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Piano MagicBest Piano Magic Albums Ranked

6.7

Avg Score

5

Opinions

7

Albums

2

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Summary from 5 ratings

On Wavelength, fans have rated Piano Magic's catalog across 7 albums from 5 opinions, with an overall average of 6.7/10. The top-rated Piano Magic album is Closure (2017) with a 8.1/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Disaffected and The Troubled Sleep of Piano Magic. The discography on Wavelength spans 2002 to 2017.

Disaffected

Disaffected

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7.6

After a few fruitful experiments, Piano Magic return with an overwhelmingly song-oriented record built mostly around typical rock band instrumentation.

The Troubled Sleep of Piano Magic

The Troubled Sleep of Piano Magic

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7.3

It's a good thing this review isn't a comedy sketch or a joke, because when it comes to timing, it's as far off as it could be: Whoever heard of reviewing a Piano Magic album in the first week of spring, when one would be least likely to listen to the band? The chilly, ghostly sounds of Piano Magic are so suited to crisp, thin air and falling leaves or snow that the group named their exquisite sin

Part Monster

Part Monster

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6.2

The group's loudest and most straightforwardly songful effort yet, this album completes Piano Magic's transformation from their original status as Glen Johnson's revolving-door avant-indie "project" into a full-fledged rock band.

Writers Without Homes

Writers Without Homes

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6.1

Piano Magic occupies an odd space in the indie music landscape. They've released around a half-dozen full-lengths of various kinds, including at least one near-masterpiece (1999's *Low Birth Weight*), an excellent ambient release as part of Darla's Bliss Out series (*A Trick of the Sea*, from 1998), and a concept album about the first World War (2000's *Artists Rifles*), yet their profile in Ameri

Life Has Not Finished With Me Yet

Life Has Not Finished With Me Yet

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4.5

Glen Johnson and his band are now very far from their indie pop beginnings, and here they've created the starkest and most self-consciously serious Piano Magic album so far.

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