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| Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Label: Columbia
Category: Music
List Price: £11.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  128 reviews
Sales Rank: 273
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.2
MPN: 717060
UPC: 886971706024
EAN: 0886971706024
ASIN: B000V8I2QU
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New - Factory Sealed - Shipped from Florida via USPS First class mail. We ONLY sell what we have in stock. NO back orders here.Import Edition
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| Tracks:
| » | Radio Nowhere | | » | You'll Be Comin' Down | | » | Livin' In The Future | | » | Your Own Worst Enemy | | » | Gypsy Biker | | » | Girls In Their Summer Clothes | | » | I'll Work For Your Love | | » | Magic | | » | Last To Die | | » | Long Walk Home | | » | Devil's Arcade |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
His career currently on a roll, Magic reunites the Boss with employees, the E Street Band and it is terrific--a highlight in a long and illustrious catalogue. Brash and noisy and a lot of fun, Magic is packed with great, thoughtful songs. The stately "Your Own Worst Enemy" sounds full yet eschews histrionics, the atmospheric "Gypsy Biker' has a strong melody to match, first single "Radio Nowhere" is an unlikely country-rock thrash and "Livin' in the Future" has all the swing of "Cover Me", but without the drawback of dated production. In fact much of Magic nails that old Phil Spector trick of cramming a lot of blokes (and birds) into a small room, and getting them to play simultaneously. Given that the E Street Band are big blokes these days, the effect is magnified. Not only does Springsteen successfully recapture a sound that once seemed exotic, the same can be said of lyrics such as "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" and "Long Walk Home", rueful and distant and all the more believable than the evocative yet lifeless mini-film scenarios he once specialised in. The Sopranos has redefined the image of New Jersey over the last decade (Bruce and band even pose like a mob in their clubhouse, especially Steve Van Zandt), but Springsteen has reclaimed local pre-eminence with this excellent collection. Pulling off the rare combination of excitement and maturity, the grown-ups are really having a good time. --Steve Jelbert
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| Customer Reviews: Read 123 more reviews...
 Now that's magic! July 2, 2008
Even his harshest critic would find Magic a difficult album to find fault with. Bruce is spot on here with nearly every song.
His album contains some of the most direct messages yet about the Bush administration and forms a large part of the theme, making it a poignant reminder of the troubled times we live in.
I've just seen Bruce in concert in the last few weeks and can tell you this ROCKS when performed live, so make sure you crank it up loud!
BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Simply brilliant June 18, 2008
Wow....Wow. I am always skeptical of 'very late in the career' productions by music artists...as most of the best work always seems to be that which appeared earlier / and earliest in most cases. But, having heard a few of the songs...I purchased this CD and was delighted. I can't stop listening to this album...and listening to this..and then his best hits album...I think a lot of musicianship has actually improved. Definitely buy this album if you like the Boss. You won't regret it for a second. At least 5 of the songs are his best ever work...and the rest are damn good too. Glory days! Well done Bruce!
 Magic indeed May 16, 2008
You never quite know what you are going to get with the Boss and we all have our preferences as to his darker side or towards pure rock belters. So I did what I usually do, I buy on the day of release but I leave it in the car on the auto-changer and I listen to it and see how it grows before I write a review.
And I am enjoying this as much as I did on day one - a return to his best with great songs with real hooks that just make you want to keep on listening.
I obviously prefer the belters and here he delivers in spades.
 Very poor production... April 3, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The production on this one is awful, but some of the songs are pretty good. The Rising sounds ten times better.
The title, "Magic" says it all! March 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was listening to and fully appreciating a Bruce Springsteen 'best of' on a train, on the way home, a few months ago. Although I've liked Bruce's music for a number of years, it is only quite recently that his music has really started speaking to me on an emotional level, namely his brilliant talent for finding beauty and grandeur in everyday occurrences and problems. With a new-found love for Springsteen, I decided that I wanted to hear more of Bruce's work and so, when I got home, did a search for his albums on amazon. The first album on the list was Magic, which I'd read good things about, but when I explored the user reviews on amazon and read so many great things about this album, I decided to give it a go. To be honest, I wasn't expecting anything too special as much of Springsteen's recent work, although very good, had been quite mellow.
On the first listen, it took hold of me straight away. This wasn't just good, it was sensational. The kind of music you want to tell everyone about, songs you want to burn onto CDs and give to all of your friends and family - songs you want to play over and over again. Magic is a phenomenal piece of work, absolutely bursting with life, passion and all of the elements that made Bruce and the E Street Band so essential during their 70s & 80s peak. Nearly every song on this album could easily have been a single. There are half a dozen tracks here which are amongst Bruce's very best songs and are shoe-ins for the next 'best of' compilations - or at least they should be.
Magic has a huge sound - guitars, drums, pianos, organs, glockenspiels, saxophones, harmonicas and much, much more all mixed together in a heady, intoxicating cocktail of almost pure rock 'n' roll. Radio Nowhere is a storming first track, a rabble-rousing ode to rock, followed by the majestic You'll Be Coming Down, a big mid-tempo song in the classic E Street tradition with a sax solo to die for. Livin' In The Future continues the trend of consecutive brilliance with a beat and song reminiscent of U2's Angel Of Harlem - only better. Strings give Your Own Worst Enemy, a song which succeeds in sounding perfect without really ever moving out of first gear, a very full and classy feel and the howling harmonica of the excellent Gypsy Biker provides an early glimpse of the bluesy, gritty brilliance of the song, which boasts a truly fantastic guitar solo.
The next track, Girls In Their Summer Clothes is, for me, the standout on what is an almost consistently superb album, and is almost up there with Born To Run as my favourite Bruce Springsteen song ever. Every time I hear it, I involuntarily smile, my heart starts to swell with joy and I can't help but sing along - it's just such an amazing song, full of gorgeous melody and everyday imagery. Bruce makes you feel as if you don't need anything apart from your health, the sun on your back, a cheap meal from Frankie's Diner and to just hang out watching the world go by. He does something very special, musically, towards the end of the track, as well, which elevates the song, quite literally, into the realms of genius.
Cascading pianos introduce a great straight-talking rock number next, the wonderful I'll Work For Your Love, an unabashed piece of lyrically-rich romanticism. After such enjoyable bombast, Magic is a huge contrast, a delicate and rather beautiful piece despite the rather dark and almost sinister lyrics. Last To Die and Long Walk Home are both great, catchy rock songs which could easily been standout tracks on any of Bruce's lesser works and the penultimate song, Devil's Arcade is a majestic, bittersweet love song right up there with some of Bruce's best moments. The final track, Terry's Song (actually untitled on the album cover) is a touching tribute to a departed friend and brings this stunning album to a respectfully low-key close.
Lyrically and musically brilliant, this magnificent album combines the rare combination of maturity and excitement. The E Street band don't just successfully recapture the glories of their youth, they are now writing new chapters of their 'Glory Days'. I would urge anyone with even a passing interest in the work of Bruce Springsteen to get a copy of Magic - it's aptly titled.
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