Ranking the Studio Albums: Magnum

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

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[@KellyLynch-hc5mi]

Just yesterday I rediscovered Magnum after many, many years. I was flying a 6 hour flight back from Bali, Indonesia to Melbourne Australia, and I ripped through about 5-6 of their earlier albums. What a band!! Amazing discography, and a great video, guys.

[@neilmcintosh5150]

Magnum are one of those rare bands that once they're in your blood they stay with you for a lifetime.

[@TwibellArts]

Totally agree...I saw them as the support band to Whitesnake in 1978 and have been a big fan ever since.

[@chawmain1]

A bitter sweet watch, after the sad news yesterday of the great Tony Clarkin's passing yesterday. Been listening to a lot of Magnum and came across this. Possibly my favorite ranking videos you have done on SoT, Pete as always is fantastic, but I loved Steven Reid's contribution, great to see a fellow Brit (I'm Welsh though not Scottish) . The enthusiasm, knowledge and love for a great, and ridiculously underrated band. Looking forward to the new album, but it will be with a heavy heart, as with Tony gone, that will undoubtedly be the end of Magnum.

[@justina2807]

Had to go back and listen to this episode this week. Great conversation, love hearing Steven’s passion for the band.

[@mahogany174]

Me too. I had forgotten I commented on it when it came out. Sad time but a brilliant band.

[@markwilliams8802]

Your show is the reason I discovered this band.i now own the whole library...still taking it all in

[@mattyboywalker9094]

Been a fan since I was 15 after hearing the compilation albums chapter and verse and classic collection magnum never looked back got all the albums seen them four times. They are just the best

[@majormalachi1901]

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[@landonisrael6989]

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[@majormalachi1901]

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[@Marvidsen1973]

RIP Tony Clarkin 😔🙌🏻♥️🎸🇬🇧

[@dc_2112]

Love the show Pete and the longer format. Great to see how we fans connect to bands! My top 3: 1. On a Storyteller’s Night (absolute classic and killer production) 2. Vigilante (has grown on me over time) 3. Wings of Heaven (sadly the song C’est La Vie doesn’t appear on the latest CD reissues but an outstanding song) Admire all the Rodney Matthew album covers - they are stores are within stories. But oddly enough my favourite cover is Goodnight L.A. done by the mighty Hugh Syme of Rush fame and I think it’s a subtle play on words. Although recorded at Keith Olsen’s Goodnight L.A studio, it’s the band turning their backs on America and figuratively giving the finger to their record company at the time Polydor Records.

[@stevendavid5370]

You guys just turned me on to another great band and have ordered a bunch of CDs. Thanks Stephen Reid and Pete Pardo!!

[@AndDeathForAll82]

I’m just getting into them thanks to this video.

[@EternalChampion435]

My new favorite guest! Looking forward to future shows!

[@kenfrederick6223]

Great episode! Pete is right about MAGNUM being having such a low profile in the U.S. The first time I ever heard of them is when White Wolf covered "Just Like An Arrow" on their 1986 album "Endangered Species". I finally got to hear the band in the late 90's. Now thanks to KZbin and other platforms I've been able to explore their catalog of music. Criminally underrated band!

[@ashleylane180]

Amazing band, so underrated. Bob catley in my opinion is undoubtedly in the top rock vocalists of all time. I've met him several times too, what a really friendly and interesting bloke.

[@magnum1820]

Best show you’ve ever done Pete, the hour just flew by. saw Magnum back in the early 80’s supporting Def Leppard They blew them away that night, have been a fan ever since. Took one of my sons to see them a few years ago and still as good as ever, as you both said they’ve never released a bad album

[@ChrisStoneinator]

Oh dude, how'd I miss this?!

[@andrewcraske2730]

One of my favourite bands. Very English/British. Along with the artwork I always felt they embodied the history of the UK in their music - visions of castles, knights, unicorns ...

