A WORLD OF FANTASY

TRIUMPH

SONGWRITERS: G. MOORE; M. LEVINE; R. EMMETT & TAM PATRICK

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: NEVER SURRENDER

LABEL: ATTIC RECORDS

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 1983

 

         Triumph was a Canadian hard rock band formed in 1975 that was popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s, building on its reputation and success as a live band. Between the band's 16 albums and DVDs, it has received 18 gold and nine platinum awards in Canada and the United States. It was nominated for multiple Juno Awards, including the 'Group of the Year Award' in 1979, 1985, 1986, and 1987. It was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2007, into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2008, and into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2019.

         Triumph is most known for its guitar-driven rock songs and alternative Canadian rock trio vibe with such songs as "Lay It on the Line", "Magic Power", "Fight the Good Fight", "World of Fantasy" and strong cover songs like "Rocky Mountain Way". The band was formed in Toronto, and for much of its existence featured Rik Emmett(guitar, vocals), Mike Levine(bass, keyboards), and Gil Moore(drums, vocals) from 1975 onward. This lineup, which recorded the band's first nine studio albums, lasted until 1988, when Emmett left Triumph to pursue a solo career. He was replaced by Phil "X" Xenedis, and Triumph recorded their last album to date, Edge of Excess, with him before going on indefinite hiatus in 1993. The classic line-up of Moore, Levine and Emmett reunited for two live concerts in 2008, at Sweden Rock Festival and Rocklahoma, and again in 2019 for a three-song performance in Toronto.

      Never Surrender is the sixth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1982. The album reached #26 on the Billboard Albums chart assisted by the singles "All the Way", "A World of Fantasy" and "Never Surrender" which hit #2, #3 and #23, respectively, on the Billboard's Mainstream Top Rock Tracks chart in 1983. "All the Way" (the third of the three tracks to chart) was Triumph's highest charting song on the Top Rock Tracks chart, but did not sustain that level of popularity with Triumph fans as the song is not included on their 1985 live álbum Stages, the later Classics (a Greatest Hits album) or 2005's Livin' for the Weekend: The Anthology album.

           In Canada, the album peaked at Nº. 29 on the RPM album chart (compared to Nº. 13 for their previous album, Allied Forces) and none of the singles managed to reach the Top 100 of the RPM Singles chart, although they received some airplay at album-oriented rock stations.

          A remastered CD was first released in 1985 on MCA Records (then again in 1995 on the band's own TRC label). A new remaster was released in November 2004 on the band's own label TML Entertainment.

I was out on my own in a great big world

Thought I'd seen it all

Then along comes a woman - a fantasy

And I took the fall

 

I was chasing a dream, I was fancy free

I was so naïve

You were all wrapped up in a mystery

You looked good to me

 

And I needed love I wanted it desperately

But oh, real love, you never came to me

 

[CHORUS:]

I was lost in your world of fantasy

I was caught in your game of make-believe

I was lost in your world of fantasy

 

Lost in your world of fantasy

Look what you've done to me

 

You were drawin' me in to a spider's web

With your hungry eyes

I was under your power I was in your spell

I was hypnotized

 

And oh sweet love: you wore such a strange disguise

So neat love: the way I fell for your lies

 

[CHORUS]

 

All the times you lied

And all the times I cried

I'm never gonna be the same again

 

Lost in your world of fantasy

Look what you've done to me.

FOLLOW YOUR HEART

SCORPIONS

SONGWRITERS: KLAUS MEINE

COUNTRY: GERMANY

ÁLBUM: BORN TO TOUCH YOUR FEELINGS

LABEL: SONY MUSIC

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 2017

 

           Scorpions are a German rock band formed in 1965 in Hanover by Rudolf Schenker. Since the band's inception, its musical style has ranged from hard rock, heavy metal, and glam metal. The lineup from 1978 to 1992 was the most successful incarnation of the group, and included Klaus Meine(vocals), Rudolf Schenker(rhythm guitar), Matthias Jabs(lead guitar), Francis Buchholz (bass), and Herman Rarebell (drums). The band's only continuous member has been Schenker, although Meine has appeared on all of Scorpions' studio albums, while Jabs has been a consistent member since 1978, and bassist Paweł Mąciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee have been in the band since 2003 and 2016 respectively.

