Rock Art (Magnum album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Rock Art
Type = Album
Artist = Magnum


Released = July 1994
Recorded = Magnum Studios Birmingham United Kingdom 1994
Genre = Rock Melodic Rock Progressive rock
Length = 55:00
Label = EMI
Producer = Tony Clarkin
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfrxqlhldje link]
Last album = "Keeping The Night Lite Burning" (1993)
This album = "Rock Art" (1994)
Next album = "The Last Dance" (1996)
Misc = Singles
Name = Rock Art
Type = studio
single 1 = The Tall Ships
single 2 = Back In Your Arms Again
single 1 date = 1994
single 2 date = 1994

"Rock Art" is eleventh Studio Album by British Melodic Rock band Magnum, released in 1994 by EMI.

Following from Magnum's experimentation on "Keeping The Night Lite Burning", "Rock Art" takes contemporary approach with stripped down arrangements, Blues, Rock and roll and Soul-elements into their sound. The radical changes employed in Magnum's sound since "Keeping The Night Lite Burning" and "Rock Art" can be considered as Tony Clarkin's attempt to move away from Magnum's established sound and style from On A Storyteller's Night, "Vigilante", "Wings Of Heaven" and "Goodnight L.A.".Fact|date=July 2007 Perhaps even a reaction to Grunge music, Britpop and Indie rock.Fact|date=July 2007

Tony commented: "This is the nearest we've got to the "ballsier" side of Magnum live onto record. "Rock Art" is the best sounding album we've ever recorded, Bob's vocal performance has been stretched even further this time and everyone has had the freedom to play what they wanted to play." [http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/6717/interview2.html]

Two singles were lifted "The Tall Ships" and "Back In Your Arms Again", although they were only distributed in Germany.

"On Christmas Day" is a reflection upon the World War I Christmas truce of December 1914, involving French, Scottish and German soldiers.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tony Clarkin.

# "We All Need To Be Loved" — 5:05
# "Hard Hearted Woman" — 3:49
# "Back In Your Arms Again" — 5:59
# "Rock Heavy" — 3:58
# "The Tall Ships" — 5:06
# "Tell Tale Eyes" — 4:52
# "Love's A Stranger" — 5:11
# "Hush-A-Bye Baby" — 4:48
# "Just This Side of Heaven" — 4:20
# "I Will Decide Myself" — 4:15
# "On Christmas Day" — 7:10

ingles

"The Tall Ships" CD (1994)
# "The Tall Ships" [Edit] — 0:00
# "The Tall Ships" [LP Version] — 5:06
# "Hard Hearted Woman" [LP Version] — 3:49
# "You Don't Have To Be Baby To Cry" (Tony Clarkin) [B-Side] — 0:00

"Back In Your Arms Again" CD (1994)
# "Back In Your Arms Again" [LP Version] — 5:59
# "Hush-A-Bye Baby" [LP Version] — 4:48
# "Don't Start Me Talking" (Sonny Boy Williamson) [B-Side] — 0:00
# "Big Hunk O' Love" (Aaron Schroeder and Sid Wyche) [B-Side] — 0:00

Personnel

*Tony Clarkin — Guitar
*Bob Catley — Vocals
*Wally Lowe — Bass
*Mark Stanway — Keyboards
*Mickey Barker — Drums

Additional Musicians
*Jacki Graham — Backing Vocals
*Mo Birch — Backing Vocals
*P.J. Wright — Pedal Steel Guitars

Production

*Arranged by Magnum
*Engineered and Mixed by Stephen Harris
*Sound Engineer — Mike Cowling
*Recorded at Abbey Road, London and Zella Studios, Birmingham
*Artwork by Eleanor Smith
*Photography by Simon Harding Photography
*Electronic Design & Art Direction — BAVIEmage

*Rock art was recorded on 3M 996 Tape

References

External links

* [http://www.magnumonline.co.uk www.magnumonline.co.uk] — Official Magnum site
* [http://lyricwiki.org/Magnum:Rock_Art_(1994) Rock Art (1994)] — lyrics from lyricwiki.org