Magic is a Child
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Magic Is A Child is the seventh album from English progressive rock
band Nektar
. It was the first Nektar album without Roye Albrighton on guitar and vocals. He was replaced by Dave Nelson.
Guests:
Trivia: Brooke Shields
is the girl on the cover of the album.
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band Nektar
Nektar
Nektar is a 1970s English progressive rock band originally based in Germany.- History :The band formed in Hamburg, Germany in 1969, members included Englishmen Roye Albrighton on guitars and vocals, Allan "Taff" Freeman on keyboards, Derek "Mo" Moore on bass, Ron Howden on drums, and Mick Brockett...
. It was the first Nektar album without Roye Albrighton on guitar and vocals. He was replaced by Dave Nelson.
Track listing
- "Away from Asgard" – 5:30
- "Magic is a Child" – 4:06
- "Eerie Lackawanna" – 3:29
- "Midnite Lite" – 4:27
- "Love to Share (Keep Your Worries Behind You)" – 4:07
- "Train from Nowhere" – 4:12
- "Listen" – 6:02
- "On the Run (The Trucker)" – 4:41
- "Spread Your Wings" – 4:40
Personnel
- Dave Nelson - guitar, vocals
- Alan "Taff" Freeman - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
- Derek "Mo" Moore - bass, vocals
- Ron Howden - percussion, drums, vocals, Smurds
Guests:
- Julien Barber, Kermit Moore, Michael Commins, Anthony Posk - string quartet
- Larry FastLarry FastLawrence Roger 'Larry' Fast is a synthesizer expert and composer. He is best known for Synergy, his 1975–1987 series of synthesizer music albums, and for his contribution to a number of popular music acts, including Peter Gabriel, Foreigner, and Hall and Oates.- Biography :Fast grew up in...
- synthesizer, programming, processing - Walt Nektroid - guitar on "Train from Nowhere"
Production
- Produced & Engineered By Jeffrey Kawalek
Trivia: Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields
Brooke Christa Shields is an American actress and model. Some of her better-known movies include Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon, as well as TV shows such as Suddenly Susan, That '70s Show and Lipstick Jungle....
is the girl on the cover of the album.