White Magic for Lovers

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White Magic for Lovers
Drugstore - White Magic for Lovers.jpg
Studio album by
Released4 May 1998
StudioEl Cortijo studios, Spain
Genre Alternative rock, dream pop, Britpop [1]
Length51:34
Label Roadrunner
Producer Clive Martin, Drugstore
Drugstore chronology
Drugstore
(1995)
White Magic for Lovers
(1998)
Songs for the Jet Set
(2001)
Singles from White Magic For Lovers
  1. "Mondo Cane"
    Released: 8 November 1996
  2. "El President"
    Released: 20 April 1998
  3. "Sober"
    Released: 22 June 1998
  4. "Say Hello"
    Released: September 1998
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White Magic for Lovers is the second studio album released by the London-based band Drugstore. It reached the UK albums chart at number 45. [3] The album was noted for the "Song for Pessoa", about the Portuguese modernist poet Fernando Pessoa, "The Funeral" and the song "El President", a duet between Isabel Monteiro and Radiohead's Thom Yorke, which reached the UK singles chart at number 20. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Isabel Monteiro; except "Sober" by Daron Robinson and Monteiro, "Never Come Down" by Robinson, and "Tips for Travelling" by Mike Chylinski. [5]

No.TitleLength
1."Say Hello"3:30
2."Mondo Cane"3:35
3."El President" (feat. Thom Yorke)2:50
4."Sober"4:05
5."I Know I Could"4:10
6."Spacegirl"4:25
7."Never Come Down"4:13
8."Song for Pessoa"3:42
9."I Don't Wanna Be Here Without You"3:40
10."White Magic for Lovers"4:26
11."Tips for Travelling"2:08
12."The Funeral (But Most of All)" (includes hidden track "Everything a Girl Should Have")10:50

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. [5]

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
UK Albums Chart [6] 45

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