Just a Game is the third studio album by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band Triumph

Triumph (band)

Triumph is a Canadian hard rock power trio that was popular in the late 1970s through the 1980s. Eight of the band's albums were certified gold or higher, and Triumph was nominated for multiple Juno Awards, including Group of the Year Award in 1979, 1985, 1986 and 1987.Like their fellow Canadians...

, 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

Rockline

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 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.

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

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

Personnel

• Rik Emmett
  Rik Emmett
  Richard Gordon Emmett is a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of the Canadian rock band Triumph. Emmett left Triumph in 1988 to pursue a solo career. His first solo album, Absolutely, was released in 1990 and became a moderate hit across North America thanks to the hits "When a Heart...
  
   – guitars, vocals
• Gil Moore
  Gil Moore
  Gil Moore is most famous for being the drummer and vocalist of the Canadian power trio, Triumph...
  
   – 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
  Alan Henry
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  – crew
• Dave Dickson – crew
• Peter Woods – crew

External links

• Just A Game entry at The Official Triumph Homepage