''Magic'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band

Smash Mouth Smash Mouth is an American rock band from San Jose, California. The band was formed in 1994, and was originally composed of Steve Harwell (lead vocals), Kevin Coleman (drums), Greg Camp (guitar), and Paul De Lisle (bass). With Harwell's depa ...

, released on September 4, 2012 through

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. It is their first album in six years since the release of '' Summer Girl'' in 2006. It is also the first album without original guitarist and primary songwriter

Greg Camp Gregory Dean Camp (born April 2, 1967) is an American songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist. He is best known as the founding guitarist and songwriter for the rock band Smash Mouth (1994–2008, 2009–2011, 2014, 2018–2019). Camp is credited as ...

since his departure from the band and the last album to feature lead vocalist Steve Harwell before his retirement in 2021. The first single on the album, "Magic", peaked at No. 22 on the ''Billboard''

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chart.

Reception

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gave the album 3½ stars, saying it was "as effortlessly effervescent as anything else Smash Mouth has ever released, filled with grooving, organ-fueled beach party anthems".

Track listing

Personnel

* Steve Harwell – lead vocals *Mike Krompass – guitars, backing vocals * Paul De Lisle – bass, backing vocals *

Randy Cooke Randy Cooke is a Canadian drummer, percussionist, session musician, and touring musician. Biography Influenced by his drummer father, Cooke picked up the drums as a child, learning and playing as part of a local drum corps before starting his ow ...

– drums, percussion, drum programming *Michael Klooster – keyboards, programming, backing vocals Additional vocalists * J. Dash – vocals on "Magic" and "Flippin' Out" *Stephen Vickers – backing vocals *

Andrew Fromm Andrew Fromm is a songwriter from Edison, New Jersey, currently living in Franklin, Tennessee in the Nashville area. He is married to Beth Hood and they have a son, Hudson. Career Andrew Fromm is a successful songwriter living in the Nashville ...

– backing vocals *

Jennifer Paige Jennifer Paige ( Scoggins; born September 3, 1973) is an American singer best known for her international number one pop hit " Crush" (1998), as well as other charted songs including " Sober" (1999) and " Always You" (1999), from her debut alb ...

– backing vocals *Shawn Mayer – backing vocals *Storm Gardiner – backing vocals Additional musicians *Juan Portela – keyboards *

– guitars, background vocals on "Don't You (Forget About Me)" *

Michael Urbano Michael Urbano (born March 19, 1966 in Sacramento, California, USA) is a musician, programmer, and record producer. Career One of Urbano's first gigs was as a member of Bourgeois Tagg, a 1980s band that was fronted by Brent Bourgeois and Larr ...

– drums on "Don't You (Forget About Me)" Production * All tracks produced by Mike Komprass

References

External links

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