1990 Magnum – Goodnight L.A.

Goodnight L.A. is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Magnum, released in 1990 by Polydor.

Most of the material was already written and arranged, at least in demo form, and was taken to Los Angeles and Vancouver to find an American producer. Keith Olsen was suggested because of the success of his work on Whitesnake’s 1987. Tony Clarkin, the band’s guitarist and usually the sole songwriter, then invited co-writers such as Russ Ballard, Jim Vallance and David Cassidy’s wife Sue Shifrin to collaborate on songwriting. Other songs called “The Rock” and “On That Day” were retitled or dropped. “Come Back Running” was recorded as a demo version, but it was never released. An additional title, written by Ballard and Clarkin, was published around this time called “Dancing With The Devil”; if this song was recorded, it has yet to be released.