[@metalmickey]

Great video. I'm starting to build up my collection and this is a great informative video

[@conailrutherford6688]

Love Magnum. Just a little shout out for Mama's Boys.

[@mvwmark8955]

Great stuff guys. Steven, I am from Edinburgh and you like a wee story, so here goes. In 86, was playing football during summer holidays, 16 years old, and a buddy turned up wearing a Storytellers tour t shirt. The night before he'd been at the Playhouse to see them. This T shirt was brand new. I was taken in by the artwork. And now a big fan. Saw them Vigilante tour but that is all, but do listen a lot.

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Good stuff MVW!

[@gilesglossop5071]

Superb review, great addition with Steven there - an articulate, insightful and witty contribution, looking forward to hearing more from him. Keep up the fantastic work.

[@davidgagen9856]

Brilliant discussion guys, I know nothing about this band but I was enthralled.

[@stephenroberts8964]

Wow, I never thought you'd review Magnum, but I'm so glad you did. Nice one 👍

[@stephenwd8224]

Outstanding video of an outstanding band

[@stephennorris2524]

Thoroughly enjoyed this

[@GMHG777]

A terribly underrated band that i got into solely on a blind buy of On a Storytellers Night (still have my original vinyl) in the 1985. A hard band to pigeonhole genre-wise, melodic hard rock is probably the best way to descibe them, just exceptionally solid tunes that are consistently great. I dont own Magnum II nor either of the last 2 releases. Like Steven's list, there are 5/6 top teir albums, a bunch of very solid to great albums in the middle, and 2/3 that I'm pretty indifferent about. Should also mention there is a 5 disc compilation book/box set called The Gathering that has a bunch of B sides and unreleased material that is well worth owning but its OOP and sorta pricey these days... great having steven in on this one Pete !! 1 On a Storyteller's Night 2 Chase the Dragon 3 Kingdom of Madness 4 The 11th Hour 5 Princess Alice... 6 Wings of Heaven 7 Vigilante 8 On the 13th Day 9 Sleepwalking 10 Brand New Morning 11 Escape from the Shadow Garden 12. Into the Valley... 13 The Visitation 14 Goodnight LA 15 Evolution 16 Sacred Blood Divine Lies 17 Rock Art 18 Breath of Life ** Keeping the Night Light Burning Need to grab the 3 i dont have yet to complete the collection ... Great band that YOU SHOYLD KNOW !

[@MalkyMcMillan]

Amazing band with amazing songs. Watched Magnum at Glagow's Barrowland's on many occasions over the years and every gig was a treat.

[@babyk8047]

Great show pete really enjoyed it and congrats to your co host as well Steven top class

[@trickofthetrail]

One of your best Ranking The Albums! Well done guys. Really enjoyed Steven Reid's insights. Look forward to hearing more from him. Also totally agree with comments made about Don't Wake the Lion. Epic tune!

[@Kevin_1962]

Magnum are brilliant !! Seen them many times the Scottish guy is a genius could listen to him for hours.

[@mattisson69]

Fantastik show! Thank you. Dived into there latter discografi after youre show....

[@lazaromillares9908]

Amazing video. My top three is : 1- Prince Alice and the broken Arrow, 2 - Into the Valley of the Moon King ,3- The storyteller night .

[@abe3802]

Chase the Dragon number one for me. Played it to death back in 82 and still on my Top 10 of all albums of all time. 2, On a Storytellers Night, 3, Vigilante, 4, Wings of Heaven, 5, The Eleventh Hour.

[@gordonmcinnes8328]

This. Simply this. Throw in Magnum 2 and Chase the Dragon.

[@brizzieleif5258]

Kingdom of Madness, that's my favourite. I owned a couple of singles off the album too. I go to see them live in the mid 80's in a very small theatre in the UK. Their career coughed and spluttered as they struggled a bit to get some traction in the 80's but they were persistent

[@ian_b]

My personal favourite is KoM with its somewhat prog influences but I think their objective "best" is probably On A Storyteller's Night.

