Magic (Bruce Springsteen album)

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Magic
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2007 (LP), October 2, 2007 (CD)
RecordedMarch 12 – May 2007
StudioSouthern Tracks Recording Studio, Atlanta, Georgia
GenreRock
Length47:47
LabelColumbia
ProducerBrendan O'Brien
Bruce Springsteen chronology
Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band: Live in Dublin
(2007)
Magic
(2007)
Magic Tour Highlights
(2008)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band chronology
Hammersmith Odeon London '75
(2006)
Magic
(2007)
Magic Tour Highlights
(2008)
Singles from Magic
  1. "Radio Nowhere"
    Released: August 28, 2007
  2. "Girls in Their Summer Clothes"
    Released: January 15, 2008

Magic is the 15th studio album by Bruce Springsteen. It was released on 25 September, 2007 on LP and 2 October, 2007 on CD through Columbia Records. It went to number 1 in the United Kingdom, the United States, Austria, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy and Sweden and also made number 2 in New Zealand, the Netherlands and Australia. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008.

Track listing[change | change source]

All songs written and composed by Bruce Springsteen

No. Title Length
1. "Radio Nowhere"   3:19
2. "You'll Be Comin' Down"   3:46
3. "Livin' in the Future"   3:56
4. "Your Own Worst Enemy"   3:19
5. "Gypsy Biker"   4:32
6. "Girls in Their Summer Clothes"   4:20
7. "I'll Work for Your Love"   3:35
8. "Magic"   2:46
9. "Last to Die"   4:17
10. "Long Walk Home"   4:35
11. "Devil's Arcade"   5:08
12. "Terry's Song" (Hidden track) 4:11

Two weeks after the album's initial announcement, which included an eleven-song track listing, "Terry's Song" was added. It is a memorial song for Springsteen's long-time assistant Terry Magovern, who died on July 30, 2007.[1][2] Some pressings of the CD pre-ordered through Sony Music or other channels did not contain the extra track.

References[change | change source]

  1. Levine, Stuart. Springsteen’s ‘Magic’ is a rockin’ good time, MSNBC.com, Sept. 25, 2007. Accessed November 5, 2007.
  2. "Terry Magovern, Rest in Peace", Backstreets.com, August 1, 2007. Accessed September 15, 2009.