Brand New Morning (Magnum album)

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Brand New Morning
Magnum - Brand New Morning.jpg
Studio album by
Magnum
ReleasedAugust 2004
RecordedMad Hat Studios, Wolverhampton
United Kingdom
2003 — 2004
Genre Rock
Length55:21
Label SPV
Producer Tony Clarkin
Magnum chronology
The River Sessions
(2004)		Brand New Morning
(2004)		 Princess Alice and the Broken Arrow
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
MelodicRock.com(8.7/10) [2]

Brand New Morning is the 13th studio album by the English rock band Magnum, released in 2004 by SPV.

Contents

"We All Run" is an apocalyptic song. "It's actually about the nuclear holocaust", Tony Clarkin explained. "The idea of the song is we all ignore the important things in life. And the actual verse is that it is really poetic license trying to create a picture "We all run" as "We don't care anymore". Like the cities are burning, like people are starving to death. That's what it means." [3]

The lyrics to "Brand New Morning" can be considered as a reflection by Clarkin, following the heart attack he suffered in 2002. Bob Catley commented, "We are a heavy lyric band. With the song "Brand New Morning" it is like the first day of the rest of your life. Forget everything else. Just wake up with the sun shining and start living. That is what 'Brand New Morning' is all about." [4]

The album marks the final departure from the style of Hard Rain. According to Bob Catley, Brand New Morning can be considered as the real return of Magnum following the 1995-2001 split, as it took Clarkin one album to get back into writing for Magnum. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tony Clarkin

Original 2004 release
No.TitleLength
1."Brand New Morning"6:17
2."It's Time to Come Together"4:37
3."We All Run"4:53
4."The Blue and the Grey"5:54
5."I'd Breathe for You"6:27
6."The Last Goodbye"6:28
7."Immigrant Son"5:35
8."Hard Road"5:21
9."The Scarecrow"9:50
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."Dreamland"5:37

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 60
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [7] 13

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References

  1. ↑ Lawson, Dom (28 August 2004). "Rated: Albums". Kerrang! . No. 1020. EMAP. p. 41.
  2. ↑ MelodicRock.com review Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Bang Your Head 2004
  4. ↑ MelodicRock.com Interviews: Gotthard
  5. ↑ Interview with Bob Catley of Magnum, Rok Podgrajšek. therocktologist.com, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Magnum – Brand New Morning" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
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