[@danielratner6810]

Tony Clarkin is one of the greatest ever English songwriters, he's up there with Ray Davies, McCartney/Lennon, Pete Townshend, Jagger/Richards.

[@rodneyeaton2385]

Rodney from St.Louis, I’ve always one of my favorite band.

[@tomsuzyinfluencerinfj2712]

Magnum, they were never on my radar. Guess I gotta do some listening.

[@pettson6812]

Great episode ranking one of my favourite bands. Really glad I discovered this channel. 👍💀

[@JohnSmith-es9qx]

I discovered Magnum through a greatest hits album and loved it. When Brand New Morning came out I purchased it and found that I loved each and every song. So for me that is my number one :)

[@davidclark2208]

Have been a fan from the 80s very good band, .

[@ejc636]

Mr Reid. The Scotsman. A brilliant mind on the bands I enjoy. 👍

[@TranquilityFireReid]

I'm a bit late seeing this reply. Thanks eric!

[@ejc636]

@@TranquilityFireReid When you back on the show ?

[@TranquilityFireReid]

@@ejc636 We did the albums of Survivor last Sunday eric. A few more things in the pipeline but nothing 100% locked in just yet.

[@ejc636]

We look into it. Quality content.

[@joakim1600]

Love Magnum! They are such a great band and you cant really go wrong with any album. Tony Clarkin is such a genius songwriter and Bob Catley is an amazing singer.

[@stevetobin7495]

Dont wake the lion-- what a song

[@kyleturner1359]

Thanks guys! Looking forward to having Steven back on the channel. ...and btw Steven, digging that Black Stone Cherry album cover on the wall. THAT'S another great band.

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Tune in tomorrow!

[@shaunsmith3538]

Thanks for doing this Pete. I love Magnum and this was a real tough list to put together but here goes :- 1. On a storytellers night 2. Wings of heaven. 3.Vigilante 4. Lost on the road to eternity 5. Escape from the shadow garden 6. Sleepwalking 7. The serpent rings 8. Goodnight LA 9. On the 13th day 10. Chase the dragon 11. Sacred blood divine lies 12.rock art 13. Eleventh hour 14. Kingdom of madness 15.the visitation 16. Princess Alice and the broken arrow 17. Into the valley of the moonking 18. Magnum 2 19. Brand new morning 20. Breath of life 👍

[@guillermomaldonado6277]

every release of this band has been in my "Top10 of the year" for the past 22 years, discovered them in 98 (late, I know) after the first Bob Catley solo album; hooked for life.

[@747jono]

Great debut Stephen. Just got round to watching this. Phew Magnum probably 15 times from Kingdom of Madness. Took a while to headline but got there eventually. Bobs solo catalogue not bad either

[@ChilliCheezdog]

I visited New York in 1993. I went to Liberty Island and had my photo taken with the Twin Towers in the background. There I am, with a big smile on face, wearing a Magnum T-shirt.

[@whitey7998]

Thoroughly enjoyable and informative review. Thank you both.

[@adamsmashups4839]

And I just now see that they put out an album earlier this year;The Monster Roars. Wow.Like Saxon,these guys just keep going and going.

[@travellerseko]

Hi folks, This band has always been my favourite band since my childhood in early 80s.

[@darkhymnsfromthecoldnorth]

Another band ive been curious about for a long time. Went out today and bought a Saga album, based on your recommendation. Thanks for that!

[@merikblackmore]

Very interesting, will have to check out the post reformation albums.

[@michaelharris9694]

Thank you a Great deal to both of you, I've bumped into them as youtube tried to place them with glam bands..however I love this sound and the eleventh hour cover was used for a Bootleg Marillion album.

[@michaelharris9694]

Sorry I dont mean to hog the comments section, I just want to thank you for the Sea of Tranquility, Very knowledgeable and fun.

