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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Make A Little Magic
| name = Make a Little Magic
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
| artist = [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band|The Dirt Band]]
| Cover =
| cover = NGDB-MakeALittleMagic.jpg
| Released = 1980
| alt =
| released = 1980
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| Genre = [[Country Music|Country]]/[[Country rock]]/[[Folk rock]]/[[Bluegrass music|Bluegrass]]
| Length = 00:00
| recorded =
| Label = United Artists
| venue =
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| studio =
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| Producer = Jeff Hanna and Bob Edwards
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Country music|Country]]|[[country rock]]|[[pop music|pop]]|[[folk rock]]|[[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]]}}
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| Reviews =
| length = 34:18
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| Last album = ''[[An American Dream (Dirt Band Album)|An American Dream]]''<br/>(1979)
| label = [[United Artists Records|United Artists]]
| This album = ''Make A Little Magic''<br/>(1980)
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| producer = Jeff Hanna, Bob Edwards
| Next album = ''[[Jealousy]]''<br/>(1981)
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| prev_title = [[An American Dream (album)|An American Dream]]
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = [[Jealousy (Dirt Band album)|Jealousy]]
| next_year = 1981
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
'''''Make A Little Magic''''' is the 1980 album from The [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]].".
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/album/make-a-little-magic-r67601|title=Allmusic review|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=2011-01-05}}</ref>
}}
'''''Make a Little Magic''''' is the twelfth album from The [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band|Dirt Band]], formerly known as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. This album includes the title cut which reached number 77 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] chart but peaked at number 25 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=177}}</ref> with [[Nicolette Larson]] singing backup. The album reached number 62 on the [[United States|US]] [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] [[record chart|chart]]. It also includes their cover version of the [[Cindy Bullens]] tune, "Anxious Heart".


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


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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*Jeff Hanna – lead and backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitars
*Jimmie Fadden - electric and acustic harmonica
*Jimmie Fadden – electric and acoustic harmonica
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*John McEuen - lap steel guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar on "Mullen's Farwell"
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*Al Garth – alto and tenor saxophones, viola
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*Jeff Hanna - lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, background vocals
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*[[John McEuen]] – lap steel guitar, mandolin; acoustic guitar on "Mullen's Farwell to America"
*Bob Carpenter - lead vocals on "Leigh Ann" and "Harmony"
*Bob Carpenter – keyboards, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Leigh Ann" and "Harmony"
*Richard Hathaway - electric bass, background vocals
*Richard Hathaway – bass, backing vocals
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*Al Garth - alto and tenor sax, violin, viola
Additional Musicians
;Additional Musicians
*Rick Schlosser - drums and programming
*[[Rick Shlosser]] – drums, percussion
*Nicolette Larson - background and harmony vocals on "Make A Little Magic", "Do It", "Harmony"
*[[Nicolette Larson]] – backing and harmony vocals on "Make A Little Magic", "Do It" and "Harmony"
*Haden Gregg - background vocals on "Anxious Heart" and "Badlands"
*Haden Gregg – backing vocals on "Anxious Heart" and "Badlands"
*Geoffry Morris - slide guitar on "Too Good To Be True"
*Geoffrey Morris – slide guitar on "Too Good To Be True"


==Production==
==Production==
*Producer - Jeff Hanna and Bob Edwards
*Producer – Jeff Hanna and Bob Edwards


==Chart performance==
==Discography==
{| class="wikitable"
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[[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band discography]]
|-
! Chart (1980)
! Peak<br />position
|-
| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 62
|-
| Canadian ''RPM'' Country Albums
| style="text-align:center;"| 12
|-
| Canadian ''RPM'' Top Albums
| style="text-align:center;"| 64
|}


==References==
==References==
<ref>Track listing, Personnel, and Production from album liner notes unless otherwise noted.</ref>
All information is from the album liner notes unless otherwise noted<ref>''Make A Little Magic'', The Dirt Band, Liberty (1980) CD</ref>
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Latest revision as of 20:41, 11 July 2024

Make a Little Magic
Studio album by
The Dirt Band
Released1980
Genre
Length34:18
LabelUnited Artists
ProducerJeff Hanna, Bob Edwards
The Dirt Band chronology
An American Dream
(1979) 		Make a Little Magic
(1980) 		Jealousy
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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".

Track listing

[edit]
  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

[edit]
  • Jeff Hanna – lead and backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitars
  • Jimmie Fadden – electric and acoustic harmonica
  • Al Garth – alto and tenor saxophones, viola
  • John McEuen – lap steel guitar, mandolin; acoustic guitar on "Mullen's Farwell to America"
  • Bob Carpenter – keyboards, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Leigh Ann" and "Harmony"
  • Richard Hathaway – bass, backing vocals
Additional Musicians
  • Rick Shlosser – drums, percussion
  • Nicolette Larson – backing and harmony vocals on "Make A Little Magic", "Do It" and "Harmony"
  • Haden Gregg – backing vocals on "Anxious Heart" and "Badlands"
  • Geoffrey Morris – slide guitar on "Too Good To Be True"

Production

[edit]
  • Producer – Jeff Hanna and Bob Edwards

Chart performance

[edit]
Chart (1980) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 62
Canadian RPM Country Albums 12
Canadian RPM Top Albums 64

References

[edit]

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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