Hard Rain (Hard Rain album)

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Hard Rain
Hard Rain cover
Studio album by Hard Rain
Released March 1997 (1997-03)
Recorded Mad Hat Studios, Wolverhampton
United Kingdom
February 1996 — December 1996
Genre Melodic Rock
Label Semaphore GmbH
Producer Tony Clarkin
Professional reviews

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Hard Rain chronology
— Hard Rain
(1997)		 When The Good Times Come
(1997)
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 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."[1]

All of the drum parts on the album are drum samples or played by Tony Clarkin.[2]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All Tracks written by Tony Clarkin.

  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

[edit] Singles

[edit] 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

[edit] Personnel

  • Tony Clarkin — Guitar
  • Bob Catley — Vocals

[edit] Additional Musicians

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

[edit] Production

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

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/6717/interview1.html
  2. ^ Magnum | Interview | Lords Of Metal metal E-zine - Issue 14: March 2002

[edit] External links

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