Midnight Magic (studio album)
by Commodores

Midnight Magic by Commodores
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 36,895th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 15 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (388th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (3,872nd)
Award Best albums of all time (36,895th)

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Commodores bestography

Midnight Magic is ranked 6th best out of 17 albums by Commodores on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Commodores is Movin' On which is ranked number 10922 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 107.

Commodores album bestography « Higher ranked (36,677th)
Natural High
This album (36,895th)
Midnight Magic
Lower ranked (37,149th) »
Hot On The Tracks

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Midnight Magic track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 15 votes)
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05/12/2025 15:48 Cyrax  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,74961/100
 
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11/18/2024 16:14 Johnnyo  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 9,57177/100
 
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03/14/2024 01:11 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 14,31074/100
 
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08/25/2021 01:11 Moondance  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 19,63472/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.1/100, a mean average of 67.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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From 03/14/2024 01:12
Two great singles ("Sail On" and "Still") and a third single that was decent ("Wonderland"). But the rest of this album is the very definition of filler. Mediocre, generic, cliche-riddled lite disco/soul. The album was a multi-platinum smash in 1979 (and the only Commodores album to score three Top 40 pop hits), but it has not stood the test of time very well.
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Best Albums of 1979
1. London Calling by The Clash
2. The Wall by Pink Floyd
3. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
4. Fear Of Music by Talking Heads
5. Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
6. Entertainment! by Gang Of Four
7. Breakfast In America by Supertramp
8. Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
9. Highway To Hell by AC/DC
10. Reggatta De Blanc by The Police
11. Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
12. Damn The Torpedoes by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
13. Ambient 1: Music For Airports by Brian Eno
14. Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.
15. The B-52's by The B-52's
16. Armed Forces by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
17. Specials by The Specials
18. 154 by Wire
19. Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks
20. Setting Sons by The Jam
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