Chase The Dragon
by Magnum (UK)

Chase The Dragon by Magnum (UK)
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 12,453rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 25 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1982 (174th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,684th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,453rd)

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Magnum (UK) bestography

Chase The Dragon is ranked 2nd best out of 36 albums by Magnum (UK) on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Magnum (UK) is On A Storyteller's Night which is ranked number 12226 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 97.

Magnum (UK) album bestography « Higher ranked (12,226th)
On A Storyteller's Night
This album (12,453rd)
Chase The Dragon
Lower ranked (13,509th) »
The Visitation

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Chase The Dragon rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,453rd | 1980s rank: 1,684th | 1982 rank: 174th  Overall chart history
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Chase The Dragon ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 25 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.


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85/100
From 03/05/2018 21:39 | #210188
Back in the latter year of Secondary School, a mate lent this to me for a few days. It sounded excellent on the fairly budget music centre, yes I am going to say it again 'music centre' which I was proud to own at the time. It had a tape deck, a radio and a record player! Not sure how it happened but after returning the vinyl to my mate I could still continue to listen to the album...

All in all a truly excellent album. A brilliant cover too, the list of instruments Mark Stanway played, as listed on the rear of the sleeve, was enough to get me drooling! Great production where everything sits well in the mix. Personal favourites are 'Soldier of the Line' and 'We all Play the Game', the latter for the Mini Moog opening and chorus interludes.
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75/100
From 02/19/2018 16:34 | #208824
A great album, a very well mixed recording with great material and sound.
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85/100
From 05/14/2012 20:21 | #42316
Easily Magnum's best album, but at a price. Produced by Jeff Glixman, he held onto the recordings for 2 years. Despite it success, they refused to ever use his services again. Shame as they perfected their sound on this album - 4 classic tracks: Soldier Of The Line, The Spirit, Sacred Hour and The Lights Burned Out and 4 solid other tunes. 1 song too short!
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