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StargazerGeisha
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Well...I'm not claiming to have a direct link to Ronnie's brain or anything like that, because clearly, I don't. However, I managed to get the story. I did find the robot voices to be rather creepy, because I have this stupid fear of robots. Seriously. They got my attention.
I thought Ronnie's retelling of it at the end was kind of a nice touch. I've always enjoyed his speaking voice as well. |
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Jack24
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In my opinion MAGICA is the worst album of Dio. Its style is much different from Dio's usual in all other albums.  |
Wasn't Magica meant to be a return to Dio's more classic sound?
I bought Magica 6 months ago, on the same day I got ten other CDs (that I still haven't recovered from!), and listened more carefully than ever to it to try and work out the story, but got it completely wrong anyway. Silly metaphors.
I like Magica for the most part, but I can't be bothered with 'Eriel' and I'm not particullarly fond of 'Otherworld'. In my opinion of all the CDs I've ever heard, this is the that declines the most throughout. The first few songs ('Magica Theme', 'Lord of the Last Day', 'Fever Dreams', 'Turn To Stone') are all really great and I listen to them frequently, but the rest, with the exception of 'Losing My Insanity', is okay (which is as bad as RJD can get) at best.
I prefer Killing The Dragon, which I actually got on the same day, because I like just about everything on there, but I do really like Magica and I'd really like to see Magica II, perhaps not III though.
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| At the end, when the aliens say "all traces of Magica must be eliminated. Delete, delete, delete..." what is going on here? Could some residue of magic from the wizards be having a negative effect on the aliens? If the aliens are descendents of the inhabitants of Otherworld, then that would make sense... |
Well the aliens fade out and then 'Lord of the Last Day' begins again, so I thought Shadowcast, had re-appeared and either killed them or turned them to stone, but I don't know the story that well.
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jaxxen
Joined: 02 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: Just bought "Magica" |
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I hadn't bought a Dio album in twenty years. Then a couple of weeks ago I bought the Magica and Killing The Dragon double CD.
I think Magica is great. I'm a huge fan of Craig Goldy. Not too many standout songs apart from maybe Turn To Stone. But it's a good, solid Dio album.
I was far more impressed with Killing The Dragon. That album is absolutely stunning. Almost every song a classic.
If you want to talk all-time concept albums, you can't possibly go past Rush. I'm a massive Rush fan and both 2112 and Caress Of Steel are definitely two of my very favourite all-time albums. |
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Pkshields
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| I like Magica, it's not my favorite, and I prefer KTD and MOTM, but I like it. I would enjoy anything new that Dio would do. |
I'm the same, bt im still looking forward to Magica II and III
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2handband
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Who cares about the story... really the songs are what distinguishes the good albums from the bad. Which is why Magica is the best Dio album, and the almost the best thing RJD has done (only Dehumanizer is better). |
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Bobby66
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| ...If I had to pick a favorite off this album it could very well be"As long as it's not about Love"...What a unique song!...Nobody sings like Ronnie...& Yes, I'd definitely like to hear more... |
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Spyke005
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| Annica and Challis ftw, excellent songs. |
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Bildo
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Bobby66 wrote: |
| ...If I had to pick a favorite off this album it could very well be"As long as it's not about Love"...What a unique song!...Nobody sings like Ronnie...& Yes, I'd definitely like to hear more... |
I agree with Bobby. Hell, Bobby, when was the last time THAT happened? 
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StargazerGeisha
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| Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:25 am Post subject: |
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| Bobby66 wrote: |
| ...If I had to pick a favorite off this album it could very well be"As long as it's not about Love"...What a unique song!...Nobody sings like Ronnie...& Yes, I'd definitely like to hear more... |
I agree with Bobby. Hell, Bobby, when was the last time THAT happened? |
That is a beautiful song. It leaves me breathless. I'm such a girl, eh Bobby? |
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ScarrybutTrue
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| I liked magica... But I have liked every Dio album and this is not one of my favourites. It's good but SO corny!!! |
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Reem
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:15 am Post subject: |
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| ScarrybutTrue wrote: |
| I liked magica... But I have liked every Dio album and this is not one of my favourites. It's good but SO corny!!! |
why do you think it's corny?! |
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Bobby66
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:31 am Post subject: |
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| Reem wrote: |
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| I liked magica... But I have liked every Dio album and this is not one of my favourites. It's good but SO corny!!! |
why do you think it's corny?! |
...Nonsense!...Magica is spectacular!...Fire one up... ...& follow the lyrics as you listen...this one will take you on a wonderful/scary trip to the OtherWorld!...   |
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Misstreated
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| I liked magica... But I have liked every Dio album and this is not one of my favourites. It's good but SO corny!!! |
why do you think it's corny?! |
Because those cheap Alien vocoder-voices just suck. When I first got the CD i rippedit, cut out the voices and made a version without them. |
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Genesis
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| GEORDIE wrote: |
| Some of Dio's best material is on this album (Fever Dreams, Losing My Insanity, Challis, Turn To Stone, Feed My Head) but i think it totally fails as a concept album. My main evidence is the fact that Ronnie has to actually tell us the story at the end of the album. ummmm....okay..... Did Geoff Tate need to explain operation mindcrime to us? No, he didn't. As a piece of heavy metal music, this album is great, but as a concept album it just doesn't work. Having a few robot voices speak between songs doesn't make it a concept album. |
worked for Styx
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StargazerGeisha
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| Bobby66 wrote: |
| Reem wrote: |
| ScarrybutTrue wrote: |
| I liked magica... But I have liked every Dio album and this is not one of my favourites. It's good but SO corny!!! |
why do you think it's corny?! |
...Nonsense!...Magica is spectacular!...Fire one up... ...& follow the lyrics as you listen...this one will take you on a wonderful/scary trip to the OtherWorld!... |
Fire one up? I think the buzz would be too distracting.... |
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