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Magic (CD)
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Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, harmonica, pump organ, synthesizer, glockenspiel, percussion, background vocals); Steven Van Zandt (guitar, mandolin, background vocals); Nils Lofgren (guitar, background vocals); Clarence Clemons (saxophone, background vocals); Danny Federici (organ, keyboards); Roy Bittan (organ); Garry Tallent (bass guitar); Max Weinberg (drums); Patti Scialfa (background vocals).
Additional personnel: William Pu, Jay Christy, Sheela Lyengar, Kenn Wagner, Justin Bruns, Olga Shpitko, Soozie Tyrell, John Meisner, Christopher Pulgram (violin); Amy Chang, Tania Maxwell Clements, Lachlan McBane (viola); Karen Freer, Charae Kruege, Daniel Laufer (cello); Patrick Warren (chamberlin); Jeremy Chatzky (upright bass).
Following up two folk-flavored albums, MAGIC finds Bruce Springsteen laying down his acoustic guitar to reclaim his rock-hero crown. He's assisted in this endeavor by producer Brendan O'Brien, best-known for big-time '90s hard rock, but the results have little in common with O'Brien's grungy past. Instead, MAGIC's sonic blueprint is more in line with Bruce's last stadium-rock statement, 2002's THE RISING. The album is front-loaded with hard-charging, heavy-riffing tunes ("Radio Nowhere," "You'll Be Comin' Down") that benefit from the sure-fire attack of the E Street Band. In fact, "Livin' in the Future" harks back to the band's vintage '70s work.
MAGIC isn't all back-to-basics rockers, though; evocative ballads that employ atmospheric string arrangements indicate that Springsteen is content neither with standing still nor with looking backwards. One of the most rewarding aspects of the album is the fact that after the relative tunelessness of 2005's DEVILS & DUST, Bruce seemingly learned from the folk gems he covered on his Pete Seeger homage a year later, and started writing arresting melodies again. Any way you look at it, those who may have been put off by Springsteen's previous stylistic diversions will have a welcome feeling for MAGIC.
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Rolling Stone (p.119) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Springsteen has rediscovered the boardwalk-dance-party power of BORN TO RUN and the Mitch Ryder and Jackie DeShannon encore covers in his 1975 and '78 shows."
Rolling Stone (p.108) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007" -- "These songs are Springsteen at his toughest and most focused..."
Spin (p.122) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'Your Own Worst Enemy' and 'Girls in Their Summer Clothes' channel Brian Wilson, layering sleigh bells and swelling strings to craft experimental chamber pop."
Entertainment Weekly (pp.68-69) - "No album could say more about the uncertain national mood of 2007....Bruce Springsteen is back in the masterpiece business." -- Grade: A
Uncut (p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[MAGIC] is BORN TO RUN crossed with TUNNEL OF LOVE, an attempt to recover the indomitable youthful fury of the former, astutely tempered by the older, wiser, sadder resignation of the latter."
No Depression (p.93) - "MAGIC may be the closest approximation to an old-school, big-noise Bruce album in ages."
Q (Magazine) (p.88) - Ranked #06 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2007" -- "At 58, The Boss has arrived at another peak."
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 | Your fingerprints on file, left clumsily at the scene. Bruce is Magic.
by tjhassecrets, 7/15/2009 |
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Pros: Lyrics are awesome; vocals are awesome; band sounds awesome; cohesive.
Cons: Two of the songs aren't quite up to snuff.
The Bottom Line: Great music to play while hating 80% of rock music made today.
Review: Sometime around the holiday season of '07, I began writing reviews for Epinions again, but I was doi
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| | Maybe He Has Lost A Little Of His
by wolfman309, 7/24/2008 |
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Pros: Some very infectious melodies
Cons: Some lackluster songs
The Bottom Line: You can not go wrong with Bruce but there is better choices than this album.
Review: Let me just say that I am a huge Springsteen fan. I have seen him in concert, own every CD he has pu
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| | Just When I Thought An Album Couldn't Impress Me, Bruce Springsteen Performs "Magic!"
by wlswarts, 6/15/2008 |
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Pros: Excellent lyrics, Good music, Stirring vocals
Cons: A little too familiar to be perfect.
The Bottom Line: Bruce Springsteen returns with an album that is smart, musically rich and vocally distinct, making "Magic" worthwhile for anyone.
Review: The last few weeks, I have been looking over a lot of my reviews here on Epinions and it seems I've
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