Magic
by Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen bestography
Magic is ranked 10th best out of 162 albums by Bruce Springsteen on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bruce Springsteen is Born To Run which is ranked number 81 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,247.
(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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Magic track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Magic rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 78/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2007 | 24/53 | - |
| 2026 |  Ilolahti | Top 90 Greatest Music Albums | 70/90 | 23 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 16 Music Albums of 2007 | 13/16 | 1 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 83 Music Albums of 2007 | 25/83 | 4 |
| 2026 | Springsteen | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 7/100 | 87 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Delusion of Adequacy Best Albums 2007 | 21/50 | - |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 68 Music Albums of 2007 | 67/68 | 0 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1001-1100* | 32/77 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 175 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 754 | |||
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Magic ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/06/2026 12:12 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 03:25 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,246 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 13:48 | Ilolahti | 168 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Magic forum mentions
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Magic comments
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After the 'sessions' album and tour Bruce Springsteen re-united the E street band for the 2007 record, magic. As on the rising, Springsteen was always better when he had something to write about. 9/11 was the rising, magic, was the aftermath of that terrible tragedy, most notably, George W Bush, and the Iraq war. Magic, was a an angry Springsteen, but the anger was smothered in a pop sheen that makes it his most accessible album since, born in the USA. Radio nowhere, is an interesting opener, undoubtedly Springsteen, but also sounds nothing like he's done before. The E streeters are on top form on, you'll be coming down, and, livin' in the future, which sounds like a hybrid of, tenth avenue freeze out, and, glory days. The standouts on, magic, are the wonderful pop of, girls in their summer clothes, the brooding title track, and the angry and blistering, last to die. Devil's arcade,and, gypsy biker, concern the Iraq war and it's consequences. I'll work for your love, is a personal favourite, and closing track, Terry's song, a tribute to springsteen's personal assistant, who had recently lost his life, is beautiful, one of Bruce's great acoustic tracks. There's no weak songs here, from the orchestral like, your own worst enemy, and the excellent, long way home. Lyrically, magic, is heavy, but is thoroughly enjoyable due to its musical delivery. Powerful stuff. (Edited)
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/22/2012 03:26 | #58521 | TOP COMMENT
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After Wreckin Ball I wonder if I undersold this. Gypsy Biker always grabbed my attention, for sure.
Strong songwriting and very dense album. Classic Springsteen but still very fresh.
zags7000 06/11/2015 23:20 | #143619 | TOP COMMENT
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Long Walk Home is fantastic. Just great consistent material. Not as groundbreaking or influential as some of his others but this is really strong worthy of its own praise.
The Boss's simple but solid album. Very Surprised ranked low here. Underrated.
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