Magnificent Fiend

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{{Infobox album

| name = Magnificent Fiend

| type = Studio Album

| artist = Howlin Rain

| cover = Howlin Rain Magnificent Fiend Album Cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 4, 2008

| recorded = 2007

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock

| length = 43:25

| label = Birdman

| producer =

| prev_title = Howlin' Rain

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Wild Life

| next_year = 2008

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 75

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1313455|first=Thom|last=Jurek|accessdate=9 April 2012}}

| rev2 = Drowned in Sound

| rev2score = (7/10){{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/12947/reviews/3207253-howlin-rain-magnificent-fiend|title=Howlin Rain - Magnificent Fiend|publisher=Drowned in Sound|date=24 April 2008|author=Him Tall|access-date=9 April 2012|archive-date=29 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429093457/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/12947/reviews/3207253-howlin-rain-magnificent-fiend|url-status=dead}}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev3score = (6.0/10){{cite web|url=http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11304-magnificent-fiend/|title=Howlin' Rain: Magnificent Fiend|publisher=Pitchfork|date=25 March 2008|author=Andrew Gaerig|access-date=9 April 2012}}

| rev4 = PopMatters

| rev4score = (6/10){{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/howlin-rain-magnificent-fiend/|title=Howlin' Rain: Magnificent Fiend|publisher=PopMatters|date=4 August 2008|author=James Bassett|access-date=9 April 2012}}

| rev5 = Prefix

| rev5score = (7.5/10){{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/howlin-rain/magnificent-fiend/17734/|title=Album Review: Howlin Rain - Magnificent Fiend|publisher=Prefix Magazine|date=23 March 2008|author=John Zeiss|access-date=9 April 2012}}

| rev6 = The Guardian

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/apr/25/popandrock7|title=CD: Howlin Rain, Magnificent Fiend|publisher=The Guardian|date=25 April 2008|author=Tom Hughes|access-date=9 April 2012}}

}}

Magnificent Fiend is the second album by Howlin Rain. It was released in 2008 on the Birdman Records label.