Magic Is a Child

Last updated

Magic Is A Child
Magic is a child.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1977
RecordedMarch – August 1977
StudioThe House Of Music, West Orange, New Jersey
Genre Progressive rock [1]
Length41:24
Label Polydor
Producer Jeffrey Kawalek
Nektar chronology
Live in New York
(1977)
Magic Is A Child
(1977)
More Live Nektar in New York
(1978)

Magic Is A Child is the seventh album from English progressive rock band Nektar. This album is one of only two studio albums released by Nektar without Roye Albrighton on guitar and lead vocals, instead featuring Dave Nelson; the other is The Other Side (2020).

Contents

Brooke Shields, 12 years old at the time, is the model on the cover. [1]

The track "Train from Nowhere", on the 2005 remastered edition, features Robert Fripp of King Crimson on lead guitar (under the pseudonym “Walt Nektroid") that was left out of the original version.[ citation needed ]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]

AllMusic gave the album a positive retrospective review, praising Nektar's switching to "shorter, punchier songs", "swelling" keyboards, "symphonic" guitars, and "breezy pop". [1]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Away from Asgard"Derek Moore, Ron Howden, Taff Freeman, Dave Nelson, Steve Barth5:30
2."Magic Is a Child"Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson, Barth4:06
3."Eerie Lackawanna"Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson, Barth3:29
4."Midnight Lite"Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson, Barth4:27
5."Love to Share (Keep Your Worries Behind You)"Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson4:07
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Train from Nowhere"Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson4:12
7."Listen"Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson, Roye Albrighton6:02
8."On the Run (The Trucker)"Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson4:41
9."Spread Your Wings"Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson4:40

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [2] 172

References