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█ RiPPER: .... [uF]Crew █ S ▄▀▀▄▀▀▄ ▐▒░ ▌
█ RLS DATE: .. Jun-11-2005 █ T ▐▓▒░▌
█ STR DATE: .. Jun-13-2005 █ A ■ ▄░ ▀█▀
█ ARTiST: .... The Magic Numbers █ T ▄▓▀▀▓█▀▄ █
█ ALBUM: ..... The Magic Numbers █ S ▄▄▓▄▄░▄█■▀ ▄ ▄▄▀ █
█ LABEL: ..... Heavenly / EMI █ ░▒▓█▀ ██▓▓▄█▓▀▄▓▒░▄█▄ ▓ ■
█ GENRE: ..... Indie █ ■▄█▄▀▓▀ ▄██▄▄▀░▀▀ █ ▒
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█ MODE: ...... Joint-Stereo █ ■ █ ▀█▄░▄█▀▀ ▌ ▓ ▄▀▀▄▀▀▄
█ TRACKS: .... 12 █ █ ▐█▓▀▐ ▌ ▒
█ LENGH: ..... 64:43.Minutes █ ▓ █▌ ▐░ ▌ ░
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█ Bitratecheck 1-2-1-2... with MTD you LO$E! █
█ Here's the .uk retail and Pitchfork says: █
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█ The Magic Numbers are easy to love. It helps █
█ that they tap the soul-stirring tropes of █
█ popdork hagiography: resolute indifference to █
█ trends, early 7-inches scarcer than the '89 Bill █
█ Ripken swear card you foolishly put in plastic, █
█ and an anti-image image that had humble rock █
█ typists at "hirsute" (um guilty). The late 2004 █
█ release of first single "Hymn for Her" █
█ introduced freedom-hating mp3-downloaders and a █
█ few eBay high-rollers to the British quartet's █
█ distinctive sound, updated 1960s folk-pop █
█ steeped in xylophone and catharsis. The █
█ cognoscenti smiled; the UK press readied its █
█ superlatives. But who needs 'em? █
█ █
█ On their self-titled, full-length debut, the █
█ Magic Numbers are easy for your mother, █
█ grandmother, older brother, kid sister and their █
█ American Idol-obsessed friends to love, too. (Is █
█ it cool to like American Idol this week? The █
█ Magic Numbers don't care.) Let's get this out of █
█ the way right now: I'm gonna have to drop the █
█ triple-A bomb. AAA stands for the "Adult Album █
█ Alternative" radio format, which stands for Dave █
█ Matthews Band, Train, and Matchbox 20, so █
█ Pitchfork pretty much won't stand for it. The █
█ Magic Numbers could have waxed nostalgic for the █
█ folk-pop equivalent of the nouveau new-wave and █
█ gotten the easy 6.7. Instead, they've created █
█ what will doubtless stand as 2005's best AAA █
█ record. And, contrary to that genre's built-in █
█ assumptions, it doesn't even suck. Musical bait █
█ 'n' switch hasn't been this exhilarating since █
█ Blur tapped dulcet Anglo-gospel stomp "Tender" █
█ as the lead single for cacophonous 1999 album █
█ 13. █
█ █
█ Newest single "Forever Lost" reveals the █
█ Numbers' world-dominating intentions right away. █
█ Its initial clear, ringing guitar chords owe █
█ both their tone and voicing to the alternating E █
█ and E major seventh of another AAA hit: "No Such █
█ Thing", which vaulted misunderestimated indie █
█ anathema John Mayer into the top 40 some three █
█ years ago. As the hook, lead singer Romeo █
█ Stodart reaches for Chris Martin's █
█ now-ubiquitous falsetto-- "forever lost -- and █
█ shit, that kinda works, too. In between, the █
█ natural harmonies of the band's two █
█ brother-sister pairings chart the kind of melody █
█ most indie-pop groups would kill stuffed animals █
█ for. Handclaps ensue. If the reference points █
█ are a tad obvious, so is the song's appeal. █
█ █
█ To say the Magic Numbers are instantly █
█ accessible is not to say they're simplistic. The █
█ album's most emotionally charged number, the █
█ six-minute "I See You, You See Me", casts a █
█ vulnerable duet of self-discovery amid █
█ ever-shifting dynamics. Ornate, country-tinged █
█ guitar fills enliven several songs, particularly █
█ "Long Legs". Often, multiple voices will bat key █
█ lyrics back and forth like rainbow-colored beach █
█ balls, until they become a sort of joyful, █
█ lovelorn mantra-- a Polyphonic Spree for █
█ normals. The lonesome twang of "Wheels on Fire" █
█ hints at the great Parsons-Harris duets, though █
█ this slick album version lacks the intimacy of █
█ the leaked demo you'll find on file-sharing █
█ networks. Mostly, though, the Magic Numbers are █
█ just clean fun, from the banjo-like guitar romp █
█ of "Morning's Eleven" to the uptempo, █
█ tambourine-crashing power-pop of "Love Me Like █
█ You". █
█ █
█ So: Why not an even higher score, you ask? █
█ Though the Numbers' refreshing style merits the █
█ oft-made Mamas-and-the-Papas comparisons as well █
█ as the AAA allusions, they don't have anything █
█ close to a "California Dreaming". The █
█ songwriting falls a couple of times too many █
█ into timid generalities about love and loss (cf. █
█ "Love Is a Game", which isn't a Michelle █
█ Branch/Santana cover); the melodies, though █
█ lovely, are sometimes interchangeable. "One more █
█ drink and I'll be fine/ One more girl to take █
█ you off my mind," Stodart sings on "Mule", but █
█ it sounds like a feeling remembered from someone █
█ else's song rather than something he's █
█ experienced. Yes, the Magic Numbers are easy to █
█ love -- but until they grow into their █
█ considerable gifts is it OK if I just really, █
█ really like them? █
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█ :01:. Mornings Eleven 05:34:. █
█ :02:. Forever Lost 04:11:. █
█ :03:. The Mule 05:11:. █
█ :04:. Long Legs 03:23:. █
█ :05:. Love Me Like You 04:51:. █
█ :06:. Which Way to Happy 04:27:. █
█ :07:. I See You, You See Me 06:00:. █
█ :08:. Don't Give Up the Fight 03:00:. █
█ :09:. This Love 05:41:. █
█ :10:. Wheels on Fire 04:04:. █
█ :11:. Love's A Game 04:49:. █
█ :12:. Try 13:32:. █
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