MAGICA

	Magica
	Produced by Ronnie James Dio
	Released on March 21, 2000
	no chart information
	Find it at GEMM
SPITCD5020 cover

A concept album! I haven't heard it yet, but it's received good reviews. Of course, I've noticed that bands tend to get better reviews as they get older, perhaps because the people who purchase (and subsequently review) the disc are longtime fans. Thus you get torchlit insight like "a brilliant return to form" when it's the same old same old, or "outrocks the youngsters they inspired" when a band tries to update their sound, et cetera. Note that I'm guilty of this myself (Uriah Heep and Black Sabbath come to mind), but there is no magical stylus cleaner to scrape away the sentiment and loyalty that accrue over the years. I suppose it's the same blessed blindness that makes loved ones evergreen in our eyes.

TRACK LISTING

DISCOVERY
MAGICA THEME
LORD OF THE LAST DAY
FEVER DREAMS
TURN TO STONE
FEED MY HEAD
EREIL
CHALLIS
AS LONG AS IT'S NOT ABOUT LOVE
LOSING MY INSANITY
OTHERWORLD
MAGICA - REPRISE
LORD OF THE LASYT DAY - REPRISE
(*bonus track:) MAGICA STORY

CREDITS

JIMMY BAIN -- bass
RONNIE JAMES DIO -- vocals
CRAIG GOLDY -- guitars
SIMON WIRGHT -- drums

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REGION	RELEASE DATE	LABEL	MEDIA	ID NUMBER	FEATURES
US	March 21, 2000	Spitfire	CD	5020
EEC	2000	Spitfire	CD	SPITCD020	w. bonus track
JPN	2000	Polydor	CD	POCP-7465	w. bonus track

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