Just a Game

Just a Game
Studio album by Triumph
Released	March 30, 1979
Recorded	Fall and winter 1978 at Sounds Interchange Studios, Toronto and Metalworks Studios, Mississauga, ON
Genre	Hard rock
Length	36:22
Label	Attic, RCA, TML
Producer	Mike Levine
Triumph chronology
Rock & Roll Machine (1977) Just a Game (1979) Progressions of Power (1980)

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Just a Game is the third studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1979. The album contains their first big hit, "Lay it on the Line" and the near Top 40 hit "Hold On".

Artwork

The vinyl LP version of the album featured a sleeve that folded open to reveal a board game (though later pressings just contained a regular vinyl sleeve without this.) According to a Rockline interview, the board game was Rik's idea, but Mike was the one who actually designed it and decided to make it impossible to win.

The front cover of the album revealed a futuristic world where every symbol depicts a song featured on the album.

Track listing

Cassette release

1. "Moving On" (Moore) – 4:07
2. "Young Enough to Cry" (Moore) – 6:03
3. "American Girls" (Moore) – 5:01
4. "Lay It On The Line" (Emmett) – 4:02
5. "Suitcase Blues" (Emmett) – 3:01
6. "Just a Game" (Emmett) – 6:13
7. "Fantasy Serenade" (Emmett) – 1:39
8. "Hold On" (Emmett) – 6:04

CD release

1. "Moving On" (Moore) – 4:07
2. "Lay It On The Line" (Emmett) – 4:02
3. "Young Enough to Cry" (Moore) – 6:03
4. "American Girls" (Moore) – 5:01
5. "Suitcase Blues" (Emmett) – 3:01
6. "Just a Game" (Emmett) – 6:13
7. "Fantasy Serenade" (Emmett) – 1:39
8. "Hold On" (Emmett) – 6:04

Vinyl release

Side 1

1. "Moving On" (Moore) – 4:07
2. "Lay It On The Line" (Emmett) – 4:02
3. "Young Enough to Cry" (Moore) – 6:03
4. "American Girls" (Moore) – 5:01

Side 2

1. "Just a Game" (Emmett) – 6:13
2. "Fantasy Serenade" (Emmett) – 1:39
3. "Hold On" (Emmett) – 6:04
4. "Suitcase Blues" (Emmett) – 3:01

Personnel

• Rik Emmett – guitars, vocals, Prophet 5
• 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
• Doug Neil – assistant
• George Semkiw – remixing
• Hugh Cooper – assistant
• John Golden – digital mastering
• Brett Zilahi – digital re mastering
• Rene Zamic – cover illustration
• Gary Kremnitz – photography
• Lynne Waggett – photography
• Jim Murray – photography
• Alan Henry – crew
• Dave Dickson – crew
• Peter Woods – crew

External links

• Just A Game entry at The Official Triumph Homepage