[@philjm3103]

Thanks to both of you for a brilliant show. As a big Magnum fan it was so enjoyable to watch both of you enthusing about this band. Such a shame the number of views is so low. Thanks again.

[@musicnerd8969]

Hi, Mr. Reid. I've been reading your work on the Sea of Tranquility site since the beginning. Great job. It's a pleasure to see you for the first time. I would like for both of you to know that of all the artists we have reviewed thus far, there are two bands who consistently make my top ten albums per year. Many times my favorite bands will drop on an off. There are two bands that consistently remain on that list regardless of the year--Kansas and Magnum. Gents, you are right. I cannot rank these, but the ones during their "middle period" aren't good where they are in their catalog, but when you compare them against everything else that year, they are as good as anything else in the prog community. Magnum is the most consistent band in history--even when they were inconsistent amongst themselves. IMHO.

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Hey Music Nerd. Apologies for only seeing this comment now. Thanks for the kind words regarding SoT. Very much appreciated!

[@stevechristie2660]

A great show guys I love Magnum and your rankings are spot on !

[@jake6887]

1- Magnum ll 2- On a Storytellers Night 3- Chase the Dragon 4- Vigilante 5- Wings of Heaven 6- Kingdom of Madness 7- The Eleventh Hour 8- Goodnight L.A. 9.Rock Art 10. Sleepwalking I lost them after this a bit. Friends told me they are back on track. 'Reborn' and 'Changes' are my favourite songs. 'Midnight' has one of the most beautiful videos (Love the saxophone in it) 'Le Morts Dansant' should be the perfect soundtrack for 'Paths of Glory'

[@magnusnilssonpost]

Great work guys, one hour of pure joy !

[@LdeinerProductions]

I found their record at a store and it is the only record I have ever taken a gamble on. Totally worth it. It was the kingdom of madness album

[@adamsmashups4839]

You won on that gamble

[@LdeinerProductions]

@@adamsmashups4839 I’ve since taken a few other gambles. Some paid off, others not so much. Honestly if the art is super intriguing, I will pick it up. Kingdom of Madness wasn’t, so not sure why I did that, but it was a promo copy so that was pretty cool.

[@LummiTV]

Please more from that Scotsman!!!

[@petermcallister8489]

@@paultaylor2522 We all have our crosses to bear. 😁😉

[@timbrennan8925]

Yeah! More with Steven please Pete!

[@babyk8047]

great guest full of information totally agree and that's from a welshman lol

[@Taylor-kd6lr]

Great presentation Pete. I really enjoyed this’ one.

[@dougpenrod5411]

Love it! Much under appreciated band here in America. On a Storytellers Night is killer. Tony Clarkin is a great guitarist and more importantly, a great songwriter.

[@timbrennan8925]

Great stuff Pete and Steven!

[@mattyboywalker9094]

1.Chase the dragon 2. On. Story tellers night . 3. Wings of heaven 4. Lost on the road to eternity 5. The serpent rings 6 Princess Alice and the broken arrow 7 Escape from the shadow garden 8 The visitation 9 On the 13th day 10 Sacred blood devine lies 11.Vigilante 12. The eleventh hour 13. Kingdom of madness 14. Magnum 2 15. Goodnight LA 16. Into the valley of the moonking 17. Sleepwalking 18. Brand new morning 19. Rock art 20 breath of life I think I've got them all have I. Again that wasn't easy to do they don't have a bad one. One of my all time fav bands

[@waynemillward2807]

Really interesting comments on ranking the albums of Magnum. Really interesting to hear what Simon Reid and Pete Pardo had to say.very funny at times and very interaining, very informative. Keep up the good work lads , good job 👏 👍 👌 🙌.

