When the Good Times Come

When the Good Times Come
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 17, 1999
RecordedMad Hat Studios, Wolverhampton
United Kingdom
GenreMelodic Rock
LabelEagle Records
ProducerTony Clarkin
Hard Rain chronology
Hard Rain
(1997)
When the Good Times Come
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
melodicrock.com7.4/10 link

When The Good Times Come is the second and final studio album by British melodic rock band Hard Rain. It was released in 1999 on Eagle Records.

Bob Catley has stated that unlike Hard Rain's debut album, When The Good Times Come was stylistically different from anything they would have recorded as Magnum.[1]

Track listing

All Tracks written by Tony Clarkin.

  1. "Eat It Up"
  2. "Who You Gonna Trust"
  3. "Rock Me In Ya Cradle"
  4. "No One Can Show You The Way"
  5. "When The Good Times Come"
  6. "Talks Like A Lady"
  7. "An Ordinary Day"
  8. "Showtime"
  9. "Lightnin' Strikes"
  10. "Never Say Never"
  11. "Step Back"

Personnel

Additional musicians

Additional instruments on "Showtime":

Choir on "No One Can Show You The Way":

Production

  • Recorded and Mixed at Mad Hat Studios, Walsall, United Kingdom
  • Produced Tony Clarkin
  • Engineered and Mixed by Mike Cowling
  • Mastered and Edited at Hatch Farm Studios, Addlestone, Surrey by Nick Smith
  • Additional Mastering at Mad Hat Studios, Walsall by Claire Swan and Mark Stuart

References

  1. ^ Interview with Bob Catley of Magnum, Rok Podgrajšek. therocktologist.com, 2012.