A Farewell to Arms (album)

A Farewell to Arms is the twelfth studio album by the Norwegian hard rock band TNT, released on 15 December 2010 in Japan. The album is in stark contrast to the previous two TNT albums, being a very 1980s-melodic rock-oriented album. The album is titled Engine in the US and Scandinavia.

A Farewell to Arms (Japan)
Engine (US/Scandinavia)
Studio album by
Released15 December 2010 (2010-12-15) (Japan)
27 December 2010 (2010-12-27) (Norway)
GenreHeavy metal
Length38:10
LabelTNT
ProducerRonni Le Tekrø
TNT chronology
Atlantis
(2008)
A Farewell to Arms (Japan)
Engine (US/Scandinavia)

(2010)
XIII
(2018)
Alternative Cover
Engine cover

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Engine"Ronni Le Tekrø4:37
2."Refugee"Ronni Le Tekrø, Tony Mills4:18
3."Ship in the Night"Ronni Le Tekrø4:00
4."Take It Like a Man – Woman!"Ronni Le Tekrø, Tony Caputo, Tony Mills3:01
5."Come"Ronni Le Tekrø, Tony Mills3:41
6."Barracuda"Ronni Le Tekrø, Tony Mills2:39
7."A Signature on a Demon's Self-portrait" (instrumental)Ronni Le Tekrø0:57
8."Don't Misunderstand Me"Ronni Le Tekrø, Tony Mills3:28
9."A Farewell to Arms"Ronni Le Tekrø, Tony Mills2:39
10."Someone Else"Ronni Le Tekrø, Tony Mills4:21
11."God Natt, Marie"Ronni Le Tekrø, Tony Mills4:28
Norwegian edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."June" (live)Ronni Le Tekrø, Tony Mills3:56
European edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Harley-Davidson"Dag Ingebrigtsen, Ronni Le Tekrø, Gustav Alfheim, Tony Mills3:35
Japanese edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Not Only Lonely"Ronni Le Tekrø, Carina Helene Tekrø Hermstad3:39

Personnel

TNT
Additional personnel
Production
  • Ronni Le Tekrø – producer, mixing
  • Tommy Hansen – mixing, mastering
  • Kjartan Hesthagen – engineer
  • Erland Hvalby – executive producer

Reception

Pre-release press has given the album high praise. Melodicrock.com, who had given the band's previous two releases highly negative reviews, said on a front page update "there's something a little different about this album. It rocks!"

Reception for the album has been generally well received. Hardrock Haven's Derrick Miller gave the album 8.9/10. Scream magazine gave a similar score.

References

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