Triumph (The Jacksons album)

Triumph
Studio album by
the Jacksons
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1980 (1980-09-26)
Recorded1980[1]
Studio
Length
  • 44:39
  • 100:56 (expanded edition)
Label
ProducerThe Jacksons
The Jacksons chronology
Boogie
(1979) 		Triumph
(1980) 		The Jacksons Live!
(1981)
Singles from Triumph
  1. "Lovely One"
    Released: September 1980
  2. "Heartbreak Hotel"
    Released: November 1980
  3. "Can You Feel It"
    Released: February 1981
  4. "Walk Right Now"
    Released: June 1981
  5. "Time Waits for No One"
    Released: September 1981 (UK)[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
American Songwriter[4]
Billboard(unrated)[5]
PopMatters[6]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Uncut[8]
The Village VoiceA−[9]

Triumph is the fourteenth studio album by the Jacksons, released on September 26, 1980, by Epic Records.[10]

The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States and peaked at No. 10 on the US Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. In the UK the album entered the charts on October 11, where it eventually peaked at No. 13.[11] Triumph sold three million copies worldwide in its original run. Hit singles from the album were "Lovely One", "Heartbreak Hotel" (which was later renamed "This Place Hotel" to avoid confusion with the Elvis Presley song "Heartbreak Hotel"), and "Can You Feel It".

The Jacksons shared lead vocals and solo spots on some songs on the album, but Michael Jackson, who had recently released his multi-platinum selling album Off the Wall (1979), handles most of the lead vocals and writing duties. Triumph was the Jacksons' first album to reach number-one on the US Billboard R&B Albums chart since Maybe Tomorrow in 1971. The album sold over three million copies worldwide,[12] and the Jacksons did not release another studio LP until Victory in 1984. On December 10, 1980, Triumph achieved its Platinum certification in the United States for the sales of over one million copies in the country.[13] It was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1981.

  1. ^ Chris Williams (June 23, 2016). "Engineer Tom Perry on the making of the Jacksons' 1980 album Triumph". Wax Poetics. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  2. ^ "Jacksons singles".
  3. ^ The Jacksons - Triumph (1980) album review by Andy Kellman, credits & releases at AllMusic
  4. ^ G. Gaar, Gillian (October 27, 2008). "THE JACKSONS > Destiny & Triumph". americansongwriter.com. American Songwriter.
  5. ^ "Review: the Jacksons – Triumph" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 40. October 4, 1980. p. 108. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 30, 2020 – via American Radio History.
  6. ^ John Wikane, Christian (January 29, 2009). "The Jacksons: Destiny / Triumph". popmatters.com. Popmatters.
  7. ^ (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide
  8. ^ Stubbs, David (October 1997). "Freak beats". Uncut. No. 5. p. 92.
  9. ^ Christgau, Robert. "The Jacksons - Triumph (1980)". robertchristgau.com. Village Voice.
  10. ^ Roberts, Chris (2018). The Complete Michael Jackson. Carlton Books. ISBN 978-90-447-5507-7.
  11. ^ "The Jackons official charts". Official Charts.
  12. ^ Holanda, Helládio (February 8, 2019). The Jacksons. Clube de Autores.
  13. ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2012.