''A Farewell to Arms'' is the twelfth studio album by the Norwegian hard rock band

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, released on 15 December 2010 in Japan. The album is in stark contrast to the previous two TNT albums, being a very 1980s-

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-oriented album. The album is titled ''Engine'' in the US and Scandinavia.

Track listing

Personnel

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Ronni Le Tekrø Ronni Le Tekrø (born Rolf Ågrim Tekrø, 5 October 1963) is a Norwegian guitarist best known for playing with the Norwegian hard rock band TNT and as a solo guitarist cooperating with guitarists Terje Rypdal and Mads Eriksen as "N3". LeTekrø ...

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Diesel Dahl Morten "Diesel" Dahl (born 19 June 1959 in Trondheim, Norway) is the drummer and co-founder of the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. He started playing the drums at the age of 15, and played in bands like Burn, Edge and Hotlips before he formed TNT t ...

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Dag Stokke Dag Stokke (1 April 1967 – 27 April 2011) was a Norwegian keyboardist, church organist and mastering engineer best known for his work with the Norwegian rock bands TNT and Vagabond. He owned an online mastering service called OnlineMaster ...

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on "God Natt, Marie" *Bård Svendsen – backing vocals, organ on "Barracuda" ;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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Farewell To Arms 2010 albums TNT (Norwegian band) albums