Wings Of Heaven
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| Studio album by Magnum | ||||
| Released | 11 July 1988 | |||
| Recorded |
Wisseloord Studios Hilversum Netherlands 1987 – 1988 |
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| Length | 44.07 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer |
Albert Boekholt Magnum |
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| AllMusic |   |
Wings of Heaven is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Magnum, released in 1988.
The original choice of producers for Wings of Heaven was Roger Taylor and Dave Richards, who had produced Vigilante. This was not realised because of conflicting schedules. Albert Boekholt was suggested at Wisseloord Studios, the Netherlands. The album was mixed at Sarm West Studios in London in January 1988. One song was announced, "That's How The Blues Must Start", but was dropped from the album. The album is certified Silver in the UK for over 200,000 sales.
In November 2007, Magnum toured the UK celebrating the 20th anniversary of the album. These shows were recorded for the Wings of Heaven Live album in 2008. The entire album was played live including the song "Different Worlds", never performed by the band on the original Wings of Heaven tour in 1988.
All tracks written by Tony Clarkin.
Days of No Trust 7" (March 1988)
Days of No Trust 12" (March 1988)
Days of No Trust CD (March 1988)
Days of No Trust 12" picture disc (March 1988)
Start Talking Love 7" (May 1988)
Start Talking Love 12" (May 1988)
Start Talking Love 10" picture disc (May 1988)
Start Talking Love CD (May 1988)
It Must Have Been Love 7" (June 1988)
It Must Have Been Love 12" (June 1988)
It Must Have Been Love CD (June 1988)
"Days of No Trust"
“Half of this song was written in Switzerland after we’d finished recording the 'VIGILANTE' album at Montreux and that LP was being mixed. I still had some ideas in my head. So I started to write things down, including the original idea for the chorus.
“It's pretty self-explanatory as a song and refers to a lot of different aspects of life. There's even a knock at Magnum because on one tour (the 'VIGILANTE' tour of late ’86) we used a Cadillac to travel around. We did it for the fun of it, although in a way it was also done so that people would recognise us… and it worked. The line in the song that says. 'Headlines are courted by stretch limousines' was about us!
“I suppose you can read into the song a statement about the Reagan-Gorbachov talks as well, which are going to prove to be ultimately superfluous, because however many missiles the Americans and Russians agree to get rid of they’ll still have hundreds of the damn things!
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