Just A Game
by Triumph

Just A Game by Triumph
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 22,014th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 25 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (258th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (2,638th)
Award Best albums of all time (22,014th)

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Triumph bestography

Just A Game is ranked 4th best out of 17 albums by Triumph on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Triumph is Thunder Seven which is ranked number 10101 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 120.

Triumph album bestography « Higher ranked (20,789th)
Surveillance
This album (22,014th)
Just A Game
Lower ranked (29,004th) »
Never Surrender

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Just A Game rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 22,014th | 1970s rank: 2,638th | 1979 rank: 258th

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Just A Game ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 25 votes)
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5 days ago Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  12,85870/100
 
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02/14/2025 00:41 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,94875/100
 
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05/22/2024 04:12 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,16133/100
 
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05/13/2024 23:50 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,49674/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.

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85/100
From 02/02/2021 04:24 | #265564
The Canadian 3-piece bring a whole lot of musical chops to the stage with this release. Fantastic musicianship on both sides of the LP, with diverse offerings of arena-style rock and roll music (Think Boston, Journey, etc.). I particularly like side 2, which rises and falls to a seamless conclusion. Some tracks on side one feel a bit overstuffed (sorry to say).

Fans of Journey, Chilliwack, April Wine, etc. will appreciate the tunes.
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85/100
From 12/16/2016 21:30 | #180338
The first album with the great Triumph Formula. Lay it on the Line is radio friendly massive power chords, Just a Game is Rik's more introspective side, Hold On is the big power ballad, and Fantasy Serenede is Rik's wonderful acoustic interlude.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 05/13/2012 06:59 | #42135
Just A Game proved to be the successful 'format' of future Triumph albums. There are some great tracks such as Lay It On The Line, Hold On and Movin' On, but the lyrics for American Girls is just plain awful.
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