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The Magic City
Studio album by
Helium
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1997
Recorded1997
GenreIndie rock, alternative rock, post-punk, noise pop
Length51:40
LabelMatador Records[1]
ProducerMitch Easter[2]
Helium
Helium chronology
No Guitars
(1997) 		The Magic City
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Pitchfork Media8.5/10[4]

The Magic City is the second and final studio album from American indie rock band Helium.[5] It was released in 1997 on Matador Records.

Critical reception

AllMusic called the album "a rich, colorful array of sounds ... that blends lo-fi indie-rock with '70s prog rock."[6] Magnet wrote: "The album is a Pet Sounds chamber-pop-meets-progressive-rock indie masterpiece, created long before any lo-fi-loving cretin would ever admit to loving Yes’ Close To The Edge, Genesis’ Nursery Cryme or watching Keith Emerson throw daggers into his eight-foot-high synthesizer."[7]

Track listing

  1. "Vibrations" - 2:46
  2. "Leon's Space Song" - 2:59
  3. "Ocean of Wine" - 4:04
  4. "Aging Astronauts" - 3:08
  5. "Medieval People" - 4:08
  6. "Lady of the Fire" - 2:19
  7. "Lullaby of the Moths" - 3:09
  8. "Revolution of Hearts, Pt. 1 & 2" - 8:01
  9. "Ancient Cryme" - 3:55
  10. "Cosmic Rays" - 3:58
  11. "Devil's Tear" - 2:46
  12. "Clementine" - 2:31
  13. "Blue Rain Soda" - 1:50
  14. "Walk Away" - 5:59

Personnel

  • Mary Timony - Guitar, Vocals, Chamberlin, Keyboards
  • Ash Bowie - Bass, Drums
  • Shawn King Devlin - Drums
  • Mitch Easter - Guitar, Mandolin, Percussion, Pedal Steel, Vocals (background), Producer, Engineer, Slide Guitar, Mixing
  • Andrew Emmett - Violin
  • Ken Wilmot - Trumpet
  • Chris Stamey - Editing, Pro-Tools

References

  1. ^ https://store.matadorrecords.com/the-magic-city
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/helium-mn0000956100/biography
  3. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-magic-city-mw0000595571
  4. ^ https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23133-ends-with-and-the-dirt-of-luck-the-magic-city-no-guitars/
  5. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/helium-mn0000956100/biography
  6. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-magic-city-mw0000595571
  7. ^ http://magnetmagazine.com/2017/07/31/magnet-classics-the-making-of-heliums-the-magic-city/
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