1. "How Far Jerusalem" 2. "Just Like an Arrow" 3. "On a Storyteller's Night" 4. "Before First Light" 5. "Les Morts Dansant" 6. "Endless Love" 7. "Two Hearts" 8. "Steal Your Heart" 9. "All England's Eyes" 10. "The Last Dance" All songs written and composed by Tony Clarkin. Tony Clarkin — Guitar Bob Catley — Vocals Wally Lowe — Bass Mark Stanway — Keyboards Jim Simpson — Drums Additional Mo Birch — Backing Vocals (on "Les Mort Dansant") Kex Gorin — Drums (on Disc 2, 1, 3 — 5, 8) Produced and Engineered by Kit Woolven Recorded at the Abattoir Studios, Birmingham, England - 1985 The cover art was designed by Rodney Matthews. Released 13 May 1985 Label UK: FM Records GER: Polydor Records On a Storyteller's Night is the fifth studio album by British melodic rock band Magnum, released in 1985 on FM Records. The album is widely considered as Magnum's breakthrough album. This album features one of the Tony Clarkin's most thoughtful songs, "Les Morts Dansant" — a simple song in that paints a picture of a man being executed by a firing squad. It is the way in which the song accomplishes this, with some very colorful and imaginative metaphors. The song was covered in 1987 by American singer Patty Smyth of the band Scandal on her first solo album Never Enough, but because of its French title the song was retitled "Call To Heaven". Magnum had parted company with Jet Records in 1983, and Mark Stanway had departed to work with Phil Lynott's Grand Slam, and Kex Gorin had joined Robin George's band. In 1984 Keith Baker took over management, and the band recruited Drummer Jim Simpson and keyboard player Eddie George. Following a six-week tour of the UK, Tony Clarkin began writing new material. Mark Stanway would later return to the band, and the band recruited Kit Woolven, who has produced albums for Phil Lynott, David Gilmour and Thin Lizzy. The album was recorded at DEP International Studios, then known as The Abattoir Studios, home of UB40. Upon its release in May 1985, On a Storyteller's Night reached No. 24 in the UK charts and launched the band across Europe and is also notable for the stunning cover by fantasy illustrator Rodney Matthews. Two singles were released to promote the album, an alternate recording of "Just Like an Arrow" in March 1985 and "On a Storyteller's Night" in May 1985.

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