Description

Official Usa tape. Clear cassette with grey texture. Catalogue number: 9 26332-4. 1990 digitally remastered edition with 8 bonus tracks

1982 saw the ninth and final Gillan album Magic. As the group was winding down, their sound was softened a bit on Magic. The album was generally accepted by Gillan’s staunch U.K. following; however, it failed to achieve the chart success of Glory Road, peaking at #17 in the UK chart. It opends with two incredible hard-rockers What’s The Matter and Bluesy Blue Sea. After that they album loses its edge. Moderated cuts like Driving Me Wild and You’re So Right have potential, but stall during unimaginative choruses. There are even a few straight keyboard pop moments on the inexplicable Long Gone that couldn’t have pleased older fans. This song in particular flirts with new wave, a heretic move from a co-creator of Smoke on the Water. The first single issued from Magic, Stevie Wonder’s Living for the City were a spectacular flop and went into the charts and #50. After this album Ian Gillan needed time to have nodes removed from his vocal chords so after the Magic tour he dissolved the band while he underwent surgery. He then accepted an offer to front Black Sabbath. Magic features Janick Gers (White Spirit/Iron Maiden) on guitar

Track listing:
1. What’s The Matter
2. Bluesey Blue Sea
3. Caught In A Trap
4. Long Gone
5. Driving Me Wild
6. Demon Driver
7. Living A Lie
8. You’re So Right
9. Living For The City
10. Demon Driver-reprise
11. Breaking Chains
12. Fijii
13. Purple Sky
14. South Africa
15. John
16. South Africa-12 inch extended version
17. Helter Slekter-Beatles cover
18. Smokestack Lightning-Chester Burnett cover