TRILLION
Trillion was quickly signed by Epic Records after its formation and went to work on their first album. Their producer, Gary Lyons had just put together Foreigner’s first album, Foreigner. Trillion also had the good fortune to land some co-billings with major bands of the day, such as Styx, Heart and Aerosmith; and they had a striking cover as well, with what appears to be a three-headed snow leopard coming out of the top of a mountain. However, their 1978 debut album, Trillion sold only modestly.
Although Trillion’s debut album Trillion earned a four-star rating (out of five) from Allmusic, they didn’t deign to even review the second album from 1980, Clear Approach. Interest in the band has remained strong over the years though; and the Trillion albums have been reissued on CD several times, most recently in 2009.
This being an election year, we seem to hear about trillions in every newscast, but it wasn’t like that in 1978, when the Trillion album first came out. In 1978, the total federal budget was $409 billion; heck, the gross domestic product for the entire country didn’t hit a trillion dollars until 1970.
(October 2012)
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The song “Give Me Your Money Honey” that is taken from Trillion’s debut album, Trillion can be heard on YouTube at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qb2JLZb-NU . The title song “Clear Approach” from the band’s second album, Clear Approach is available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlHJFWZUMF8 . Here is a song called “In My Blood” from the band’s planned third album, Trillion III (the video was uploaded in 2011, but the album apparently remains as yet unreleased): www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KTpfIGPUzQ .
(October 2014)
