It's Complicated Being a Wizard is Portugal. The Man

Portugal. The Man

Portugal. The Man is an American psychedelic rock band based in Portland, Oregon, but originally from Wasilla, Alaska. The group released their first two albums with Fearless Records. They also released material on their own imprint Approaching AIRballoons through indie label Equal Vision Records...

's fifth release, released on February 27, 2007 through Public Music Records. Track one is split up into its distinct movements for easy browsing across tracks two through ten (i.e. track two being part one of It's Complicated Being a Wizard, track three being part two, and so it goes).

Lead vocalist and chief song writer, John Gourley, created the album artwork for this as well as all other Portugal. The Man releases.

In a recent interview with AbsolutePunk.Net, Gourley gave fans an insight into the creation and concept of this mini-album:
"It’s Complicated Being a Wizard, I recorded that directly after Waiter was done. And it was just something that I started recording and just snowballed and became eventually 23 minutes, which is really funny because I actually set out to make it 23 minutes long after I got past 10 minutes."

The name of the album 'It's Complicated Being a Wizard' is in reference to former NBA player Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a former American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats...

 whose number was famously 23 (the length in minutes of the title track). Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a former American professional basketball player, active entrepreneur, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats...

 played for the Washington Wizards

Washington Wizards

The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., previously known as Washington Bullets. They play in the National Basketball Association .-Early years:...

and was later the owner of the team.

Track listing

1. "It's Complicated Being A Wizard" - 23:00
2. "Opal Magic" - 0:50
3. "Ruby Magic" - 4:04
4. "Sapphire Magic" - 2:19
5. "Amethyst Magic" - 2:18
6. "Emerald Magic" - 2:31
7. "Amber Magic" - 3:25
8. "Gold Magic" - 2:27
9. "Crystal Magic" - 1:27
10. "Black Magic" - 3:37