Magic (Bruce Springsteen album)

chronology
Magic
Bruce Springsteen's studio album
Publication ; (s)	September 28, 2007
Label (s)	Columbia Records
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Rock , alternative rock
Title (number)	12
running time	48:00
occupation	Bruce Springsteen - vocals , backing vocals , percussion , synthesizer , artificial harmonium , glockenspiel , guitars , harmonica ; Roy Bittan - piano , organ ; Clarence Clemons - saxophone , backing vocals; Danny Federici - keyboard , organ; Nils Lofgren - guitars, backing vocals; Patti Scialfa - backing vocals; Garry Tallent - electric bass ; Steven Van Zandt - guitars, backing vocals, mandolin ; Max Weinberg - drums ;
production	Brendan O'Brien
Studio (s)	Southern Tracks Studio
August 28, 2007	Radio Nowhere
January 15, 2008	Girls in Their Summer Clothes

Magic ( English for magic or sorcery) is the 15th studio album by the American rock musician Bruce Springsteen and was released on September 28, 2007.

history

Apart from the song Long Walk Home , which was already played in a different form on the Seeger Sessions Band Tour , all tracks on the album were written towards the end of 2006. The selection of the songs was left to producer Brendan O'Brien . These selected tracks were then recorded at Atlanta's Southern Tracks Studios over a period of approximately eight weeks. For organizational and logistical reasons, only a few band members were invited to the studio for the individual recordings of the instrumental tracks and overdubs .

Track list

The total of 12 songs last about 48 minutes. The last piece, Terry's Song, is often not given at all or only as a hidden track . All titles were written by Bruce Springsteen himself.

Radio Nowhere - 3:21
You'll Be Comin 'Down - 3:46
Livin 'in the Future - 3:56
Your Own Worst Enemy - 3:19
Gypsy Biker - 4:32
Girls in Their Summer Clothes - 4:20
I'll Work for Your Love - 3:35
Magic - 2:46
Last to Die - 4:17
Long Walk Home - 4:35
Devil's Arcade - 5:08
Terry's Song - 4:11
- This song is dedicated to Springsteen's longtime friend and work colleague, Terry Magovern, who passed away on July 30, 2007.

Hit parade placements

Compared to its predecessor We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions , Magic was more commercially successful and again reached number one placement in the United States and Great Britain.

year	country	Highest position
2007	United States US	1
2007	United Kingdom UK	1
2007	Germany DE	3
2007	Austria AT	1
2007	Switzerland CH	4th

Web links

Magic at Allmusic (English)
Magic on the official website of Bruce Springsteen (English)
Article on Magic on rollingstone.com (English)

Individual evidence

Footnotes

↑ announcement from Magic on cdpackaging.de Retrieved on 4 August 2012 found.
↑ Article about the album on the website of the music magazine Rolling Stone (English). Retrieved on August 4, 2012.
↑ The song Terry's Song on songfacts.com (English). Retrieved August 4, 2012.

Chart information

Magic on billboard.com (US). Retrieved August 4, 2012.
Magic on chartarchive.org (UK) Retrieved August 4, 2012.
Magic on charts.de (DE). Retrieved on August 4, 2012.
Magic on austriancharts.at (AT, CH) Retrieved on August 4, 2012.

[1] uncement from Magic on cdpackaging.de Retrieved on 4 August 2012 found.

[2] Article about the album on the website of the music magazine Rolling Stone (English). Retrieved on August 4, 2012.

[3] The song Terry's Song on songfacts.com (English). Retrieved August 4, 2012.


Studio albums	Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ (1973) • The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973) • Born to Run (1975) • Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) • The River (1980) • Nebraska (1982 ) • Born in the USA (1984) • Tunnel of Love (1987) • Human Touch (1992) • Lucky Town (1992) • The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) • The Rising (2002) • Devils & Dust (2005) • We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006) • Magic (2007) • Working on a Dream (2009) • Wrecking Ball (2012) • High Hopes (2014) • Western Stars (2019)
Live albums	Live 1975-85 (1986) • In Concert MTV Plugged (1993) • Live in New York City (2001) • Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 (2006) • Live in Dublin (2007)
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1995) • Tracks (1998) • 18 Tracks (1999) • The Essential Bruce Springsteen (2003) • Born to Run - The 30th Anniversary Edition (2005) • Greatest Hits (2009) • The Collection 1973 - 84 (2010 ) • The Promise (2010)