Dead Magic

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Dead Magic
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Studio album by
Released2 March 2018 (2018-03-02)
Length47:19
Label
Producer Randall Dunn
Anna von Hausswolff chronology
The Miraculous
(2015)
Dead Magic
(2018)
All Thoughts Fly
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.4/10 [1]
Metacritic 81/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Drowned in Sound 5/10 [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Loud and Quiet 9/10 [6]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
PopMatters 9/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut 8/10 [11]
Under the Radar 8/10 [12]

Dead Magic is the fourth studio album by Swedish musician Anna von Hausswolff. It was released on 2 March 2018 on City Slang and received critical acclaim.

Contents

Background and recording

The album was written by Hausswolff during the summer of 2016, in her hometown of Gothenburg and then the majority of it was recorded the following year at Frederik's Church located in Copenhagen, Denmark.[ citation needed ]

Reception

Upon release, Dead Magic received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 81, indicating "universal acclaim". [13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Anna von Hausswolff

No.TitleLength
1."The Truth, the Glow, the Fall"12:08
2."The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra"6:09
3."Ugly and Vengeful"16:17
4."The Marble Eye"5:19
5."Källans återuppståndelse"7:26
Total length:47:19

Personnel

Musicians
Production
Design

Charts

Chart performance for Dead Magic
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [14] 53
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 106
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] 52
Scottish Albums (OCC) [17] 73
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [18] 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] 53
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [20] 14

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