Magic (Smash Mouth album)

Magic
Studio album by Smash Mouth
Released	September 4, 2012
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	33:24
Label	429
Smash Mouth chronology
Summer Girl (2006)Summer Girl2006 Magic (2012)
Singles from Magic
"Magic" Released: 2012

Magic is the seventh studio album by American rock band Smash Mouth, released on September 4, 2012 through 429 Records. It is their first album in six years since the release of Summer Girl in 2006. It is also the first album without original guitarist and primary song writer Greg Camp since his departure from the band.

The first single on the album, "Magic", peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Perfect Planet" (Steve Harwell / Mike Krompass / Shelly Peiken) – 2:36
2. "Live to Love Another Day" (Randy Cooke / Harwell / Krompass / Jim McCormick) – 2:41
3. "Magic" (featuring J. Dash) (Cooke / J. Dash / Harwell / Krompass / Tebey Ottoh / Jennifer Paige) – 2:59
4. "Justin Bieber" (Harwell / Krompass / Peiken) – 2:33
5. "Out of Love" (Andrew Fromm / Harwell / Krompass / Peiken) – 3:35
6. "Flippin' Out" (featuring J. Dash) (J. Dash / Fromm / Harwell / Krompass) – 3:00
7. "Future Ex Wife" (Fromm / Harwell / Krompass / Peiken) – 2:29
8. "Better with Time" (Harwell / Krompass / Peiken) – 3:14
9. "The Game" (Fromm / Harwell / Krompass / Peiken) – 2:36
10. "She's Into Me" (Harwell / Scott Krippayne / Ron Robinson / Brodie Stewart) – 3:20
11. "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (Keith Forsey / Steve Schiff) – 4:21

Personnel

• Steve Harwell – vocals
• Paul De Lisle – bass, backing vocals
• Michael Klooster – keyboards, programming, backing vocals
• Randy Cooke – drums, percussion
• Mike Krompass – guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, drum programming, live drums and bass

Additional

• J. Dash - vocals on "Magic" and "Flippin' Out"
• Stephen Vickers - backing vocals
• Andrew Fromm - backing vocals
• Jennifer Paige - backing vocals
• Shawn Mayer - backing vocals
• Storm Gardiner - backing vocals

Additional Musicians

• Juan Portela - keyboards
• Greg Camp - guitars, background vocals on "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
• Michael Urbano - drums on "Don't You (Forget About Me)"

Production

All tracks produced by Mike Komprass.

Reception

Allmusic gave the album 3 1/2 stars, saying it was "as effortlessly effervescent as anything else Smash Mouth has ever released, filled with grooving, organ-fueled beach party anthems".^[2]

References

External links

• Magic at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)