Real Life (Magazine album)

Real Life
Studio album by Magazine
Released	April 1978
Recorded	March–April 1978 at the Virgin Mobile and Abbey Road Studios
Genre	New Wave, post-punk
Length	41:24
Label	Virgin
Producer	John Leckie
Magazine chronology
Real Life (1978) Secondhand Daylight (1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
BBC Music	(favourable)
Stylus Magazine	(B+)
Uncut	(very favourable)
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Real Life is the debut album by English post-punk band Magazine, released in April 1978 on Virgin Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Definitive Gaze"	Howard Devoto, John McGeoch	4:25
2.	"My Tulpa"	Devoto, McGeoch	4:47
3.	"Shot by Both Sides"	Devoto, Pete Shelley	4:01
4.	"Recoil"	Devoto, McGeoch	2:50
5.	"Burst"	Devoto	5:00
6.	"Motorcade"	Devoto, Bob Dickinson	5:41
7.	"The Great Beautician in the Sky"	Devoto, McGeoch	4:56
8.	"The Light Pours Out of Me"	Devoto, McGeoch, Shelley	4:36
9.	"Parade"	Barry Adamson, Dave Formula	5:08

2007 remastered edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Shot by Both Sides" (original single version)		4:01
11.	"My Mind Ain't So Open"		2:18
12.	"Touch and Go"		2:58
13.	"Goldfinger"	John Barry, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley	3:50

Personnel

• Howard Devoto – vocals
• John McGeoch – guitar and saxophone
• Barry Adamson – bass guitar
• Dave Formula – keyboards
• Martin Jackson – drums