Hard Rain (Hard Rain album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Hard Rain
Type = Studio album
Artist = Hard Rain


Released = start date|1997|03
Recorded = Mad Hat Studios, Wolverhampton
United Kingdom
February 1996 — December 1996
Genre = Melodic Rock
Length =
Label = Semaphore GmbH
Producer = Tony Clarkin
Reviews = —
Last album = —
This album = "Hard Rain"
(1997)
Next album = "When The Good Times Come"
(1997)
Misc = Singles
Name = Hard Rain
Type = studio
single 1 = Stop Me From Lovin' You
single 1 date = 1997

"Hard Rain" is the debut Studio Album by British Melodic Rock band Hard Rain. It was released in 1996 on German record label Semaphore GmbH.

Following the demise of Magnum in 1995, guitarist and songwriter Tony Clarkin and vocalist Bob Catley set off in search of a slight change in musical direction. New songs were recorded, a deal was struck and the end result was this album. Largely overlooked first time around, Sanctuary Records released a remastered and expanded edition in 2006.

Tony Clarkin comments: "We decided to try some things out with the backing vocals and I knew of a Midlands band called Asia Blue who'd just finished a record deal so we got Jackie and Wendy in to try some backing vocals out." [http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/6717/interview1.html]

All of the drum parts on the album are drum samples or played by Tony Clarkin. [ [http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showinterview.php?id=91&lang=en Magnum | Interview | Lords Of Metal metal E-zine - Issue 14: March 2002 ] ]

Track listing

All Tracks written by Tony Clarkin.

#"Rage On" — 3:58
#"Shame For The Bad Boy" — 4:52
#"You'd Start A Fight" — 4:24
#"Stop Me From Lovin' You" — 5:10
#"Lookin' For A Way" — 5:19
#"Cry Cry Cry" — 4:04
#"I Must Have Been Blind" — 4:43
#"Perpetual Commotion" — 4:28
#"Different Kind Of Love" — 8:18
#"Another Nice Mess" — 4:58

Bonus track:

11. "That Ain't Love" — 5:01

2006 Expanded Edition included these tracks:

12. "Stop Me From Lovin' You" [Edit] — 3:35

ingles

top Me From Lovin' You (1997)

#"Stop Me From Lovin' You" [Edit] — 3:35
#"Rage On" — 3:58
#"Stop Me From Lovin' You" — 5:10

Personnel

*Tony Clarkin — Guitar
*Bob Catley — Vocals

Additional Musicians

*Sue McCloskey — Vocals
*Jackie Dean — Vocals
*Wendy Peddie — Vocals

Production

*Recorded at Mad Hat Studios, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
*Produced Tony Clarkin
*Engineered and Mixed by Mike Cowling

References

External links

* [http://www.magnumonline.co.uk/ www.magnumonline.co.uk] - Official Magnum site
* [http://www.sanctuaryrecords.co.uk/hardrain/ Hard Rain: Expanded Edition] - Sanctuary Records' mini site
* [http://lyricwiki.org/Hard_Rain:Hard_Rain_(1997) Hard Rain (1997)] — lyrics from lyricwiki.org