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Magic

Smash Mouth

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Smash Mouth's fondness of -- and talent for -- novelties tends to obscure their other sunkissed gifts, how they have a knack for creating a soundtrack for an endless summer. Magic, the group's first album since 2006 -- they split after the release of Summer Girl but it sounds like they never went away -- is hampered ever so slightly by those novelties, as the group takes an easy swipe at "Justin Bieber" (it's never a good idea for a group pegged by some as a one-hit wonder to take a potshots at another) and does a by-the-numbers cover of Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)," a couple of cuts that play into all the negative stereotypes of the bands. And that's what makes the rest of Magic a bit of a surprise: it's as effortlessly effervescent as anything else Smash Mouth has ever released, filled with grooving, organ-fueled beach party anthems. Smash Mouth may stumble slightly when they strive for a power ballad -- "Out of Love," arriving halfway through the record, has a solid, sweeping chorus that the band doesn't quite pull off -- but their traditional blend of '60s garage rock and '80s new wave still provides a breezy good time on "Perfect Planet," "Live to Love Another Day," "Magic," and "Future X Wife." Perhaps it won't change the mind of the haters, but those fans who have stayed true to the SoCal popsters will undoubtedly be pleased.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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1
Perfect Planet
00:02:36

Shelly Peiken, ComposerLyricist - Mike Krompass, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Harwell, ComposerLyricist - Smash Mouth, MainArtist

℗ 2012 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.

2
Live To Love Another Day
00:02:41

Mike Krompass, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Harwell, ComposerLyricist - Randy Cooke, ComposerLyricist - Smash Mouth, MainArtist - Jim McCormick, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2012 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.

3
Magic
00:02:59

J. Dash, FeaturedArtist - Mike Krompass, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Harwell, ComposerLyricist - Tebey Ottoh, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Paige, ComposerLyricist - Smash Mouth, MainArtist

℗ 2012 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.

4
Justin Bieber
00:02:32

Shelly Peiken, ComposerLyricist - Mike Krompass, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Harwell, ComposerLyricist - Smash Mouth, MainArtist

℗ 2012 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.

5
Out Of Love
00:03:34

Shelly Peiken, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Fromm, ComposerLyricist - Mike Krompass, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Harwell, ComposerLyricist - Smash Mouth, MainArtist

℗ 2012 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.

6
Flippin' Out
00:02:59

Andrew Fromm, ComposerLyricist - J. Dash, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mike Krompass, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Harwell, ComposerLyricist - Smash Mouth, MainArtist - Dolena Krompass, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2012 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.

7
Future X Wife
00:02:28

Shelly Peiken, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Fromm, ComposerLyricist - Mike Krompass, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Harwell, ComposerLyricist - Smash Mouth, MainArtist

℗ 2012 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.

8
Better With Time
00:03:13

Shelly Peiken, ComposerLyricist - Mike Krompass, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Harwell, ComposerLyricist - Smash Mouth, MainArtist

℗ 2012 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.

9
The Game
00:02:35

Shelly Peiken, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Fromm, ComposerLyricist - Mike Krompass, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Harwell, ComposerLyricist - Smash Mouth, MainArtist

℗ 2012 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.

10
She's Into Me
00:03:20

Mike Krompass, Producer, Recording Producer - Scott Krippayne, ComposerLyricist - Steve Harwell, ComposerLyricist - Smash Mouth, MainArtist - Ron Robinson, ComposerLyricist - Brodie Kent Stewart, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2012 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.

11
Don't You (Forget About Me)
00:04:20

Mike Krompass, Producer, Recording Producer - Keith Forsey, ComposerLyricist - Smash Mouth, MainArtist - Steve W. Schiff, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2012 Savoy Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.

Album review

Smash Mouth's fondness of -- and talent for -- novelties tends to obscure their other sunkissed gifts, how they have a knack for creating a soundtrack for an endless summer. Magic, the group's first album since 2006 -- they split after the release of Summer Girl but it sounds like they never went away -- is hampered ever so slightly by those novelties, as the group takes an easy swipe at "Justin Bieber" (it's never a good idea for a group pegged by some as a one-hit wonder to take a potshots at another) and does a by-the-numbers cover of Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)," a couple of cuts that play into all the negative stereotypes of the bands. And that's what makes the rest of Magic a bit of a surprise: it's as effortlessly effervescent as anything else Smash Mouth has ever released, filled with grooving, organ-fueled beach party anthems. Smash Mouth may stumble slightly when they strive for a power ballad -- "Out of Love," arriving halfway through the record, has a solid, sweeping chorus that the band doesn't quite pull off -- but their traditional blend of '60s garage rock and '80s new wave still provides a breezy good time on "Perfect Planet," "Live to Love Another Day," "Magic," and "Future X Wife." Perhaps it won't change the mind of the haters, but those fans who have stayed true to the SoCal popsters will undoubtedly be pleased.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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