Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23102 in Digital Music Album
• Published on: 2003-03-03
• Released on: 2003-03-03
• Running time: 3294 seconds

Customer Reviews

Back to great rock
I had just bought and listened to the reissued version of "On a Storyteller's Night", which I thought was great. And then I picked this up, which I hadn't seen advertised anywhere and thought I'd give it a go. I was completely blown away. I have been playing it 6 times in succession and am still not tired of it. Magnum have gone back to playing great songs and great rock. These guys are far from old has-beens - they are going from strength to strength. The songs are varied, from guitar juggernauts like "We All Need to be Loved" to piano driven "Back in Your Arms Again". There's even a hint of reggae in "Rock heavy", which works very well. "Tall Ships" is classic Magnum but with a pedal steel guitar added. "Tell Tale Eyes" is a straight driving rock number that makes you want to jump and shout along. "Love's a Stranger" has a slight blues tinge and "Just This Side of Heaven" is just that. "I Will Decide Myself" starts off with an acoustic guitar but don't let that fool you - this is a massive song, one of Magnum's best, and then along comes another one - "On Christmas Day", a song of a momentary pause in a war, as actually happened in World War 1. Tony Clarkin and Bob Catley have outdone themselves here. Magnum opus, indeed!

Best album since Wings Of Heaven
Goodnight LA was ok, Sleepwalking very mediocre but Rock Art is fantastic! As it happens their last album before splitting in '95 and what a way to go out! (They since reformed in 2002.) This is a very different sounding Magnum to the one that went before it, perhaps showing Clarkin's itchy feet and desire to leave the confines of the Magnum sound. Hard Hearted Woman and Rock Heavy display lots of metallic guitars and an upbeat ferocity - this is rock 'n' roll Magnum-style. I think what makes this such a good album is the diversity of tempos, Sleepwalking and the newer reformation albums are a little guilty of being too ploddy. This then, despite the dodgy cover art is one of the band's very best efforts.

Rock Art
Just got this album for my birthday....great to hear they haven't lost their touch :-) now all I have to do is replace all my Magnum tapes for CD's not as easy as you might think .........