Magic & Medicine [Import]

The Coral | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 4, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony/Epic
• ASIN: B00009VGHW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #987,039 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. In the Forest

2. Don't Think You're the First

3. Liezah

4. Talkin' Gypsy Market Blues

5. Secret Kiss

6. Milkwood Blues

7. Bill McCai

8. Eskimo Lament

9. Careless Hands

10. Pass It On

11. All of Our Love

12. Confessions of A.D.D.D.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I'm sold!, October 19, 2003

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Cary S. Whitt "Tune Junkie" (Columbus,Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magic & Medicine (Audio CD)

Admittedly, I was about half and half on the first Coral record. But I must say with Magic and Medicine, I am a born again believer! This is an amazing second record.

Each track is complex yet simple in it's delivery. The songs mold wonderful melodies and unique arrangement effortlessly. The whole cd sometimes is a bit spooky, sometimes a bit fun, but always entertaining and catchy. There is a feeling of something really really great going on un-noticed here. Not sure if this is scheduled for a domestic release or not, but if not, well worth importing in your collection.

To describe this is pretty hard, but I like to think of The LA's or The Stone Roses playing a more blues based rock. Needless to say if you like Brit-rock or brit-pop, you'll love this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Magiacal Mystery Tour of Love,hate, joy, and pain,TIMELESS, January 29, 2004

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"frost-byte" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Magic & Medicine (Audio CD)

The Coral reinvigorate much of what has been forgotten by past masters of British/American Music in recent years...Early Pink Floyd, The very, very early Please Please Me and late White Album Beatles Period, attach it to some west coast American Surrealism from the early 1970s aka The Doors and a light breezy cocktail of harmonies aka the Beach Boys. This is mixed with a tinge of an eighties Madness sound along with The Specials given some spice by slight 90s experimentation aka Radiohead. What occurs is that old sounds of organs and Morrisonesque lyrics and tunes are brought back to life sounding new and refreshing e.g. ALL OF OUR LOVE and IN THE FOREST whilst George Harrison's more interesting tunes and melodies find their way onto PASS IT ON and CARELESS HANDS. Meanwhile BILL MAKAI and LIZAH are Paul McCartney/Simon and Garfunkal tunes with the lyrical cynicism of Lennon. Of all the tunes DON'T THINK YOUR THE FIRST brings all the elements of their sound together in a simple tuneful melody that is too easy to come up with. It is not justifiable to state that this band is a bunch of imitators because their delicate and innovative tunes and talent as musicians gives them a unique quality which puts them as potential contenders to be placed in the Hall of Fame in which the aforementioned sit. Nightfreaks, already available over here recorded in one week shows the rate at which they are progressing, but to get easy access get this first. If they continue as they are they will make a masterpiece. This isn't it...therefore the four stars... but it's getting there .As long as they don't rise to high from the underground they should shall age like a fine wine.Thier lyrics are quickly improving and their good tunes will never go out of fashion . In short the Coral are bringing the mysticism back into popular music. Don't expect to like all of it after one listen. Replay it several times and you'll get my drift:-) Happy Listening!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great cd for chillin, August 29, 2003

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aug (dearborn, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Magic & Medicine (Audio CD)

This cd is awsome. The coral mix in chill rock to brit pop to some catchy blues songs. The whole cd is worth listening to over and over again