Magic (Amii Stewart album)
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Magic is a studio album
by Amii Stewart
released in 1992. The album which includes singles "Don't Be So Shy" and "Don't Stop" was a collaboration with Narada Michael Walden
and British songwriting duo Climie Fisher
.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Amii Stewart
Amii Stewart
Amy 'Amii' Paulette Stewart is an American contemporary R&B/disco/dance-pop singer, dancer and actress most famous for her hit disco record "Knock on Wood". Stewart is the stepsister of actress-singer Miquel Brown and aunt to Brown's actress-singer daughter Sinitta.-Career:Amy Stewart was the...
released in 1992. The album which includes singles "Don't Be So Shy" and "Don't Stop" was a collaboration with Narada Michael Walden
Narada Michael Walden
Narada Michael Walden is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards...
and British songwriting duo Climie Fisher
Climie Fisher
Climie Fisher were a UK pop duo formed by vocalist Simon Climie and former Naked Eyes keyboardist Rob Fisher...
.
Track listing
- "Don't Be So Shy" (Dakota, Walden, Walden) - 4:55
- "Stay With Me" (Humes) - 5:36
- "I Can't Give Up" (Booth, Romani, Stewart) - 5:19
- "Now That We're Here" (Giscombe, Glass, Taylor) - 4:46
- "Fly on the Wall" (BidduBidduBiddu or Biddu Appaiah is an Indian-British music producer, composer, song-writer and singer who produced and composed many hit records worldwide during a career spanning five decades...
, Stirling) - 4:30 - "There Has Got to Be a Way" (Climie, Fisher, Morgan) - 4:55
- "A Better Day" (Britti, Stewart) - 5:25
- "Don't Stop" (Giscombe, Glass, Taylor) - 4:35
- "Like a Stone" (Neri, Stewart) - 4:18
- "Song for Daddy" (Puccioni, Stewart) - 4:21
- "Warm Embrace" (Nava, Stewart) - 3:57
- "Le Storie Lunghe" (Nava) - 4:01
Personnel
- Amii Stewart - Lead vocals, Backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
, Backing vocal arrangement - Marco Rinalduzzi, Paolo Gianolio - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Danilo Rea, Luca Orioli, Mario Puccioni, Vittorio Cosma - PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
- Davide Romani - BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, ProgrammingProgramming (music)Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...
, Computer, Backing vocal arrangement - Lele Melotti - DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Luca Cerosimo - Computer, Sampling, Editing
- Michael Rosen - AltoAlto saxophoneThe alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...
and Soprano saxophoneSoprano saxophoneThe soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in 1840. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass and tubax.A transposing instrument pitched in... - Miguel Brown, Orlando Johnson, Patrick Booth, Paul Fredericks, Shirley Fredericks, William Lessenberry - Backing vocals
Production
- Amii Stewart - producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
- Davide Romani - producer
- Narada Michael WaldenNarada Michael WaldenNarada Michael Walden is an American producer, drummer, singer, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards...
- producer