I'm sulking because the cover here is nowhere near as great as my vinyl copy - Magnum once again enticing the listener into an alleged realm of fantasy - even if the album on the whole lacks the magic one would expect and succumbs to too many wanderings down keyboard drenched pathways. Sadly, the electronica bestowed upon the album prevents it from being even a half-decent rock record, the band clearly talented and effortlessly churning out gargantuan epics, but it's the more simple cuts such as 'Baby Rock Me' which remain refreshing, driving the same type of strut as a hard edged Queen whilst side two opener 'All That Is Real' I've often described as a bright and breezy pile of niceness! For me this is watery rock, with added cheese, 'Lords Of Chaos' a prime example as another no good piece of funky bubbly soup. Strong guitars are all too fleeting, the band opting for the wistful and at times too quirky to have any effect. I guess Magnum are not every one's cup of tea but I'd rather drink tea than sit through 'Kingdom Of Madness' again, because like 'On A Storyteller's Night', this flatters to deceive and hides behind a fantastic cover when the reality is it's like sucking a sponge full of water!Thursday 29 September 2011
Magnum - Kingdom Of Madness (1979)
I'm sulking because the cover here is nowhere near as great as my vinyl copy - Magnum once again enticing the listener into an alleged realm of fantasy - even if the album on the whole lacks the magic one would expect and succumbs to too many wanderings down keyboard drenched pathways. Sadly, the electronica bestowed upon the album prevents it from being even a half-decent rock record, the band clearly talented and effortlessly churning out gargantuan epics, but it's the more simple cuts such as 'Baby Rock Me' which remain refreshing, driving the same type of strut as a hard edged Queen whilst side two opener 'All That Is Real' I've often described as a bright and breezy pile of niceness! For me this is watery rock, with added cheese, 'Lords Of Chaos' a prime example as another no good piece of funky bubbly soup. Strong guitars are all too fleeting, the band opting for the wistful and at times too quirky to have any effect. I guess Magnum are not every one's cup of tea but I'd rather drink tea than sit through 'Kingdom Of Madness' again, because like 'On A Storyteller's Night', this flatters to deceive and hides behind a fantastic cover when the reality is it's like sucking a sponge full of water!
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