             During the mid-1970s, with guitarist Uli Jon Roth part of the line-up, the music of the Scorpions was defined as hard rock. After the departure of Roth in 1978 and short-lived reunion with Schenker's brother Michael, Matthias Jabs joined and, following the guidance of producer Dieter Dierks, the Scorpions changed their sound towards hard rock/heavy metal, mixed with rock power ballads. Throughout the 1980s the group received positive reviews and critical acclaim from music critics, and experienced commercial success with the albums Animal Magnetism(1980), Blackout(1982), Love at First Sting(1984), the live recording World Wide Live(1985), Savage Amusement(1988) and Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads(1989), which is their best-selling compilation album.

      Scorpions' eleventh studio álbum Crazy World(1990) was also well-received, and included the song "Wind of Change", a symbolic anthem of the political changes in Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is one of the best-selling singles in the world with over fourteen million copies sold. Scorpions have sold over 110 million records in total. They have released 18 studio albums, 27 compilation albums and 74 singles. Six of their singles have reached number one on the charts in different countries. Their albums, singles, compilations and video releases have reached gold, platinum and multi-platinum status 200 times in different countries

        Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads is a compilation album by German rock band Scorpions. It includes the most popular Scorpions ballads, with a brand new acoustic studio version of the song "Send Me an Angel", a new full band studio version of the song "Follow Your Heart" and two brand new songs "Melrose Avenue" and "Always Be with You" that were written specifically for this compilation.

Have you ever climbed the mountain?

Have you ever crossed the sea?

Take a look around the corner

And listen to your heartbeat

 

Have you ever touched the rainbow?

Take a ride on a ferris wheel

It takes one step to start a journey

It's up to you to make it real

 

This is the time for yourself to be free

You gotta follow your heart

This is the time in your life and it's never too late

To see the light in the dark

You gotta follow your heart

 

Walking far away horizons

You will never walk alone

You'll be at home where your heart is

A million miles away from home

 

This is the time for yourself to be free

You gotta follow your heart

This is the time in your life and it's never too late

To see the light in the dark

You gotta follow your heart

 

Show me the way, who knows the way?

This is the only road to go

Life brings me down, life takes me up

And only, only Heaven knows

 

This is the time for yourself to be free

You gotta follow your heart

This is the time in your life and it's never too late

To see the light in the dark

You gotta follow your heart

You gotta follow your heart.

WHEN YOU’RE GONE

BRYAN ADAMS

SONGWRITERS: ELIOT KENNEDY & BRYAN ADAMS

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: ON A DAY LIKE TODAY

LABEL: A & M

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1998

 

         Bryan Guy Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian guitarist, singer, composer, record producer, photographer, and philanthropist. With several number-one singles and albums in various countries, Adams has sold over 100 million records worldwide. Adams was the most played artist on Canadian radio in the 2010 and he has had 25 top-15 singles in Canada, and a dozen or more in the US, UK and Australia.

          Adams joined his first band at age 15, and at age 20 his eponymous debut album was released. He rose to fame in North America with 1983 Top-10 album Cuts Like a Knife, featuring its title track and the ballad "Straight From the Heart", his first US Top-10 hit. His 1984 album, Reckless, made him a global star with tracks like "Run to You" and "Summer of '69", both Top-10 hits in the US and Canada, and the power ballad "Heaven", a US number 1 hit. His 1987 album Into the Fire went to number 2 in Canada and the Top 10 in several other countries.

           In 1991, Adams's released "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", which went to number 1 in at least 19 countries, including for 16 and 18 straight weeks in the UK, and Europe overall, both records. It is one of the best-selling singles of all time, having sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. The song was included on Adams' Waking Up the Neighbours(1991), a worldwide number 1 album that sold 16 million copies, including being certified diamond in Canada. Other international Top-10 hits off the album were the Canadian number 1 songs "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" and "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven". Beginning in 1993, Adams' hits were mostly ballads, including the worldwide number 1 or 2 hits: "Please Forgive Me"; "All for Love" (1993); and "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (1995), the latter two topping the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

         In 1996, Adams' 18 til I Die was a Top 5 album in many countries, but only reached number 31 in the US. He did duets with Barbra Streisand("I Finally Found Someone" (1996), his last US Top-10 hit) and Melanie C("When You're Gone" (1998), an international Top 5 hit). In the 1990s, Adams had six European Radio Airplay number 1 songs for 32 weeks, the fourth and third most, respectively; and three number 1 songs on the European Sales Chart for 29 weeks total, the most weeks of any artist. Since 1999, Adams released seven albums, three reaching number 1 in Canada, and most reaching the Top 10 in the UK, Germany and elsewhere.

