The Number of Magic
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Labels | Warp Records Wax Trax![1] | |||
| Producer | Richard H. Kirk | |||
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The Number of Magic is an album by the English musician Richard H. Kirk, released in 1995.[2][3]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Sydney Morning Herald |  [5] |
The Sydney Morning Herald deemed the album "a collection of almost-songs enlivened by [Kirk's] continuing fondness for blips, analogue sounds, distorted scraps of speech, exposing the chaos lurking behind the orderly veneer of technology."[5]
AllMusic wrote that "Kirk uses an incredibly wide variety of sources for this album of gorgeous ambient ethno-funk, including electro, bleep, techno and Eastern melodies."[4]
The Wire was less positive, describing the album as "a tepid amalgam of dub, ambient, Detroit techno and 70s funk colliding with world music."[6]
Track listing
[edit]- "Lost Souls on Funk" – 8:12
- "Love is Deep" – 7:44
- "So Digital" – 7:34
- "Indole Ring" – 8:40
- "East of Nima" – 9:41
- "Atomic" – 6:38
- "Poets Saints Revolutionaries" – 9:28
- "Monochrome Dream" – 9:31
- "The Number of Magic" – 10:07
Personnel
[edit]- Richard H. Kirk: all instruments
References
[edit]- ↑ McLaughlin, Megan (October 1995). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly (26): 38.
- ↑ "Richard H. Kirk Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ↑ Thompson, Dave (4 June 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-87930-607-6 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 "Richard H. Kirk The Number of Magic Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- 1 2 Danielsen, Shane (4 September 1995). "From chaos to convention". The Guide. The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 12.
- ↑ Everall, John (June 1995). "Richard H. Kirk The Number of Magic". The Wire. p. 55.
