Escape from the Shadow Garden is the 18th studio album from the rock group Magnum (including Keeping the Nite Light Burning and ignoring Evolution).

in 1983; these were Magnum's highest chart positions in Germany and Sweden since Goodnight L.A. (1990), and in England and Switzerland since Sleepwalking (1992).

"Midnight Angel" tells the story of a young girl in South America who turns to prostitution, and is abused by a famous politician.

[8] "The Valley of Tears" is about not letting ambitions distract one from everything one has to be grateful for.

Be happy with whatever is around you, your family, your friends, and whatever you do in life [...] don’t look too far ahead, look at your feet and you’ve probably got everything you need right there".