Magic Box (Bel Canto album)

Magic Box is the fourth album by the Norwegian band Bel Canto.[1][2]

Magic Box
Studio album by Bel Canto
Released	February 27, 1996
Genre	Dream pop, synthpop, new-age
Length	50:32
Label	Lava Records, Atlantic
Producer	Bel Canto, Jah Wobble, Mark Ferda, Ulf Holand
Bel Canto chronology
Birds of Passage (1992) Magic Box (1996) Rush (1998)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Dagbladet	[2]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars,[1] and the Dagbladet reviewer Øyvind Rønning awarded the album dice 5.[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Magic Box I"	1:21
2.	"In Zenith"	5:32
3.	"Freelunch In The Jungle"	4:15
4.	"Rumour"	5:25
5.	"Sleepwalker"	4:49
6.	"Bombay"	3:53
7.	"Paradise"	5:13
8.	"Didn't You Know It?"	4:21
9.	"Big Belly Butterflies"	4:51
10.	"Kiss Of Spring"	4:23
11.	"The Magic Box II"	5:12

Personnel

• Anneli Marian Drecker - vocals, keyboards
• Nils Johansen - guitar, mandolin, violin, programming
• Eivind Aarset - guitar
• Nils Petter Molvær - trumpet
• B.J. Cole - steel guitar
• Jah Wobble - bass, breathing
• Dinesh - tablas
• Fazal Qureshi - ablas
• Andreas Eriksen - percussion
• Jaki Liebezeit - drums
• Chuck Frazier - background vocals

Credits

• Hans Grottheim - engineer
• Per Martinsen - assistant engineer
• Ken Theodorsen - assistant engineer
• Brenda Rotheiser - art direction, design
• Mark Ferda - engineer, mixing, producer
• Ulf Holand - engineer, mixing, producer
• Jah Wobble - producer
• Bel Canto - producers

References

1. "Bel Canto - Magic Box". Musical reviews. AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
2. Rønning, Øyvind (1996-02-23). "Magisk fra Bel Canto". Musical reviews (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2015-04-05.