Magic and Medicine

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Magic and Medicine
Studio album by The Coral
Released	July 28, 2003
Recorded	?
Genre	Indie
Length	41:10
Label	Deltasonic
Producer(s)	Ian Broudie
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link NME (8/10) link PopMatters link
The Coral chronology
The Coral (2002)	Magic and Medicine (2003)	Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker (2004)

Magic and Medicine is the second album by The Coral, released on July 28, 2003 in the United Kingdom, where it debuted at number 1 in the charts, and on February 10, 2004 in the United States (see 2003 in music). The singles "Don't Think You're the First" and "Pass It On" earned them their first top ten hits.

The US release features a limited edition EP entitled Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker (which was released as a mini-album in the UK).

[edit] Track listing

1. "In the Forest" (James Skelly, Nick Power)
2. "Don't Think You're the First" (Skelly)
3. "Liezah" (Skelly, Power)
4. "Talkin' Gypsy Market Blues" (Skelly)
5. "Secret Kiss" (Skelly)
6. "Milkwood Blues" (Skelly)
7. "Bill McCai" (Skelly)
8. "Eskimo Lament" (Power)
9. "Careless Hands" (Skelly, Bill Ryder-Jones)
10. "Pass It On" (Skelly)
11. "All of Our Love" (Skelly)
12. "Confessions of A.D.D.D." (Skelly)

[edit] Miscellanea

• The track "All of Our Love" is not featured on the Argentinian version of the album or certain imported copies.
• The album title originates from a lyric in Time Travel, the hidden track on the band's debut album: "It's between magic and medicine".
• Prior to its release, James Skelly joked that the album would be entitled "Matrix Farm" and that "the key to The Matrix is David Sneddon's chin. You have to eat a bowl of Sneddon Brek to unlock it".

[edit] Singles

• "Don't Think You're the First", with b-sides: "Witchcraft", "See Through Bergerac", "Tiger Lily", and "Teenage Machine Age"
• "Pass It On", with b-sides: "Shadows Fall" (acoustic version), "Run Run", "Calendars & Clocks" (acoustic version), "Heartaches & Pancakes", and "The Curry Files"
• "Secret Kiss", with b-sides: "Who's That Knockin'", "See My Love", "God Knows" (new version)", "Not the Girl"
• "Bill McCai", with b-sides: "Boy at the Window", "Nosferatu", "When Good Times Go Bad", "From a Leaf to a Tree"