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You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The feel of the album is entirely different from On A Storyteller's Night; lighter, streamlined, as I said, but not without substance.Condition - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description).

The gloss serves to the band's advantage too, in that it reins in the beardy, prog-rock tendencies of some of their earlier work and draws attention to the concentrated quality in the songwriting, and especially to Bob Catley's superbly paced singing. I initially gave only one star to this album, but I have now upgraded my rating to a more fair two stars.Tracks such as "Lonely Night", "Need a Lot of Love", "Midnight (You Won't Be Sleeping)" and "Vigilante" laid the groundwork for the group to reach their commercial and creative peak on their follow-up UK Top 5 album, Wings of Heaven. While I have always liked the title track, I initially dismissed the rest of the album as too poppy and simplistic.

Gracenote bizarrely categorizes this as 'Metal' (whereas even AC/DC and Led Zeppelin are tagged 'Rock') but who cares? Only nine tracks but very much quality rather than quantity I found this album utterly absorbing from start to finish. those who ventures in this kind of music, for classical trained prog listner this one might be a desaster. Capitalising on the success of On a Storyteller's Night, Magnum changed to a more commercial direction with Vigilante. I don't give many five-star reviews, but Vigilante gets one because it's proof that there was good music being made even in the Thatcherite taste desert that was Britain in 1986.

Auf diesem Album geht es etwas rockiger zu, aber 2 melodiöse Nummern setzen sich auf Anhieb im Ohr fest. The album was produced by Roger Taylor of Queen and the sound of the album is very much of its time.