| Tragic Magic | ||||
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| Released | 1997 | |||
| Label | Atlantic [1] | |||
| Producer | Billy Coté | |||
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Tragic Magic, also stylized as tragicmagic, is an album by the American band Madder Rose, released in 1997. [2] [3] The band promoted the album by touring with Junior Cottonmouth. [4]
The album was produced by bandmember Billy Coté, who also wrote most of the lyrics. [5] [6] It was Madder Rose's first album with bass player Chris Giammalvo. [7] The band added elements of funk and hip hop to its sound. [8] Later editions of the album contain different opening tracks, "Narco" and "Jailbird". [9]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [10] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− [11] |
| The Evening Post | [6] |
| Los Angeles Daily News | [12] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [13] |
| The Republican | [14] |
Entertainment Weekly wrote that the album "is frustratingly half-baked and suffers from near-funereal pacing... Fortunately, Mary Lorson's lighter-than-air vocals counter even the most sedative of tracks." [11] The Washington Post thought that "the melodies are sturdy... It's tunes like 'Hung Up in You', more than the revisited folk-hop sound, that provides most of the album's appeal." [15] The Los Angeles Daily News praised the "innovative, bass-heavy sound and standout songs." [12] The Republican opined that "the seductive grooves of 'My Star', and the mildly appealing '(She's a) Satellite', are two of the only salvageable moments here." [14]
The Dayton Daily News stated: "Sometimes laid-back jazzy, sometimes spacey coffeehouse pop, always lyrically introspective, there really isn't a bad cut here." [16] Guitar Player called Coté a "vibey and tasteful popster," writing that he "dials in a music store's worth of tones-pristine arpeggios, scritchy wah washes, fuzzy flashbacks, surf solos, hypnotic noir motifs." [5]
AllMusic wrote that, "as if to signal that they were still hip, Madder Rose incorporated heavy elements of trip-hop on Tragic Magic, and while that gambit failed for some of their peers, the band manages to blend the dance and guitar-pop well." [10]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "My Star" | |
| 2. | "Real Feel" | |
| 3. | "Float to the Top" | |
| 4. | "Hung Up in You" | |
| 5. | "Delight's Pool" | |
| 6. | "(She's a) Satellite" | |
| 7. | "Peter and Victor" | |
| 8. | "Best Friend" | |
| 9. | "Scenes from 'Starbright'" | |
| 10. | "Midnight on the Dot" | |
| 11. | "Don Greene" | |
| 12. | "Not Perfect" |
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