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Magic Is A Child is the seventh album from English progressive rock band Nektar. It is the only studio album released by Nektar without Roye Albrighton on guitar and lead vocals; this album instead features Dave Nelson.

Magic Is A Child
Studio album by Nektar
Released	September 1977
Recorded	March - August 1977
Studio	The House Of Music, West Orange, New Jersey
Genre	Progressive rock[1]
Length	41:24
Label	Polydor
Producer	Jeffrey Kawalek
Nektar chronology
Live in New York (1977) Magic Is A Child (1977) More Live Nektar in New York (1978)

Brooke Shields, 12 years old at the time, is the model on the cover.[1]

The track "Train from Nowhere" features Robert Fripp of King Crimson on lead guitar (under the pseudonym “Walt Nektroid".)^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Allmusic gave the album a positive retrospective review, praising Nektar's switching to "shorter, punchier songs", "swelling" keyboards, "symphonic" guitars, and "breezy pop".[1]

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
• Larry Fast - synthesizer, programming, processing
• Walt Nektroid - guitar on "Train from Nowhere"
• Jeffrey Kawalek - production, engineering

References

External links

• Magic is a Child at Project Nektor Music

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