[@philjm3103]

I've said this on the 1982 favourite album show, Chase the Dragon is my winner. Every track is stunning - The Spirit, Soldier of the Line, Sacred Hour!! The production is great, Clarkin's guitar is awesome and Bob Catley is majestic on vocals. I was 19 when I bought it and now, 38 years later, I'm still stunned and moved by it.

[@LuchaLibertaria]

The Spirit has great lyrics, its a bad ass song...

[@johnhudson4520]

Chase the Dragon is awesome

[@johnathonsteeel6922]

Fuck yes Chase the Dragon! Sacred Hour is BLISS

[@starchild6347]

Best episode of all time? Well done guys.

[@themighty6]

They are a great band and so underrated even here in the Uk although I think in Europe especially German they are popular. I think they did not break America because they where not pretty boys, like a lot of the bands down the sunset strip. Mötley Crüe, Poison etc. Magnum are fantastic.

[@arthurprice603]

Nice to hear a familiar accent! Perhaps with Steven Reid ‘on board’ there will be an outside chance of a review of The Wildhearts catalogue sometime in the near future. :D

[@welshphantom8964]

Only seen them live the once. I was a student in London, Hammersmith Odeon 1988. I believe they filmed this one but I have yet to see it. If I remember correctly they had a keyboard technical error during Don't Wake the Lion and had to restart for the sake of the video. They rocked. As did this rankings video guys :)

[@johnnyjohansson1736]

This is my favorite band of all time and as you guys say "there is no bad album in their catalogue". There is a clear top five: On a story tellers night Chase the dragon Vigilante Wings of Heaven Kingdom of madness After theese I can put all the rest in any order they are equaly good. Bob's solo albums are almost just as good, not a bad album there either and I also like the Hard Rain albums a lot.

[@brenthartman502]

Great one ... I too have a Symphony x Shirt too .. cheers :) btw We love Sleepwalking down here in Oz - It was an era where they went into longer tunes too .... Wings of Heaven and On a Storytellers nignt ... my TWO top :)

[@michaelspriggs9447]

Nailed it on "the Tall Ships" song. Wings of Heaven "Maybe Tonight" was a cassette only song at release but is one of my favorites. I actually liked a lot of Breath of Life. Chase the Dragon and Vigilante just incredible. My wife always says Bob sounds like John Waite. I don't hear it. Great review.

[@johnhudson4520]

I've been following Sea of Tranquillity for a while now, and enjoyed every post. This post about Magnum tops the list. A remarkable band. I saw them in the early 80's, and I saw them at Wembley, they played everywhere. They seemed to be the support band for everyone. The bands catalogue is astonishing. Some really interesting points made. The fact they didn't tour the US? Only an opinion, but better than Styx. I enjoy them as much as Kansas. The fact that anybody can rate anything by the band more highly than Chase the Dragon, just goes to show how good this band is. Thanks guys..a brilliant post

[@MAGNUM2F]

The best Magnum albums 1, Magnum II, 2. KINGDOM OF MADNESS, 3, CHASE THE DRAGON, 4 STORYTELLERS NIGHT, 5. ELEVENTH HOUR. Their last good albums were Vigilante and Wings of heaven. Since they split and reformed, the only album i play is Princess Alice. The last few have been ok but nothing special. This is from a huge Magnum fan. They were the first band i ever saw and i used to go to other parts of the UK to see them. They are by far, the band I've seen most times. Their first few albums were amazing and the songwriting was brilliant. Yes, they were definitely an album band. RIP Tony.

[@johnhenfrey5936]

1 Lost on the Road to Eternity 2 On a Storytellers Night 3 The Serpent Rings 4 Kingdom of Madness 5 Vigilante 6 Wings Of Heaven. Been waiting for this and it was well worth the wait, seen Magnum play live a couple of Times, they are awesome! so a Magnum tribute band a Butlins Rock Festival, a few years ago too, though don’t remember they’re name, they were good too.

