Magic Time

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This article is about the album. There is also a series of books by Marc Scott Zicree called Magic Time (series)

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Magic Time

Studio album by Van Morrison
Released	May 17, 2005
Recorded	???
Genre	Celtic rock, Blues, R&B
Length	58:45
Label	Geffen
Producer(s)	Van Morrison
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Van Morrison chronology
What's Wrong with This Picture? (2003)	Magic Time (2005)	Pay the Devil (2006)

Magic Time is an album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released on May 17, 2005. It debuted at #25 on the US Billboard charts; by the end of 2005, it had sold 252,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The album covers a variety of styles ranging from Celtic rock to R&B and the blues. "Just Like Greta" was originally recorded and intended for 2002's Down the Road (when the album was tentatively titled Choppin' Wood), but it was ultimately dropped and re-recorded for this album.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Van Morrison (unless noted otherwise)

"Stranded" – 5:34
"Celtic New Year" – 6:10
"Keep Mediocrity At Bay" – 3:44
"Evening Train" – 2:48
"This Love of Mine" - (Parker, Sanicola, Sinatra) – 2:42
"I'm Confessin" - (Daughtery, Neiburg, Reynolds) – 4:29
"Just Like Greta" – 6:25
"Gypsy In My Soul" – 4:04
"Lonely And Blue" - (Brooks, Razaf, Waller) – 3:41
"The Lion This Time" – 4:56
"Magic Time" – 5:06
"They Sold Me Out" – 3:11
"Carry On Regardless" – 5:54

[edit] Personnel

Van Morrison - vocal, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, alto saxophone
Mick Green, Foggy Lyttle - guitar
Michael Fields - Spanish guitar, lute
Martin Winning - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Myles Drennan - piano, Hammond b-3 organ
Brian Connor - piano, keyboards
Dave Lewis - piano
Jerome Rimson - bass, background vocals
David Hayes - bass
Liam Bradley - drums, background vocals
Noel Bridgeman, Johnathan Mele, Bobby Irwin - drums
Johnny Scott, Siobhan Pettit, Olwin Bell, Aine Whelan, Karen Hamill - (background vocals)