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

TNT (band)

TNT is a Norwegian hard rock/glam metal band from Trondheim, formed in 1982. The band has released twelve studio albums, three EPs and two live albums while going through numerous line-up changes since its formation...

, released on December 15, 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.

Track listing

Personnel

TNT

• Tony Mills
  Tony Mills (musician)
  Tony Mills is an English musician and the vocalist in the Norwegian hard rock band TNT.Hailing from Birmingham, when he was 14 years old, he sang in his first band, the punk band The Rip-Offs, before joining fellow Birmingham punk band Cracked Actors as bass guitarist...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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• Ronni Le Tekrø – guitar
  Guitar
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• Victor Borge
  Victor Borge (bassist)
  Victor Cito Borge is the bassist in the Norwegian hard rock band TNT and the black metal band Tulus. He joined TNT in 2005, replacing Sid Ringsby.Borge started playing the bass when he was 8 years old...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Diesel Dahl
  Morten Dahl
  Morten "Diesel" Dahl 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 together with vocalist Dag Ingebrigtsen in 1982...
  
   – drums and percussion
  Drum kit
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Additional personnel

• Dag Stokke
  Dag Stokke
  Dag Stokke was a Norwegian keyboardist, church organist and mastering engineer best known for his work with the Norwegian rock bands TNT and Vagabond...
  
   – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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   on "God Natt, Marie"
• Bård Svendsen – backing vocals, organ
  Organ (music)
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  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.