         "When You're Gone" is a song by Canadian musician Bryan Adams, featuring English singer-songwriter Melanie Chisholm, known professionally as Melanie C. The song was released on November 30, 1998, by A&M Records as the second single from Adams' eighth studio album, On a Day Like Today(1998), and is Chisholm's debut single outside of the Spice Girls. Adams requested for Chisholm to be included after his original choice Sheryl Crow never responded.

          "When You're Gone" was written by Eliot Kennedy and Adams, the latter songwriter also produced the song with Bob Rock. It contains genres of pop rock and soft rock, and is performed as a duet between Adams and Chisholm. "When You're Gone" peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart and at number four on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. An accompanying music video was released by German film director Marcus Nispel, which depicts Adams and Chisholm inside a three-story nine room house.

I've been wandering around the house all night

Wondering what the hell to do

Yeah, I'm trying to concentrate

But all I can think of is you

 

Well the phone don't ring

'Cause my friends ain't home

I'm tired of being all alone

Got the TV on 'cause the radio's playing

Songs that remind me of you

 

CHORUS:

Baby when you're gone

I realise i'm in love

Days go on and on

And the nights just seem so long

Even food don't taste that good

Drink ain't doing what it should

Things just feel so wrong

Baby when you're gone

 

I keep driving up and down these streets

Trying to find somewhere to go

Yeah I'm looking for a familiar face

But there's no one I know

Oh, this is torture, this is pain

It feels like i'm gonna go insane

I hope you're coming back real soon,

'Cause I don't know what to do

 

CHORUS:

Baby when you're gone

I realise i'm in love

Days go on and on

And the nights just seem so long

Even food don't taste that good

Drink ain't doing what it should

Things just feel so wrong

Baby when you're gone

 

CHORUS:

Baby when you're gone

I realise i'm in love

Days go on and on

And the nights just seem so long

Even food don't taste that good

Drink ain't doing what it should

Things just feel so wrong

Baby when you're gone.

CARRY YOU HOME

JAMES BLUNT

SONGWRITERS: JAMES BLUNT & MAX MARTIN

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: ALL THE LOST SOULS

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK ROCK

YEAR: 2007

 

        James Hillier Blount(born 22 February 1974), better known as James Blunt, is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. A former reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards regiment of the British Army, he served under NATO during the 1999 Kosovo War. After leaving the military, he rose to fame in 2004 with the release of his debut álbum Back to Bedlam, achieving worldwide fame with the singles "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover".

        Blunt's first album has sold over 11 million copies worldwide, topping the UK Albums Chart and peaking at number two in the US. "You're Beautiful" was number one in the UK, the US and a dozen other countries. Back to Bedlam was the best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK, and is one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history. Blunt has since sold over 20 million records worldwide. He has received several awards, including two Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 2006—two MTV Video Music Awards, and two Ivor Novello Awards, as well as receiving five Grammy Award nominations and an Honorary Doctorate for Music in 2016 by the University of Bristol.

          "Carry You Home" is the third single from James Blunt's second studio album, All the Lost Souls. The single was released on 24 March 2008. The song peaked at Nº 20 on the UK Singles Chart. The song had already debuted at Nº 173 in September 2007, solely on download sales of the album All the Lost Souls. The single was Blunt's last release to be available on three different physical formats.

Trouble is her only friend

And he's back again

Makes her body older

Than it really is

She says it's high time she went away

No one's got much to say in this town

Trouble is the only way is down

Down, down

 

As strong as you were

Tender you go

I'm watching you breathing

For the last time

A song for your heart

But when it is quiet

I know what it means

And I'll carry you home

I'll carry you home

 

If she had wings she would fly away

And another day God will give her some

Trouble is the only way is down

Down, down

 

As strong as you were

Tender you go

I'm watching you breathing

For the last time

A song for your heart

But when it is quiet

I know what it means

And I'll carry you home

I'll carry you home

 

And they were all born pretty in New York City tonight

And someone's little girl was taken from the world tonight

Under the Stars and Stripes

 

As strong as you were

Tender you go

I'm watching you breathing

For the last time

A song for your heart

But when it is quiet

I know what it means

And I'll carry you home

I'll carry you home

 

As strong as you were

Tender you go

I'm watching you breathing

For the last time

A song for your heart

But when it is quiet

I know what it means

And I'll carry you home

I'll carry you home.