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''Magic'' is the fifteenth studio album by Bruce Springsteen. The album was released on September 25, 2007, by Columbia Records. It was his first with the E Street Band since ''The Rising'' in 2002. The album ranked number two on ''Rolling Stones list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.〔ROBERT CHRISTGAU, DAVID FRICKE, CHRISTIAN HOARD, ROB SHEFFIELD (December 17, 2007). ("The Top 50 Albums of 2007" ) ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved 2007-12-20〕 ==Background== ''Magic'' was announced on August 16, 2007, following months of fevered recording speculation and weeks of equally fevered release speculation among the Springsteen faithful.〔("Bruce Springsteen's 'Magic' Set for October 2 Release on Columbia Records" ), Shore Fire Media press release, August 16, 2007. Accessed August 16, 2007.〕 Of the album's tracks, "Long Walk Home" had been previously heard once, late on the 2006 Sessions Band Tour; the rest were new. Most of those were written by the end of 2006;〔Larry McShane, ("Springsteen, E Street Band to reunite for a bit of 'Magic’" ), Associated Press, August 16, 2007. Accessed August 16, 2007.〕 Springsteen allowed producer Brendan O'Brien (returning for a role he had for ''The Rising'' and 2005's ''Devils & Dust'') to pick the ones that worked the best.〔Andy Greene, ("More On New Bruce Springsteen Album: Producer Brendan O’Brien Reveals All" ), ''Rolling Stone'', August 17, 2007. Accessed August 18, 2007.〕 Recording began at Southern Tracks Recording Studio in Atlanta〔 over a period of two months beginning March 2007.〔〔 It was complicated by the band members' schedules, and especially drummer Max Weinberg's weekday commitments to taping ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''.〔 The band did not record as a unit:〔("Dates are set; Bruce revs up E Street Machine for Fall" ), Backstreets.com, August 28, 2007. Accessed August 28, 2007.〕 rather, during the week Springsteen worked on vocal tracks and production; on weekends the core band of Weinberg, bassist Garry Tallent, and pianist Roy Bittan flew down to record the basic tracks with Springsteen. Then periodically the other band members were called in as needed to overdub their parts under producer O'Brien's watch.〔 Only saxophonist and longtime foil Clarence Clemons was given different treatment, with O'Brien handing the studio over to Springsteen for recording of sax parts due to "a whole dynamic (the two of them ) that spans decades."〔 Upon its announcement, ''Magic'' was characterized by Springsteen's manager Jon Landau as a "high energy rock" album,〔 with a "heavy E Street Band" sound.〔〔 The initial track, "Radio Nowhere", was slated as the album's first single,〔Andy Greene, ("Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Magic’: Exclusive Details on New E Street Band Album" ), ''Rolling Stone'', August 16, 2007. Accessed August 16, 2007.〕 for release to radio on September 4, 2007;〔 however, it leaked to the Internet on August 22, 2007.〔 The release of the CD form of the album on October 2, 2007 was preceded by a September 25, 2007 release on vinyl record, in order to qualify the album for the Grammy Awards of 2008 before the end-of-September cutoff.〔Jonathan Cohen, ("Billboard Bits: Bruce Springsteen" ), ''Billboard'', August 23, 2007. Accessed August 23, 2007.〕〔Phil Gallo, ("Springsteen's 'Magic' Sitting Outside Grammy's Window: Might A Back Door Plot Be Devised?" ), ''Variety'' The Set List column, August 16, 2007. Accessed August 21, 2007.〕 The album became available for pre-order on iTunes on August 28, 2007, with a promotion featuring the release of "Radio Nowhere" as a free downloadable single;〔("BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND ANNOUNCE FIRST FULL SCALE TOUR OF US & EUROPE SINCE 2003" ), Brucespringsteen.com, August 28, 2007. Accessed August 28, 2007.〕 the first legs of the accompanying Magic Tour were announced as well.〔 The album was ranked number two on ''Rolling Stones list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007 and "Long Walk Home" was number eight on the magazine's list of 100 Best Songs of 2007〔ROBERT CHRISTGAU, DAVID FRICKE, CHRISTIAN HOARD, ROB SHEFFIELD (December 17, 2007). ("The Top 50 Albums of 2007" ) ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved 2007-12-20〕 ''Magic'' was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album but lost to the Foo Fighters' ''Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Magic (Bruce Springsteen album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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