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░ ██ ██ Artist: Magnum ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Escape from the Shadow Garden █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2014 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2014-06-08 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Hard Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: SPV / Steamhammer ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Escape from the Shadow Garden is the 18th studio █
█ album from the rock group Magnum (including █
█ Keeping the Nite Light Burning and ignoring █
█ Evolution). Escape From the Shadow Garden was █
█ released on 19 March 2014 in Scandinavia, 21 March █
█ in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, 24 March in █
█ the rest of Europe, and 1 April in the USA and █
█ Canada. As with On the 13th Day the band were █
█ hosts to their fans at a record launch party held █
█ at the Robin 2 in Bilston on 25 March 2014, the █
█ day after the UK release. █
█ █
█ --- █
█ Genre: melodic rock, AOR, pomp rock █
█ --- █
█ █
█ The Birmingham-based Magnum belongs in the █
█ particular league of privileged bands, after the █
█ last few decades theyÆre a band who does not need █
█ to prove anything anymore, and simply live up to █
█ their well-deserved reputation. For the audience █
█ enamored with their trademark Pomp Rock style and █
█ at least familiar with their 2012 On The 13th Day █
█ album, its follow-up - their newest and █
█ soon-to-be-released Escape From The Shadow Garden █
█ - will be a perfect continuation of this musical █
█ journey. █
█ Starting off with the epic six minutes long █
█ opener, "Live 'Til You Die", Magnum blends their █
█ progressive and melodic rock influences together, █
█ a homage to their classic 1980s records. Similarly █
█ powerful is the significant part of the tracks on █
█ Escape From The Shadow Garden, "Falling For The █
█ Big Plan" is one of the highlights among them, █
█ with its well-crafted chorus and captivating, █
█ catchy melody. █
█ The others are more modern-sounding "Crying In The █
█ Rain" and "Too Many Clowns", both incredibly █
█ dynamic with the big marching drum sound of the █
█ former and a crunchy, aggressive guitar riff of █
█ the latter. There is also "Burning River", which █
█ is a fine rocker with a distinguishable 1980Æs █
█ feel to it, as well as some modern touches here █
█ and there, and "The Art Of Compromise", initially █
█ a ballad-esque slow-down which soon evolves into a █
█ powerful keyboard-driven (and much 1980s-alike) █
█ track in vein of classic Magnum songs, such as █
█ "Sometime Love". █
█ Interesting is "Midnight Angel" with its acoustic █
█ intro, pounding keyboard sound and no monotony in █
█ spite of length (thanks to the surprising change █
█ of pace throughout the whole track). Apart from █
█ these, there is a place for charming, yet █
█ incredibly powerful ballads on the album as well █
█ ("Unwritten Sacrifice", "Wisdom Had It's Day", █
█ "DonÆt Fall Asleep" and the final "The Valley Of █
█ Tears"). █
█ MagnumÆs Escape From The Shadow Garden follows a █
█ critically-acclaimed and well-received █
█ predecessor, the album thought by many to be one █
█ of the bandÆs better if not best û and █
█ nevertheless remains a strong rival in this █
█ competition. It features a classic, █
█ keyboard-driven Pomp Rock sound, and yet at the █
█ same time, with its dense production, sounds fresh █
█ enough for a contemporary listener. Bob CatleyÆs █
█ vocals are as good as ever, shining throughout the █
█ whole record - especially in the soaring power █
█ ballads - and being completed by the brilliant █
█ instrumental performances. Another great album of █
█ 2014, and highly recommended not only for Magnum █
█ die-hard fans. █
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░ 1. Live 'Til You Die 6:28 ░
░ 2. Unwritten Sacrifice 5:28 ░
░ 3. Falling for the Big Plan 5:58 ░
░ 4. Crying in the Rain 5:45 ░
░ 5. Too Many Clowns 4:36 ░
░ 6. Midnight Angel 7:18 ░
░ 7. The Art of Compromise 5:00 ░
░ 8. Don't Fall Asleep 5:58 ░
░ 9. Wisdom's Had Its Day 4:43 ░
░ 10. Burning River 4:43 ░
░ 11. The Valley of Tears 6:39 ░
░ 62:36 ░
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