Magic Is A Child is the seventh album from English progressive rock band Nektar. It is the only studio album released by Nektar without Roye Albrighton on guitar and lead vocals; this album instead features Dave Nelson.
Brooke Shields, 12 years old at the time, is the model on the cover.[1]
The album features a guest performance by Robert Fripp of King Crimson on lead guitar on "Train from Nowhere" billed under the pseudonym *Walt Nektroid".[2]
Allmusic gave the album a positive retrospective review, praising Nektar's switching to "shorter, punchier songs", "swelling" keyboards, "symphonic" guitars, and "breezy pop".[1]
Track listing
Side one
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Away from Asgard"
5:30
2.
"Magic Is a Child"
4:06
3.
"Eerie Lackawanna"
3:29
4.
"Midnight Lite"
4:27
5.
"Love to Share (Keep Your Worries Behind You)"
4:07
Side two
No.
Title
Length
6.
"Train from Nowhere"
4:12
7.
"Listen"
6:02
8.
"On the Run (The Trucker)"
4:41
9.
"Spread Your Wings"
4:40
Personnel
Dave Nelson - guitar, vocals
Alan "Taff" Freeman - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
Derek "Mo" Moore - bass, vocals
Ron Howden - percussion, drums, vocals, Smurds
Additional personnel
Julien Barber, Kermit Moore, Michael Commins, Anthony Posk - string quartet
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