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CD/DVD Releases: Magnum Announce New CD Release

Posted on Saturday, September 03 @ 20:05:00 UTC by nightowl

If you've read my review of Magnum 's Anthology - ok, my brief comment on the CD to be honest* -- or, in fact, any of the four CDs of theirs we've reviewed, you'll have no doubt noticed that the band's discography is quite lengthy... and that filled with a lot... A LOT... of compilations. This new release, about which we talk about specifically in a moment, is sorta another one, but not exactly.

So, here's what Blabbermouth.net posted about this: Hugely influential British melodic hard rock group Magnum will release its new album, Evolution, in Europe on November 14 via Steamhammer/SPV. The set will come in a high-value ecol book.

Magnum's lineup of guitarist/songwriter/producer Tony Clarkin, vocalist Bob Catley, keyboard player Mark Stanway, bassist Al Barrow and drummer Harry James excelled itself on Evolution, which is described in a press release as "one of the strongest and most unusual best of albums in [Magnum's] illustrious (near-40-year) history to date."

Evolution contains partially re-recorded and fully remixed versions of eight songs from Magnum's previous albums, including two tracks from Magnum's acclaimed The Visitation album (which cracked the Top 20 in Germany and made it to No. 3 on the U.K. Rock chart) and two newly recorded songs.

Evolution track listing:

01. That Holy Touch
Re-recorded drums, bass, guitar and some vocals (remixed)
Originally on Breath Of Life

02. Just Like January
Re-recorded drums, bass and guitar (remixed)
Originally on

03. Brand New Morning
Re-recorded bass, guitar and some vocals (remixed)
Originally on Brand New Morning

04. Immigrant Son
Re-recorded bass and guitar (remixed)
Originally on Brand New Morning

05. When We Were Younger
Re-recorded drums, bass, guitar and some vocals (remixed)
Originally on Princess Alice & The Broken Arrow

06. Out Of The Shadows
Re-recorded drums, bass, guitar (remixed)
Originally on Princess Alice & The Broken Arrow

07. All My Bridges
Re-recorded bass and drums (remixed)
Originally on Into The Valley Of The Moonking

08. Blood On Your Barbed Wire Thorns
Re-recorded bass (remixed)
Originally on Into The Valley Of The Moonking

09. The Visitation
Taken from The Visitation

10. Wild Angels
Taken from The Visitation

11. The Fall
New recording

12. Do You Know Who You Are?
New recording

The release date for Germany is November 11; a North American release date is TBA.

Magnum will play 3 live dates in November/December in the UK, as follows:

30.11. GB-Bilston – The Robin 2
01.12. GB-Cambridge - Junction
02.12. GB-Prestatyn – Hard Rock Hell V

* at one time I/we had a section called "quick takes" and my review was one 'em... -ed.

[Source: us, Blabbermouth.net and Magnum and SPV websites]

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