13 Blue Magic Lane

Blue Magic | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 17, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B000BPPVPI
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,330 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #63 in Music > R&B > Soul > Philly Soul

Track Listings

1. Loneliest House on the Block

2. Chasing Rainbows

3. Born on Halloween

4. Haunted (By Your Love)

5. I Like You

6. Magic of the Blue

7. We're on the Right Track

8. Stop and Get a Hold of Yourself

9. What's Come Over Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 13 Blue Magic Lane..., June 1, 2006

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D. S. HARDEN "a movie fan" (L.A.,CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 13 Blue Magic Lane (Audio CD)

Blue Magic is a true 'soul' group! After 30 years of listening to them, I am finally collecting their albums on CD! The standout track is 'What's come over me' (featuring Margie Joseph). The interaction between Ms. Joseph and Blue Magic's lead singer was something that stuck back in '75 (my senior year of high school!). Another special track on this album is 'Chasing Rainbows.' The price is right, I invite you to get ourself a copy and see what 70's music was all about! Blue magic was the 'real deal!' Four stars!!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Second Album, August 31, 2008

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Soul Groove "Formerly G-Funk 4-Ever" (Listenin' to the Delfonics) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 13 Blue Magic Lane (Audio CD)

Blue Magic does good on the sophomore album, Thirteen Blue Magic Lane from 1975 following 1974's classic self-titled album. Teddy Mills still hits them high tenor notes again. This time around, the album's motif seems to touch upon Halloween. The songs centered around Halloween topics and imagery are also the neater ones here. On the slow jam "Born On Halloween," the love interest was born on 10/31 and seems to have a spell over him, and on another slow burner,"Haunted by Your Love" discusses a strong love for a woman again using references to Halloween hauntings. The opener is a sad jam about a lonely man living alone. This jam is beautiful, if not heartbreaking, and opens the album with a classic slower mid-tempo jam with fantastic harmony, nice and poetic. We get an uptempo jam more appropriate for dance and pop crossover, "We're On The Right Track Now" with great harmony, a neat change of pace from the slow jams and ghostly references on side A. "Stop And Get A Hold Of Yourself" is slower and keyboard synth driven during the verses, and then there are faster and funkier hooks with one dropping a gruff vocal. "Magic Of The Blue" ia another faster danceable jam on side B, a pre-disco type funker. Although the first album to me was a bit better, it was nice to see Blue Magic experiment with the Halloween imagery and incorporate it into love songs, a nice original idea. How well it fits depends on the individual listener. I like how they vary the pace from one side to the other here, delivering a solid album with variety, soul, dance, and some funk.

5.0 out of 5 stars Thirteen Blue Magic Lane, September 22, 2007

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R. J. Weaver "RJ." (Silver Spring,MD) - See all my reviews
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Thirteen Blue Magic Lane simply old school. When you were single an slow dancing was mandatory. Music with true expression and purpose. Recapture a time gone past thru this recording.