The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
Metascore
80 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 24
  2. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. 100
    The Magic Numbers have made one of the records--perhaps the record--that 2005 is destined to be remembered for. [Jul 2005, p.110]
  2. Nothing quite prepares you for the sheer beauty of The Magic Numbers' music.
  3. A record that will endure beyond this year, this decade and the rest.
  4. The comparisons to the Mamas and the Papas are ultimately weak; there's a lot of blues mixed in with the folky pop, and traces of '80s British band Prefab Sprout, who also spun their troubles into melodic gold full of boy/girl harmonizing.
  5. The Magic Numbers is one of the best pop albums of the year.
  6. There are pretty, moody moments... but what unites them all is a cheery, zippy exuberance that is rare these days. [21 Oct 2005, p.75]
  7. There's a bit an identity crisis going on here, but fans of this stuff ought to fall under the Numbers' spell pretty darn fast.
User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 75 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 63
  2. Negative: 8 out of 63
  1. tim
    5
    Their average. I get this band confused with all the other B&S ripoffs of that era.
  2. AngelloC
    10
    showing us that music styles never expire, maybe it sounds like 60's but its perfect to take us away, specially today, when everybody with stress need it Full Review »
  3. ChristinaM
    10
    This album has something for everyone and every mood.