Tracklist
| A1 | What's The Matter | 3:33 | |
| A2 | Bluesy Blue Sea | 4:48 | |
| A3 | Caught In A Trap | 3:34 | |
| A4 | Long Gone | 3:59 | |
| A5 | Driving Me Wild | 3:05 | |
| B1 | Demon Driver | 7:15 | |
| B2 | Living A Lie | 4:27 | |
| B3 | You're So Right | 2:55 | |
| B4 | Living For The City | 4:27 | |
| B5 | Demon Driver - Reprise | 0:42 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Kingsway Recorders Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Kingsway Recorders Ltd.
- Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
- Mixed At – The Town House
- Published By – Pussy Music Ltd.
- Published By – Chappell Music Ltd.
- Published By – Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
- Published By – Blackbull Music
- Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
Credits
- Engineer [Assistant] – Bob Broglia
- Executive-Producer – Kingsway Recorders Ltd.
- Graphics – K. Ansell*
- Illustration – D. Dragon*
- Management – Phil Banfield
- Producer, Engineer – Mick Glossop
Notes
Released in a gatefold sleeve with a red glossy paper printed lyric inner-sleeve.
All songs published 1982 by Pussy Music Limited / Chappell Music Limited. except B4 - published 1973 by Jobete Music (UK) Limited.
℗ and © 1982 Kingsway Recorders Limited / Virgin Records Limited.
All songs published 1982 by Pussy Music Limited / Chappell Music Limited. except B4 - published 1973 by Jobete Music (UK) Limited.
℗ and © 1982 Kingsway Recorders Limited / Virgin Records Limited.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Other (Spine): DE-LUXE
- Matrix / Runout (A-side label): V2238a
- Matrix / Runout (B-side label): V2238b
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout stamped, variant 1): V· 2238 - A4
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout stamped, variant 1): V· 2238 - B4
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout etched, variant 2): V- 2238 - A3 ⋀
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout etched, variant 2): V- 2238 - B3 10 ⋀
- Matrix / Runout (A-side runout etched, variant 3): V-2238-A3 :) ⋀
- Matrix / Runout (B-side runout etched, variant 3): V-2238-B3 :) ⋀
Other Versions (5 of 45)
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Magic (LP, Album, Picture Disc, Stereo) | Virgin | VP 2238 | UK | 1982 | ||
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Magic (LP, Album, Stereo) | Virgin | 204947 | 1982 | |||
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Magic (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Virgin | 204 947, 204 947-320, 97 219 | Europe | 1982 | ||
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Magic (LP, Album) | Virgin | 2473840, 2473 840 | Greece | 1982 | ||
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Magic (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | Virgin | VIL 12238 | Italy | 1982 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Great CD!! Gillans best, and most heavy metalish! It helps that Gillan enlisted Janick Gers on guitar, which elevated the album to a more heavy metal sound. The best songs are “Whats the Matter”, and “Living for the City”, which are more harder and faster songs. The bonus track CD version, includes 2 more hard rock / metal songs - “Smokestack Lightning”, and “Heltzer Skeltzer”, both super heavy
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I bought this when it was first released, went to the Newcastle City Hall gig, for my 1st non-pub gig (these were the days when children didn't go to gigs!), & bought the T-shirt too!
The picture inside the Gatefold, was originally going to be "aqua-chromatic" (my word?) like Led Zeps - "In Through the Out Door" ltd innersleeve, i.e. Colours appear when wet (like Magic), but I think the budget ran-out. Ian Gillan was also financially bankrupted by the tour & bad investments & even ended up sleeping on a friends sofa, which was an extraordinary situation, for the ex-lead singer of one the the world's biggest bands (Deep Purple). His voice was wrecked too, by "nodes" on his vocal chords, but luckily an operation(s) saved his voice & Black Sabbath rescued his career/finances with the, at the time, slated Born Again LP, which is now a bit of a cult LP.
It's probably my least favourite Gillan album though, being a bit patchy in song quality & to me a weak (trying to be commercial) production sound. Noteworthy perhaps for the old Psychedelic trick of phasing on the drums on at least one track. If some of the tracks had been shorter, & Bernie Tormé was still present, it could have been up there with "Mr Universe".
BTW look at the promo-video for "Living For The City" on Youtube (other video streaming sites are available :-) , it's great fun.
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