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Music > Pop / Rock
Track Listings
1 : Karolina
2 : A Moving-On Blues
3 : Dudette
4 : Empty Nights
5 : Kick-Around Johnny
6 : Sacred Place
7 : Do You Know Ida No?
8 : Having a Good Time
9 : I Came to Tell You in Plain English (I'm Leaving You)
10 : Losing My Way
“Jack Name’s songs sound like memories, as familiar as they are foreign. I am addicted to this record.” – Cate Le Bon In a time rife with alienation, Magic Touch, the third album by the ubiquitous and mysterious Jack Name, offers the comfort of contact. With a body of work that ranges from the catchy to the cacophonous, Name has earned the reputation of a musician who’s difficult to define. For over a decade, he’s been a fixture in the Los Angeles underground. His songs have appeared on albums by U.S. Girls (Heavy Light, 2020) and White Fence (Family Perfume, 2012); he’s produced recordings for Cass McCombs; and his experimental music has been performed at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Magic Touch reveals yet another side of Jack Name. While it’s every bit as intricate as his previous releases, 2014’s Light Show and 2015’s Weird Moons, here he’s done away with the dense production of his earlier work to make a record that feels stark, personal, and effortlessly natural. On Light Show and Weird Moons, Name took a sci-fi approach to dealing with heavy subjects like the role of psych meds in an increasingly authoritarian society, and his own bout with beating cancer. With Magic Touch, Name brings his lyrical and conceptual focus away from the dream worlds of his first two albums and back to Earth: a simpler place, or so it seems, where humans are falling in and out of love, struggling with loneliness, reaching for connections to each other, and, for better or worse, affecting each other. In a year like 2020, it’s a place that feels familiar and far away all at once. The almost subliminal story arc of Magic Touch reminds us that touch itself is magic. Name offers private glimpses of new love as it comes together “Lips on Lips, Hips on Hips,” in the startlingly confidential opener “Karolina;” and in its bitter endings, as on the ice-cold “I Came To Tell You In Plain English (I’m Leaving You).” Introspective gems like “Kick-around Johnny” and “Sacred Place” seem to muse about ancient traumas and possibilities of a hopeful future. Then, coming face-to-face with the limits of his own swagger in “Losing My Way,” he advises his listener, “If you still have intuition, hold onto it. Don’t throw it away.” The vocals, recorded close-up and completely dry, make the brutal honesty in the lyrics even more personal and compelling. Name’s delivery is at all times understated, to the point, and utterly believable — a rare and special thing. It takes a certain kind of bravery to step up to that mic without the cloak of allegory, the medicine bag of studio tricks, or even the formulas of modern “pop music” to protect you. It’s mature—but not dull or heavy-handed. Recorded predominantly in Name’s Hollywood apartment with only a RADAR 24-track, even the production on Magic Touch is an intimate affair, with a crystal-clear aesthetic that’s shockingly present— almost as if the band is playing these songs inside your head.
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III
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Psychic Temple
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R132
Discovery Miles 1 320
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Track Listings
Side: 1
1 : Three Lions (It's Coming Home for Christmas) - Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds / The Lightning Seeds
Side: 2
1 : Three Lions 96 - Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds / The Lightning Seeds
David Baddiel, Frank Skinner & The Lightning Seeds have recorded a new version of their iconic football anthem 'Three Lions (It's Coming Home for Christmas)' coming out November 18th 2022, before the World Cup kicks off November 20th. The trio were so inspired when England Women won the Euros this summer, that they re-recorded the track with new lyrics featuring an audio clip of the Lionesses triumphant press conference. 'Three Lions (Football's Coming Home)' is the only song to have ever become UK number one on four separate occasions with the same artists: twice in 1996 when it was originally released, for three straight weeks in 1998 and again in 2018 when it made chart history by moving up from number 24 to number one in one week. During the 2020 Euros, the song spent 4 weeks in the top ten and on the final day of that tournament had over 3 million Spotify streams. This year is the first time in over 20 years that we have brand new content and full access to Baddiel, Skinner and Lightning Seeds.
Track list
How Many Dreams?
Olympia
Everybody's Saying Thursday's the Weekend
Dear Future
I Don't Need to Hide
Forever
Fading Like a Picture
Jai Alai
Get Ravey
21 Year Vacancy
Something We Are Overcoming
De Carle
Track list:
Hold On (3:18)
Battle Of The Sexes (3:47)
Slow Walk (3:13)
Seven Waves Away (3:44)
Someone's Rockin' Your Heart (3:01)
Older (3:41)
Taking Control (3:36)
Between The Earth And The Stars (3:55)
Don't Push Your Luck (3:07)
To The Moon And Back (3:41)
Bad For Loving You (2:57)
Let's Go Crazy Tonight (3:00)
Missing You (3:53)
Move (3:41)
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Woodpecker
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Annamy
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R249
Discovery Miles 2 490
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50s No 1s
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Various Artists
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R134
Discovery Miles 1 340
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