User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
- Summary: The Boss is back with his E Street Band.
- Record Label: Sony
- Genre(s): Rock
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 24 out of 37
-
Mixed: 12 out of 37
-
Negative: 1 out of 37
-
It's the way Springsteen injects his American bible stories with the air of disbelief that makes Magic a truly mature and memorable album.
-
It stands well alongside any classic Springsteen record you can mention.
-
Magic doesn’t break any new sonic ground for Springsteen, but no one was calling for a reinvention. Magic offers what Bruce Springsteen does best: a handful of honest, hard-working tracks about life and how we live it.
-
An album that resumes the glorious "Born in the USA" daze, of lighthearted girls on summer bicycles, and that hard guitar-and-sax sound.
-
If Magic revisits the subject matter of previous career crests, it unfortunately recalls "The Rising" in its sound: Brendan O'Brien returns to the producer's seat, once again shuffling most of the E Street Band to the music's margins and focusing his attention squarely on the Boss.
-
Though his voice is strong and sincere throughout the album, most of the material has a certain karaoke-like vibe.
-
All of these lyrics have already been said before and said more creatively, but what’s even worse is that they’ve all been said by him more creatively.
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 73 out of 82
-
Mixed: 6 out of 82
-
Negative: 3 out of 82
-
May 1, 2018
-
-
DeanMOct 9, 2007
-
-
JRSOct 2, 2007Um, where's Mojo and Rolling Stone's 5 star review? This is a great album.
-
-
ZeroN.Oct 16, 2007
-
-
SteveK.Oct 4, 2007
-
-
JerryJOct 5, 2007
-
-
KarlM.Oct 2, 2007Disappointing album of a man once called "The Boss". His prime years are definitive over. Avoid buying.
-