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Magnum - Escape From The Shadow garden

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Influential British melodic hard rockers MAGNUM will release their 19th studio album, "Escape From The Shadow Garden", on March 25 (one day earlier internationally) via Steamhammer/SPV. The effort will be made available as a limited digipak edition with bonus material, as a double colored vinyl LP, standard jewel case CD and download. The cover artwork was once again created by famous fantasy artist Rodney Matthews (ASIA, NAZARETH, ELOY).

"We used to be under permanent pressure from our record companies," says MAGNUM mastermind Tony Clarkin. "They kept calling us, demanding hit singles and radio numbers. But that sort of thing doesn't work on demand. Now we're with SPV, where it's a totally different situation. They give us the necessary time and trust us to do the right thing. That's probably the reason why I enjoy working with MAGNUM again."

Clarkin's regained joy in his band is omnipresent on "Escape From The Shadow Garden". Just like his simple-yet-logical work ethos. "I simply told myself: you're a passable guitarist, so you should play the guitar," he says. "As the band's guitarist and producer, I have all the freedom I need to create exactly what I feel like creating." The result of his latest burst of creativity consists of eleven wonderfully melodic rock songs which blend all the typical MAGNUM ingredients, sounding in a fascinating way both timeless and classic.

"This band has certain unmistakable trademarks," Clarkin explains. "Among them are my feel for melodies and Bob's unique vocal style."

Only a month after the release of its predecessor, "On The 13th Day", Clarkin started with the preparations for "Escape From The Shadow Garden" — as always, an exciting phase in his life.

"Before you haven't recorded and mixed every single note, you never really know whether you'll be happy with the result," he says.

"When I heard the final version of the eleven new songs with their different stories and diverse arrangements, I knew it had turned into an impressive and complete album.

"Together with the great cover artwork designed by Rodney Matthews, this is a release which forges an arch to the early days of MAGNUM's career. And that's wonderful!

"I was really happy when my friend Jimmy Lea of SLADE came to visit me at the studio again and said: 'You've done it again?'

"It doesn't matter whether by sheer luck or hard work — life could have gone a totally differently way."

"Escape From The Shadow Garden" track listing:

Digipak Version

CD

  1. Live 'Til You Die
  2. Unwritten Sacrifice
  3. Falling For The Big Plan
  4. Crying In The Rain
  5. Too Many Clowns
  6. Midnight Angel
  7. The Art Of Compromise
  8. Don't Fall Asleep
  9. Wisdom's Had Its Day
  10. Burning River
  11. The Valley Of Tears

DVD

  • Bonus Features
  • Recorded Over Six Nights In Europe Live Footage
    (Black Skies - Freedom Day - All My Bridges - On A Storyteller's Night)
  • Extras (On Tour Footage)
    (Too Many Clowns - Dance Of The Black Tattoo)

Jewel case Version

  1. Live 'Til You Die
  2. Unwritten Sacrifice
  3. Falling For The Big Plan
  4. Crying In The Rain
  5. Too Many Clowns
  6. Midnight Angel
  7. The Art Of Compromise
  8. Don't Fall Asleep
  9. Wisdom's Had Its Day
  10. Burning River
  11. The Valley Of Tears

LP Version

LP 1 Side One

  1. Live 'Til You Die
  2. Unwritten Sacrifice
  3. Falling For The Big Plan

LP 1 Side Two

  1. Crying In The Rain
  2. Too Many Clowns
  3. Midnight Angel

LP 2 Side One

  1. The Art Of Compromise
  2. Don't Fall Asleep
  3. Wisdom's Had Its Day

LP 2 Side Two

  1. Burning River
  2. The Valley Of Tears
  3. Dance Of The Black Tattoo (live; bonus track)

Three weeks after the release of "Escape From The Shadow Garden", MAGNUM will embark on a huge European tour.

MAGNUM's last CD, "On The 13th Day", came out in September 2012.

Read more at http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/magnum ... pJIBje2.99


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Fantastisk cover, men har ikke trua på noe mer enn et midt på treet-album.


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Marken wrote:

Fantastisk cover, men har ikke trua på noe mer enn et midt på treet-album.

Coveret var flott ja! On The 13th Day falt godt i smak her, så hvis de matcher den er jeg fornøyd!


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Er bestilt, og har trua! Jeg og Unborn kan skimtes på dvd'n.

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Sikkert helt greit, men det har blitt mye av det samme på de siste skivene. Moonking var den siste jeg kicka skikkelig på.

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Synes forrigeskiva var finfin! Skal selvsagt ha denne også! :-D

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Vigilante fra 1986 er det nyeste jeg har hørt av Magnum, faktisk. Er det andre noe å samle på?

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Wings Of Heaven fra 1988, uten tvil. Bare å kjøpe lp'n så fort du kan!


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Jeg syns denne skiva virker meget bra etter første runde.

I never looked around, never second-guessed
Then I read some Howard Zinn now I'm always depressed
And now I can't sleep from years of apathy
All because I read a little Noam Chomsky

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TheUnborn wrote:

Wings Of Heaven fra 1988, uten tvil.

Den er utrolig raff!

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Dick Hardy wrote:

Synes forrigeskiva var finfin!

Halve skiva var meget bra. Resten synes jeg var so-so.

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Som fan skal denne selvfølgelig sjekkes ut, men sant og si har ikke Magnum levert noe gjennomført godt album siden Brand New Morning. Nyinnspillingene på Evolution må sees på som relativt meningsløse av annet enn komplettistene, da låtene eksisterer i bedre versjoner på tidligere utgivelser som ennå er lett tilgjengelige....

Utsagn fra Brumunddal:Han: "Je må innrømme att je er litt på sjekker'n"
Hun: "Det kommer du ikke langt med her"
Han:"Je kjæm helt i fra Åsbygda je"!

Being a Klopp-timist YNWA <3

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Beste på lang tid. På de sterkeste låtene (f. eks. Midnight Angel) kan man ane gammel storhet, og det er fryktelig trivelig.

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Sjekka tre låter på youtube. Helt greit, men det som slo meg var at vokalen til Catley har tapt seg en del. Kanskje ikke så rart, mannen må da tett ved være verdens eldste mann.


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Bestilte denne her om dagen. Regner med den er omtrent som de forrige - småtrivelig. Og ja, vokalen hans har helt klart tapt seg.


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http://www.iconmusicmag.com/albummars2014.htm#935449973

Min anmeldelse. Om desimaler var et alternativ er den nærmere 7 enn 8, var litt i tvil ei vending der.

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Hørte gjennom denne hos Hansi sist helg, men fikk ikke inntrykk av at jeg hørte på ei NY Magnum-skive, haha. Låt dønn likt de forrige ;)

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Et kvalitetstegn.

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Har hørt den noen runder, og liker'n! Affen har et lite poeng, i og med at det ikke er noe nytt på denne, bortsett fra låtene. Men det er jo slik i hvert fall JEG vil ha det! :-D

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Jupp! Føyer seg pent inn i rekka. Åpner bra, de tre første er noen av skivas beste, sammen med Burning River. Femmeren derimot er helræva, har begynt skippe den, og hvem lager de video til: femmeren...

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