Make a Little Magic

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Make a Little Magic
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Studio album by
The Dirt Band
Released1980
Genre
Length34:18
Label Liberty
Producer Jeff Hanna, Bob Edwards
The Dirt Band chronology
An American Dream
(1979)		Make a Little Magic
(1980)		 Jealousy
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Make a Little Magic is the twelfth album from The Dirt Band, formerly known as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. This album includes the title cut which reached number 77 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart but peaked at number 25 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [2] with Nicolette Larson singing backup. The album reached number 62 on the US Billboard 200 chart. It also includes their cover version of the Cindy Bullens tune, "Anxious Heart".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Make a Little Magic" (Hanna, Hathaway, Carpenter) – 3:55
  2. "Badlands" (Hathaway, Carpenter, Hanna) – 4:14
  3. "High School Yearbook" (Hanna, Hathaway, Carpenter) – 2:44
  4. "Leigh Anne" (Holster) – 4:10
  5. "Riding Alone" (Hathaway, Carpenter, Hanna) – 2:20
  6. "Anxious Heart" (Bullens, Veitch) – 2:43
  7. "Do It! (Party Lights)" (Fadden, Carpenter, Hathaway, Hanna) – 4:24
  8. "Harmony" (Hanna, Fadden) – 4:22
  9. "Too Good to Be True" (Carpenter, Hanna) – 3:38
  10. "Mullen's Farewell to America" (McEuen, Garth) – 1:48

Personnel

Additional Musicians

Production

Chart performance

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 62
Canadian RPM Country Albums12
Canadian RPM Top Albums64

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References

All information is from the album liner notes unless otherwise noted [3]

  1. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Allmusic review". Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 177.
  3. ↑ Make A Little Magic, The Dirt Band, Liberty (1980) CD
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