Hard Rain (Hard Rain album)

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Hard Rain
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Studio album by
Hard Rain
ReleasedMarch 10, 1997 (1997-03-10)
RecordedMad Hat Studios, Wolverhampton
United Kingdom
February 1996 — December 1996
Genre Melodic rock
Label Semaphore GmbH
Producer Tony Clarkin
Hard Rain chronology
Hard Rain
(1997)		 When the Good Times Come
(1999)
Singles from Hard Rain
  1. "Stop Me From Lovin' You"
    Released: 1997

Hard Rain is the debut studio album by British melodic rock band Hard Rain. It was released in 1997 on German record label Semaphore GmbH.

Contents

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. As most of the songs on the album were written before the split of Magnum and were actually meant for a Magnum album, Bob Catley has stated that the album was a cross between Hard Rain and Magnum. [1]

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." [2]

All of the drum parts on the album are drum samples or played by Tony Clarkin. [3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Tony Clarkin and Bob Catley.

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

Bonus track:

  1. "That Ain't Love" — 5:01

2006 Expanded edition included these tracks:

  1. "Stop Me From Lovin' You" [edit] — 3:35

Singles

Stop Me From Lovin' You (1997)

  1. "Stop Me From Lovin' You" [edit] — 3:35
  2. "Rage On" — 3:58
  3. "Stop Me From Lovin' You" — 5:10

Personnel

Additional musicians

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Interview with Bob Catley of Magnum, Rok Podgrajšek. therocktologist.com, 2012.
  2. ↑ "WebCite query". Webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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