Magic Mirror
by Pearl Charles
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Magic Mirror is ranked as the best album by Pearl Charles.
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Magic Mirror track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Magic Mirror rankings summary
Overall rank: 10,374th | 2020s rank: 878th | 2021 rank: 176th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  CharlieBarley | Top 41 Music Albums of the 2020s | 34/41 | 4 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 28 Music Albums of 2021 | 25/28 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2021 201-255 | 44/55 | - |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 21 Music Albums of 2021 | 11/21 | 3 |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 78/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Timooosterink | Top 85 Music Albums of the 2020s | 54/85 | 8 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 2021 | 59/90 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 41 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 117 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/07/2026 02:18 | dhbarrett | 8,775 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2024 00:14 | Moondance | 20,810 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2024 10:08 | HelsinkiSnorkel | 2,273 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 68.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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This album has been referenced 4 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From CharlieBarley 03/29/2021 23:09 in What album are you listening to right now?
CharlieBarley 03/29/2021 23:09 in What album are you listening to right now?“first listen very enjoyable a delight I like how she wears her influences on her sleeve”
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mickilennial 03/17/2021 09:01 in ALC #7: Magic Mirror
mickilennial 03/17/2021 09:01 in ALC #7: Magic Mirror“Available on multiple streaming platforms. Sounds Like: Nashville Sound with modern conventions and some ABBA-like Disco florishes Origin: United States Since Outlaw has not logged on and posted his thread for 48 hours as I warned of in the past, I will put this interim thread up in its place. I…”
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BestEverAlbums 01/15/2021 13:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2021-01-11) (week 02, 2021)
BestEverAlbums 01/15/2021 13:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2021-01-11) (week 02, 2021)“Below are a list of new releases added to BEA for the week starting 2021-01-11 (30 albums) There are no releases from the top 1,000 ranked artists. Full list of this week's releases: (released 2021-01-11) (released 2021-01-11) (released 2021-01-11) (released 2021-01-12) (released 2021-01-12)…”
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kokkinos 04/04/2021 13:30 | #268200
Maybe not the most challenging album, or one I'll be thinking about for a long time, but it is so irresistibly enjoyable, almost like a guilty pleasure.
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xhitmanx 01/23/2021 20:10 | #264948
What you get if Stevie Nicks and Weyes Blood had a child. It works.
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meltchett 01/20/2021 10:20 | #264709
It starts with an Abba rip-off, then goes through The Carpenters, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Carly Simon. It doesn't sound original, it's just plain derivative.
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Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/15/2021 10:19 | #264452
Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/15/2021 10:19 | #264452
85 to 90/100 (Completely unexpected pop extravaganza! Excellent mix of primarily Country Pop, 60s Girl Group, and other goodies. This album is just really fun. and pretty. Fun and pretty is what this album is.)
This album is a sugary sweet, honest to god, old school pop extravaganza. The whole album is this lavish and delectable mix of country pop, 60s Girl Group, Baroque pop, Disco?! (yes, but mostly just on the first couple songs), etc. And the album is just about as charming as that sounds.
This album is so rich and fleshed out. All over the place you'll hear saxophones, sexy synth riffs, clean guitar runs, beautiful strings, funky bass lines, gorgeous shimmering pedal steel parts, twinkly keyboard parts, and on and on. This album feels like some big budget pop album straight out of 1975 or something. It's incredibly lush.
Not every song is a total slam dunk. But what is amazing is most of them are. It feels like Pearl and her crew said "fuck it, let's record The World's Greatest Retro Pop Album ", and then...succeeded.
The funny thing is the first time I heard this I thought it was pretty, gorgeous even, but flimsy. The second time through I noticed that almost all my previous gripes had dissipated like smoke. I couldn't remember what most of my criticisms were. Instead I was just enjoying this delish buffet of sound. Now, on my 3rd listen, I'm just grooving. I have fully embraced carefree Ryan, and loving almost every minute.
I can say with some certainty that I'm not just riding a short-term high, and that 7 of these 10 songs are just fabulous. The other 3 are weaker but by no means bad. Just maybe a little less flwoing and natural and complete sounding.
Anyway, this album is great. Give it a listen.
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