Rock Art (album)

Rock Art (album)

Rock Art is the tenth studio album by the British melodic rock band Magnum and was released in 1994 by EMI.

Following on from Magnum's experimentation on Keeping The Night Lite Burning, Rock Art took a contemporary approach with stripped down arrangements; blues, rock and roll and soul elements were incorporated into their sound. The radical changes employed in Magnum's sound since Keeping The Night Lite Burning and Rock Art can be considered as Tony Clarkin's attempt to move away from Magnum's sound and style established with the On A Storyteller's Night, Vigilante, Wings Of Heaven and Goodnight L.A. albums. Perhaps even a reaction to Grunge, Britpop and Indie rock.

Tony commented: "This is the nearest we've got to the "ballsier" side of Magnum live onto record. Rock Art is the best sounding album we've ever recorded, Bob's vocal performance has been stretched even further this time and everyone has had the freedom to play what they wanted to play."

Two singles were lifted from the album: "The Tall Ships" and "Back In Your Arms Again"; however, they were only distributed in Germany.

"On Christmas Day" is a reflection on the World War I Christmas truce of December 1914, involving French, Scottish and German soldiers.