ON A STORYTELLER'S NIGHT

This is among the best Magnum's albums. Magnum REALLY cared about their sound here, as reveals the EXTREMELY LOUD, RAZOR and POWERFUL electric rhythmic guitar sound: the comparison with the most extreme bands like Judas Priest, Headpins and Accept is just predictable. However, the music style is more similar to bands like Night Ranger. The guitar sound gives uniqueness to the record. It is quite well supported by loud bass and noisy drums. You have to try to play VERY loud in your car "Endless Love", which has a PERFECT macho guitar sound to kill any bad rap infestation beside! For MAXIMUM effect, you have to turn up the volume! The modern background keyboards and the distortion-free cleaner guitar notes give a slight heroic ambience. The lead vocals sound a bit like David Coverdale's, however not as good. The drums are really simple and not fast at all. The overall style is sophisticated modern FM hard rock with an EXTREMELY POWERFUL rhythmic sound, often metal borderline. This record has some light progressive elements, so that it can be considered as progressive related in the best case.

Rating: 3.5 stars