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Magic Is A Child is the seventh album from English progressive rock band Nektar. This album is one of only two studio albums released by Nektar without Roye Albrighton on guitar and lead vocals, instead featuring Dave Nelson; the other is The Other Side (2020).
Brooke Shields, 12 years old at the time, is the model on the cover.
The track "Train from Nowhere" features Robert Fripp of King Crimson on lead guitar (under the pseudonym “Walt Nektroid").
AllMusic gave the album a positive retrospective review, praising Nektar's switching to "shorter, punchier songs", "swelling" keyboards, "symphonic" guitars, and "breezy pop".
Track listing
Side one
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"Away from Asgard"
Derek Moore, Ron Howden, Taff Freeman, Dave Nelson, Steve Barth
5:30
2.
"Magic Is a Child"
Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson, Barth
4:06
3.
"Eerie Lackawanna"
Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson, Barth
3:29
4.
"Midnight Lite"
Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson, Barth
4:27
5.
"Love to Share (Keep Your Worries Behind You)"
Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson
4:07
Side two
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
6.
"Train from Nowhere"
Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson
4:12
7.
"Listen"
Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson, Roye Albrighton
6:02
8.
"On the Run (The Trucker)"
Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson
4:41
9.
"Spread Your Wings"
Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson
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
