Triumph ended an amazing 11-year, nine-album run with 1987’s Surveillance: the trio’s final album of the '80s and their last before founding member Rik Emmett quit the band. “Never Say Never,” “Carry On the Flame,” and the prophetic “Headed for Nowhere” are immediately tougher, angrier, and more solid than anything on their previous album. The down and dirty “Rock You Down,” sung by drummer Gil Moore, is a throwback to Triumph's early years, when the roles in the band were more balanced. Yet by this point Emmett’s star was undeniably ascendant. He'd become a soaring vocalist almost on par with Steve Perry, but even Triumph’s biggest pop ballads had an edge that kept them connected to heavy metal culture in a way that Journey could never be. Propelled by an arsenal of sterling hooks and alighted by Emmett’s urgent vocals, “On and On,” “Long Time Gone,” and “Let the Light (Shine on Me)” are the final three epics of the band’s glory days.