Animal Magic is the second album from the British band, The Blow Monkeys, published in 1986, by the label then known as RCA/Ariola (now BMG). It scored the group its commercial breakthrough since their debut, Limping for a Generation, had won critical acclaim but no success in the charts.
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Animal Magic, less original and less new wave, but more pop rock and commercially mature, contains the massive worldwide hit "Digging Your Scene", which burst into the Top Ten singles listings, both on the European continent, and in the USA, reaching a respectable Number 12 in the UK. The song actually represents the first successful promotional release from the album, since the first single, "Forbidden Fruit", had been out several months before the LP (almost a year before, in fact, in 1985): a nice ballad, with a nice videoclip, it didn't get any cigars though. After "Digging Your Scene" crashed into the international charts, two more singles were taken from the album, both of which, though catchy and cleverly built, didn't succeed in replicating that huge unexpected success: "Wicked Ways", didn't get any further than a disappointing Number 60 in Great Britain, whilst the last single, "Don't be Scared of Me", didn't even chart among the first 75 positions.
In general, Animal Magic displays an intelligent collection of middle-beat pop rock tunes, with a couple of ballads representing the climax of the album, of which the 1985 single is one example, the other song perhaps being the masterpiece on the whole work: "I Backed a Winner (in You)" is in fact a heartfelt, essential track, almost completely a cappella, with the lead singer, Dr. Robert, softly playing his acoustic guitar, barely audible, but giving the lyrics its perceptive rhythm, where his vocals, and especially those of an aptly called ensemble, The Demon Barbers, acting as a sort of doo wop choir, make this a real work of art, worth the whole pack, and getting far beyond a barber's realm of typical harmonies. Amongst the album's many gems is also a duet with bizarre Jamaican toaster Eek-A-Mouse (resurfaced almost 20 years later on some DJ compilations, mixed by Boy George, who is mentioned by Dr. Robert in one of the many B-sides issued by the band). The duet is entitled "Sweet Murder", and it foreshadows things soon to come for the UK group - as an example of many, just see "Celebrate (the Day after You)" with Curtis Mayfield, one of the four singles from The Blow Monkeys' next 1987 album, She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter.
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