When the Good Times Come

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

Hard Rain
Studio album by Hard Rain
Released	May 17, 1999
Recorded	Mad Hat Studios, Wolverhampton United Kingdom
Genre	Melodic Rock
Label	Eagle Records
Producer	Tony Clarkin
Hard Rain chronology
Hard Rain (1997) Hard Rain (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
melodicrock.com	7.4/10 link

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

• Tony Clarkin — Guitar
• Bob Catley — Vocals
• Sue McCloskey — Vocals
• Paul Hodson — Keyboards
• Al Barrow — Bass
• Rob Barrow — Drums

Additional musicians

• Brian Bannister (musician) — Harmonica on "Eat It Up"

Additional instruments on "Showtime":

• Justin Tundervary — Trumpet
• Gary Barnacle — Saxophone
• Andy "Freddy" Rogers — Trombone

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

• Bob Catley — Vocals
• Sue McCloskey — Vocals
• Paul Hodson — Vocals
• Al Barrow — Vocals
• Rob Barrow — Vocals
• Sue Parkes — Vocals
• Anita Barrow — Vocals
• John Hampton (musician) — Vocals
• Nikki Hall — Vocals

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.

External links

• www.magnumonline.co.uk - Official Magnum site