[@mightiask3634]

Kingdom of Madness played Butlins but they're no cover band, its the band of former Magnum keyboard players Mark Stanway and Richard Bailey with drummer Micky Barker. Anyone who is into classic Magnum will love them as they concentrate on their period with Magnum from Kingdom of Madness to Rock Art.

[@djackson1971]

Love this video, shame it’s taken me such a long time to listen to it, but I have all the albums plus the live ones, and I agree not a bad one In there. I think that the monster roars is currently my favourite, but wings of heaven is probably my favourite after that and where i started on my magnum journey.

[@rushshukla4636]

Love the band. Eleventh Hour is their best album by far for me. The Great Disaster, Vicious Companions and So Far Away are three of the greatest songs ever recorded anywhere! I love the variety on this album. It's got everything from balls out galloping metal, prog rock, folk and jazz in One Night of Passion. I had to check it was still the band playing when I heard that coz it's so different to anything they've done! Outside albums are Sleepwalking, Vigilant and Wings of Heaven. But anything really. Bob Catley's voice is so strong and distinctive. He could sing the phone to you and make it sound like Shakespeare. Tony Clarkin is one of the greatest songwriters and guitarist extraordinaire and of course Mark Stanway one of the greats on keyboards. RIP Tony.

[@pauramassy78]

my favorite albums are: 1978 - Kingdom of Madness 1979 - Magnum II 1982 - Chase the Dragon 1983 - The Eleventh Hour 1985 - On a Storyteller's Night 1986 - Vigilante 1988 - Wings of Heaven 1990 - Goodnight L.A. unmissable - milestones - masterpieces I LOVE MAGNUM MAGNUM IN MY HEART

[@MAGNUM2F]

check my list above. we could be the same person lol.

[@paulwheeldon3075]

Must’ve been 1am in the UK when this dropped! It’s so cool to have a whole hour devoted to Magnum, who’ve been a favourite band of mine since the mid 80’s. They are so versatile, so consistent and if you love them, you *really* love them! I was supposed to have seen them live again at the end of March, but that tour got postponed for obvious reasons. I can’t face having one album at the bottom, so I’ve picked a Top 12: •On a Storyteller’s Night •Vigilante •Wings of Heaven •Kingdom of Madness •Chase the Dragon •Princess Alice and the Broken Arrow •Lost on the Road to Eternity •Serpent Rings •On the Thirteenth Day •Escape From the Shadow Garden •Goodnight L.A. •Magnum II

[@philjm3103]

Hi Pete - just listened to your Magnum show, brilliant. If you haven't already checked this out, it's really worth listening to - it's an edition of the Friday Night Rock show from 1980 when they played the Magnum concert from the Reading Rock Festival 1980 (I was there!). The FRS site is actually an amazing resource for so much cool music. Phil fridayrockshow.fandom.com/wiki/03_October_1980

[@mikeprofo2328]

Rock!...With Tommy Vance. Those were the days B)

[@welshphantom8964]

Thanks for this link. I have literally a suitcase full of Friday Rockshow cassettes and nothing to play them on these days. I taped every show in the mid to late 80s. So many good concerts recorded for TFR. Sessions too! Cheers mate! \m/

[@Claymore5]

Utterly loved this - totally engrossing. We saw Magnum this March (a gig postponed from 2020 due to COVID - but OMG are they still great live! My favourite recent album is 'Lost On The Road To Eternity'but really can't argue with the list....

[@ferbeneca]

Increíble show!! Gracias!!!

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Hey Pete have you thought about making a top ten songs video about the band Threshold? I didn't see them in your set list.

[@timfrancis2130]

I’ve never had the opportunity to see Magnum live. But I saw Bob Catley play with Avantasia a few years ago.

