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The Magic Position

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Released
  
26 February 2007

Label
  
Loog Records

Artist
  
Patrick Wolf

Producer
  
Patrick Wolf

Length
  
40:49

The Magic Position (2007)
  
The Bachelor (2009)

Release date
  
26 February 2007

Genre
  
Folktronica

Nominations
  
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist

Similar
  
Wind in the Wires, Lycanthropy, Sundark and Riverlight, Lupercalia, The Bachelor

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The Magic Position is the third studio album by English-Irish singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf. It was released on 26 February 2007. The album features collaborations with Marianne Faithfull and Edward Larrikin of Larrikin Love as well as backing vocals by Wolf's sister Jo Apps and also bass and alto clarinet instrumentation by Derek Apps. The album was preceded by the singles "Accident & Emergency" and "Bluebells". Video performances of "Augustine" and "Bluebells" can be freely downloaded, along with older songs and interviews, on the Patrick Wolf podcast in the iTunes Store.

Contents

Music critics and Wolf himself have noted that this album marks a departure from the musical style of his previous two albums, with this one being more pop-oriented. He cites Boney M and Giorgio Moroder as influences. Slant Magazine named The Magic Position the best album of 2007.

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Critical Response

The Magic Position received general acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 27 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".

Track listing

  1. "Overture" – 4:40
  2. "The Magic Position" – 3:53
  3. "Accident & Emergency" – 3:17 (featuring Edward Larrikin)
  4. "The Bluebell" – 1:11
  5. "Bluebells" – 5:17
  6. "Magpie" – 3:57 (featuring Marianne Faithfull)
  7. "X" – 1:05
  8. "Augustine" – 4:19
  9. "Secret Garden" – 1:49
  10. "Get Lost" – 3:17
  11. "Enchanted" – 2:07
  12. "The Stars" – 3:51
  13. "Finale" – 1:57
Digital download
  1. "The Marriage" – 2:46
UK enhanced edition
  1. "Bluebells" (music video)
Japanese edition
  1. "Underworld"
  2. "Adder"
  3. "Ari's Song" (Misprinted as "Ali's Song")
  4. "The Marriage"
  5. "Accident & Emergency" (music video)
  6. "The Magic Position" (music video)
Canadian edition
  1. "The Childcatcher" (live)
  2. "Luna & Libertine" (live)

Singles

  • 23 October 2006: "Accident & Emergency"
  • 1 January 2007: "Bluebells" (download-only)
  • 26 March 2007: "The Magic Position"
  • 2 July 2007: "Get Lost"

    • Charts

    Album

    Personnel

  • Patrick Wolf – lead vocals, two Bosendorfer grand pianos, Kawaii Modular synths, baritone and soprano ukulele, mountain dulcimer, five- and 15-string kanteles, clavichord, clavinet, audio and electronic programming, theremin, harmonium, Autoharp, locks and keys, bells, gongs, Morris bells, handclaps
  • Victoria Sutherland – solo violin
  • Marianne Faithfull – vocals on "Magpie"
  • Jo Apps – backing and sister vocal
  • Derek Apps – bass and alto clarinets
  • Katy Wright – solo cello
  • Mark Rudland – trombones
  • Flip Phillipp – vibraphone and glockenspiel
  • Edward Larrikin – vocals on "Accident & Emergency"
  • Richard Eigner – drums
  • Werner Dafeldecker – double bass
  • Jeremy Shaw, Richard Eigner, Patrick Pulsinger and Anna at Eastcote – handclaps
  • Andreas Kaufmann – first violin
  • Alexej Barer – second violin
  • Raphael Handschuh – viola
  • Rozaliya Rashkova – cello

    • Songs

    1Overture4:40
    2The Magic Position3:53
    3Accident & Emergency3:17

    References

    The Magic Position Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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