Rock & Roll Machine (also Rock 'N' Roll Machine) is the second studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph. It was first released in 1977 by Attic Records. The album contained the band's first hit, a version of Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way".
A different "international" version of the album was released on RCA Records in the United States and other countries in 1978. This edition replaces some tracks from the original Canadian version with tracks from the self-titled debut Triumph (1976) album, along with new artwork.
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 tracks from the international version. The international version was re-issued in the US on MCA Records in 1985.
The song The City: War March / El Duende Agonizante / Minstrel's Lament includes a rearrangement of Mars, the Bringer of War from Gustav Holst's The Planets.
Contents
Track listing (Attic Records, Canada)
Side one
Side two
Track listing (International version)
The RCA and MCA re-sequenced track listing is as follows:
Side one
"Takes Time" (Emmett, Moore, Levine) – 3:48
"Bringing It On Home" (Emmett, Levine) – 4:35
"Rocky Mountain Way" (Walsh, Vitale, Passarelli, Grace) – 4:04
"Street Fighter" (Emmett, Moore) – 3:30
"Street Fighter (Reprise)" (Emmett, Moore) – 3:02
Side two
"24 Hours a Day" (Emmett) – 4:17
"Blinding Light Show/Moonchild" (Emmett, Brockway, Young) – 8:43
"Rock and Roll Machine" (Moore) – 6:53
Personnel
Rik Emmett – guitars, vocals
Gil Moore – drums, percussion, vocals
Mike 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