Lost on the Road to Eternity
| Lost on the Road to Eternity | ||||
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| Released | 19 January 2018 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 66:53 | |||
| Label | Steamhammer Records/SPV | |||
| Producer | Tony Clarkin | |||
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Lost on the Road to Eternity is the 20th studio album by the British rock band Magnum. The album was released on 19 January 2018. It is the group's first album to feature Lee Morris on drums and Rick Benton on keyboards. It is also the longest studio album the band has released to date (not counting bonus tracks).
The album features Tobias Sammet on the title track, an artistic thank you by the Avantasia frontman for Bob Catley's numerous guest appearances on his albums. It was the last studio album by Magnum to feature bassist Al Barrow, as he retired from the band a year and a half after the album's release.
The cover was painted by Rodney Matthews, and features almost every character from The Wizard of Oz and Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Commercially, Lost on the Road to Eternity became one of the most successful Magnum albums to date, and it was well-received by critics across Europe. It became the first Magnum album to reach the Top 10 in the German charts and the second to do so in the Swiss charts, peaking at 8 in both. It also charted 15 in the United Kingdom, the band's highest position there since 1990. The album entered charts in France and the United States, a first in the band's history.