[@SuperMikael67]

Best for me Magnum 1"On a storyteller's night album 2 Wings of Heaven 3 Vigilante 4 Chase the Dragon 5 Marauder

[@backofthepack4553]

Thanks for doing the album run down, took me back. Saw Magnum many times from 1984, the gig at Hammersmith on the Vigilante tour is in my top 5 of all time, time to revisit some of them

[@terryjohnson5387]

thanks for this love this band - i stopped getting albums after Alice sad to say missing 8 all up

[@electricaardvark]

Only just discovered this video - excellent stuff! Agreed with a lot of the rankings, though I would rank Eleventh Hour higher myself. Good to see Steven representing that elite group - the Dundee supporting Magnum, Marillion and Rush fan massive!

[@TranquilityFireReid]

There aren't many of us about Bruce!

[@nissenilsson9158]

Brand new morning were the first english words I learned

[@StephenEllaway]

I too bought the live EP, 1st, then bought Marauder live, saw them for 1st time in Birmingham Odeon on 11th hour tour, they blew me away, had privalge to spend an hour with them in a cardiff venue bar when they toured Storyteller tour, what a bunch of fantastic down to earth people, privalige to have met them, saw them many times in small up close venues, allways a good show, for me 1st 11th hour, 2nd Sleepwalking, 3rd Kingdom of madness, 4th Msgnum 2, 5th chase the dragon.Tony is an amazing writter, duch incredible hooks, and phrasing, RIP

[@edguygz7889]

Love magnum own everything by them

[@jorgengabrielsson6660]

Same here 😊

[@patrickcrowther9195]

I saw Magnum back in 1984 at the legendary Marquee club in London.

[@mattyboywalker9094]

Aw wow

[@LuchaLibertaria]

3:46 - Magnum was actually touring the US in support of their Chase The Dragon album in 1982,they were signed to Ozzy's label (Jet Records) and they were opening for Ozzy. However they were thrown out of the tour after a few shows and they had to go back to the UK. At the time the official explanation was that Ozzy's audience didn't like Magnum( imho thats bullshit, its not unusual for opening acts to receive a less than welcoming response, thats not really a reason to dump an opening act. The actual reason might be smthg different. Maybe they wanted an opening act who can sell tickets rather than an unknown British band)

[@michaelcottle6270]

Or maybe they were"Van Halening" them

[@holydiver73]

The eleventh hour is in my top ten albums of all time list. Being from the English Midlands, I’m so proud of our rock and metal heritage. Sabbath, priest, the moody blues, ELO and of course Magnum. The most underrated band in the world. I used to joke with my friend in Sweden that Magnum was world famous in the UK. He’d never heard of them until I introduced him to them. He owes me big time. 😂

[@dominiquez5643]

You guys are insane, buying the entire catalog of this band! Many one hit wonder of today's band won't even get 5% close to the quality of music of this band!!! 20 albums and I never hear of them???? Shame on me and my muscial research....love your channel...you killed it with the Marillion review!

[@mahogany174]

Came to this band at the very start with Kingdom of Madness and totally agree that the albums you have an affinity for are the first ones. That said ‘On a Storytellers Night’ is a masterpiece and is also my number one. It’s interesting how much these lists vary and shows how good Magnum’s material is. Great show guys.

[@orchidcarpetcleaningrp6061]

Love this band seen so many times.Saw at London Marquee then Hammersmith Ocean then Wembley stadium and more recently smaller venue's again.Last two album Def return to form.The Road to Eternity really good. My favourite though Magnum II then On A Story s Tellers Knight

[@richardcreese4468]

Chase The Dragon for me. The songs, production and artwork plus my first Magnum discovery back in 83. Great great live band. Storyteller's looked to be their final breakthrough but it never happened.

[@Jamie.Laszlo]

Hi. Just going back and visiting this video. I'm doing my "homework."

[@HotelHobbies]

Been a Magnum fan since 1986. Enjoyed this video - thanks! Almost completed a run through of all their albums then I will try ranking them. But I think I’ll have the same problem. I pretty much my bottom 2 and top 3 set in stone, after that it’s impossible!