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Animal Magic (band)
Animal Magic may refer to: * ''Animal Magic'' (TV series), a BBC children's television series, 1962–1983 * ''Animal Magic'' (The Blow Monkeys album), 1986 * ''Animal Magic'' (Bonobo album), 2000 * "Animal Magic" (song), by Belouis Some, 1987 * ''Animal Magic'', a 1984 album by Australian band QED * "Animal Magic", a song by Peter Gabriel from his 1978 self-titled album {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Magic (TV Series)
''Animal Magic'' is a BBC children's television series which ran from 1962 to 1983 from BBC Bristol. It began fortnightly and was transmitted weekly from 1964. The presenter was Johnny Morris. The show combined jovial voiceovers applied to various animals from Bristol Zoo with some basic educational features. Morris' co-presenters over the years were Gerald Durrell, Tony Soper, Keith Shackleton, Roger Tabor, Sheila Young, David Taylor and Terry Nutkins. When Nutkins joined the show in the early 1980s, the producers tried to update it, using new video effects technology. This allowed them to do such things as "shrink" the presenters to allow them to see life from an ant's viewpoint, or to swim in a riverbed for example. Joe Henson and Desmond Morris also appeared on the show. Dotty the ring-tailed lemur appeared as a regular guest for eight years in the 1970s. Other animal stars included the sea lion Gemini, and two parrots, Cocky (a sulphur-crested cockatoo) and Brolly (an u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Magic (The Blow Monkeys Album)
''Animal Magic'' is the second album from the British band The Blow Monkeys, released in 1986 by RCA/Ariola (now BMG). It gave the group their commercial breakthrough after their debut album, ''Limping for a Generation'', had won critical acclaim but had only sold modestly. Sales of ''Animal Magic'' were boosted by the hit single "Digging Your Scene", which charted in the UK (peaking at No. 12), the rest of Europe and the US. The album's first single, the ballad "Forbidden Fruit", had been released almost a year before the LP. After "Digging Your Scene", two more singles were taken from the album, both of which, though catchy and cleverly built, didn't replicate the same level of commercial success: "Wicked Ways" reached No.60 in Great Britain, and "Don't Be Scared of Me" chart at No.77 in UK. ''Animal Magic'' displayed an intelligent collection of slick, soul-influenced, mid-tempo tunes. A couple of ballads offered some diversity: one of them, "I Backed a Winner (in You)", is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Magic (Bonobo Album)
''Animal Magic'' is the debut studio album by British electronic music artist Bonobo. It was originally released in 2000 on Tru Thoughts and re-released in 2001 by Ninja Tune. Track listing All songs were mixed by Bonobo (Simon Green). Critical reception ''Animal Magic'' received both mixed and positive reviews upon release. AllMusic gave the album a 2.5/5, stating that the album "slowly builds its way into a steady and enjoyable debut". Pitchfork gave the album a score of 7.6/10, praising Bonobo (aka Simon Green) "for his smooth and calming sound, but detrimental use of previous Ninja Tune and Tru Thoughts Tru Thoughts is a British independent record label founded in Brighton in 1999 by Robert Luis and Paul Jonas. Since the acclaimed first album release of Bonobo's debut ''Animal Magic'', the label has put out over 200 LPs, across genres from e ... records". References External links * Bonobo (musician) albums 2000 debut albums Ninja Tune albums {{200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Magic (song)
"Animal Magic" is a song by English new wave musician Belouis Some, from his 1987 self-titled second album. Released as the second single from the album, the song reached No. 6 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. A popular club remix appeared on the U.S. 12" release on Capitol Records, with remix and additional production by Justin Strauss and Murray Elias. On the CD compilation ''Retro:Active7 - Rare & Remixed'' (2010), Strauss and Elias mention in the liner notes how they thought the vocal delivery of "Animal Magic" was kind of New Order-ish and that "Bizarre Love Triangle" was dominating the clubs at the time, so they tried to bring that sound to the remix. Critical reception Upon its release, Roger Morton of ''Record Mirror'' described "Animal Magic" as a "pert little slice of softly-softly pop, with some winning birdy noises which totally fail to disguise Mr Some's painfully mannered vocal delivery". He added, "Belouis has a formidable talent for making everything he do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
QED (band)
QED were an Australian new wave trio, whose lead singer, Jenny Morris, went on to achieve commercial success as a solo artist.McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry fo'Jenny Morris' Retrieved 4 January 2010. The band had a top twenty hit single, "Everywhere I Go", on the Australian Kent Music Report in 1984. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974. History In February 1981 the New Zealand band The Crocodiles relocated to Sydney and soon disbanded. In late 1983, The Crocodiles' lead vocalist, Jenny Morris, formed QED in Sydney with guitarist Rex Goh (ex-Air Supply), bassist Ian Belton (ex-Dave Dobbyn, Renée Geyer),Spencer et al, (2007QEDentry. Retrieved 6 January 2010. and drummer Shane Flew. The trio signed with EMI Australia and were produced by Mark Moffatt ( The Saints, Mondo Rock, Tim Finn) and Ricky Fataar (Geyer, Finn, Kids in the Kitchen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |