White Magic for Lovers

Drugstore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Roadrunner Records
• ASIN: B000007N2Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,753 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Say Hello

2. Mondo Cane

3. El President

4. Sober

5. I Know I Could

6. Spacegirl

7. Never Come Down

8. Song For Pessoa

9. I Don't Wanna Be Here Without You

10. White Magic For Lovers

11. Tips For Travelling

12. The Funeral (But Most Of All)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What's with the lukewarm reviews?, March 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: White Magic for Lovers (Audio CD)

This album seems a world away from their debut (isn't it available anymore? Crying shame, that). The dark, brooding feel of the first outing barely made it onto this album, although it definitely creeps in. White Magic has a more outright rock feel, less obsessive gloominess, and well...diversity. The first track--a wonderful ode to losers like you-- starts off kind of rough, but soon a very earnest latin horn section turns it into a shout-along anthem. Song For Pessoa is exactly that, and its a soothing, sparse guitar lullaby that ends in a (Portuguese?) recitation. Very nice. Drum-machine confined I Don't Wanna Be Here Without You is probably the lightest moment, and if you are familiar with Monteiro's lyrics, you know its the quirky instrumentation that makes it so! Mondo Cane proves they've got rock swagger, as if you had reason to doubt. Typically, they use cello in several songs, and it always sounds perfect. That's one of the reasons I liked their debut so much. Monteiro reveals a softer, sweeter side to her voice on this album, too. It is a change of pace, so fans of earlier stuff may need a while to get used to it, but newcomers have nothing not to like. I mean, Thom Yorke's on the album, COULD it be bad? Still Drugstore, still great. No--they've gotten better. Here's hoping I don't have to wait so long for the next one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This band deserved better, August 13, 2007

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Andrew R. Dejoseph (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: White Magic for Lovers (Audio CD)

I wasn't coming here to write a review, but after seeing the low ratings, I had to even things out. I was listening to this CD today, and was sad to see it was almost 10 years old, and nothing much came of the group. I just think this is a beautiful album with very few, if any, weak spots. It's a really original and creative work of music, but I guess people don't get anything without screaming vocals and distorted guitars.

5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth the wait., June 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: White Magic for Lovers (Audio CD)

I really enjoyed Drugstore's first album and this one has been a long time coming. But it is a great follow-up album, and shows that the band does have enough of what it takes to be around for a long time. The music has power and meaning, and the single with Thom Yorke of Radiohead is different than most "radio rock" garbage out there. This is a really good album.