Something Magic

by Procol Harum

Something Magic cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1977
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:50:54
  • Community rating: 3.23/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Peter Solley, Ron Albert, Mick Grabham, Howard Albert

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Arriving shortly before the veteran symphonic rock group disbanded for over a decade, this release attempts to balance shorter commercial songs with sprawling progressive ambition. The entirety of the second side is dedicated to 'The Worm & The Tree', an extended, polarizing fable featuring spoken-word narration over complex orchestral arrangements. The album struggled to find an audience amidst the rapidly changing musical climate of the late 1970s.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, fantasy, uncommon-time-signatures, complex

Tracklist

  1. Something Magic (3:37)
  2. Skating On Thin Ice (4:49)
  3. Wizard Man (2:41)
  4. The Mark Of The Claw (4:39)
  5. Strangers In Space (6:08)
  6. The Worm & The Tree, Pt. 1: Introduction / Menace / Occupation (7:50)
  7. The Worm & The Tree, Pt. 2: Enervation / Expectancy / Battle (5:29)
  8. The Worm & The Tree, Pt. 3: Regeneration / Epilogue (5:24)
  9. Backgammon (3:25)
  10. You'd Better Wait - (Live Studio Recording) (4:47)
  11. This Old Dog - (Live Studio Recording) (3:42)
  12. Something Magic - Live, BBC Radio 1 In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome, 12 March 1977 (4:37)
  13. Conquistador - Live, BBC Radio 1 In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome, 12 March 1977 (4:38)
  14. Nothing But The Truth - Live, BBC Radio 1 In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome, 12 March 1977 (3:18)
  15. Strangers In Space - Live, BBC Radio 1 In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome, 12 March 1977 (7:54)
  16. Grand Hotel - Live, BBC Radio 1 In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome, 12 March 1977 (6:45)
  17. Pandora's Box - Live, BBC Radio 1 In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome, 12 March 1977 (4:52)
  18. Skating On Thin Ice - Live, BBC Radio 1 In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome, 12 March 1977 (5:20)
  19. The Mark Of The Claw - Live, BBC Radio 1 In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome, 12 March 1977 (5:35)
  20. Wizard Man - Live, BBC Radio 1 In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome, 12 March 1977 (3:47)
  21. This Old Dog - Live, BBC Radio 1 In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome, 12 March 1977 (5:17)
  22. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Live, BBC Radio 1 In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome, 12 March 1977 (6:11)

Credits

  • Bruce Meek - artwork
  • Mick Grabham - composed by, guitar [electric]
  • B.J. Wilson - drums
  • Peter Solley - organ, synthesizer
  • Eddy Gorecki - plated by
  • Keith Reid - words by

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