Magnum - On The Thirteenth Day

Published September 17 2012

*=Staff's pick	All The Dreamers Blood Red Laughter* Didn't Like You Anyway On The 13th Day* So Let It Rain Dance Of The Black Tattoo Shadow Town* Putting Things In Place Broken Promises See How They Fall From Within

Genre	Hard Rock	Bob Catley	Vocals
Tracks	11	Tony Clarkin	Guitar
Running time	57 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	SPV/Steamhammer	Al Barrow	Bass
Release	19 September 2012	Harry James	Drums
Country	England	Mark Stanway	Keyboard
Producer	Tony Clarkin
Similar artists	---

Just to summarize before even starting. This is yet another album with catchy light hard rock from the British veterans. The first single off the album, So Let It Rain, was released in late August, and whether that choice of song was the best or not, I lean toward not.

When I go through all songs, I find out that most of them are kind of equally good. I can honestly say that all tracks, except the last one, From Within, are good songs. Nothing groundbreaking or extraordinary. Just straight melodic hard rock with a feeling of joy. An album without fillers, but also without smash hits. It has an even high level throughout the record and the ballads, like Putting Things In Place, are just as pleasant as riff songs like the title track.

Bob Catley is well known for his fantastic voice and even if getting older, I must say he's still impressing. The keyboards is sometimes too loud in the mix and there are some rather annoying tones in Didn't Like You Anyway. One of the absolute best songs, but part ruined for me as I can't stop hearing those tones popping here and there in the verse.

With a catalogue like Magnum's and with their solid and slowly aging fanbase, I'm not sure if this album will be remembered as a newer classic in a decade, but it's a good album and it will at least do for now.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
7	5	6	8	7

Summary
7 chalices of 10 - Tobbe