The Black Magic Show

The Black Magic Show
Studio album by Elefant
Released	April 20, 2006
Genre	Post-punk revival, indie rock
Length	41:41
Label	Kemado • Hollywood
Producer	Don Gilmore
Elefant chronology
Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid (2003) The Black Magic Show (2006)

The Black Magic Show is the second and final album by the American indie rock band Elefant. It peaked at #14 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[1]

The third track, "Lolita", is based loosely on the novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	55/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Pitchfork	3.6/10[5]
PopMatters	5/10[6]
Prefix	4/10[7]

The Black Magic Show was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 55 based on 10 reviews.[3]

Writing for AllMusic, MacKenzie Wilson explained: "While this album doesn't do anything drastic on an artistic level, The Black Magic Show does feature some danceable style. A little more sincerity and a little less swagger might have been nice, though."[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Diego Garcia

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Magic Show"	2:55
2.	"Sirens"	3:48
3.	"Lolita"	3:30
4.	"The Clown"	3:50
5.	"Uh Oh Hello"	3:15
6.	"Why"	3:52
7.	"Brasil"	2:57
8.	"My Apology"	3:30
9.	"The Lunatic"	3:24
10.	"It's a Shame"	3:43
11.	"Don't Wait"	4:25

Japanese bonus version[8]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Allison"	3:31
13.	"A-Oh Hello"	3:08
14.	"Stay" (Acoustic version)	3:31

Charts

Chart performance for The Black Magic Show

Chart (2006)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9]	14

References

1. "Artist chart history". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2006-11-11.
2. Spaner, Whitney (March 27, 2006). "Elefant - The Black Magic Show (review)". Papermag. Retrieved 2006-11-11.
3. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
4. Wilson, MacKenzie. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
5. Hogan, Marc (February 13, 2006). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
6. Price, Marc (April 18, 2006). "PopMatters Review". PopMatters. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
7. "Prefix Magazine Review". Prefix Magazine. April 25, 2006. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
8. "Elefant - Tower Records" (in Japanese). Tower.jp. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
9. "Elefant Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

External links

• The Black Magic Show at AllMusic
• Review by Papermag.com