u00a0 Depending on the time of day, I may change my mind.\u00a0 But here it goes: Thunder Seven Allied Forces Triumph (My copy is called In The Beginning.) Edge Of Excess Progressions Of Power Rock &amp; Roll Machine Never Surrender The Sport Of Kings Just A Game Surveillance Live At Sweden Rock Festival Stages Live At The US Festival Again, it&#8217;s tough because I like them all, but that is my ranking as of this typing. Triumph rocks!!\u00a0 Please check out these albums and if they play somewhat near you, go see them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35804"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35808,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35804\/revisions\/35808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}