Light & Magic

Light & Magic
Studio album by Ladytron
Released	17 September 2002
Recorded	2001–02 in Liverpool and Los Angeles
Genre	Electropop, synthpop, new wave
Length	62:45
Label	Emperor Norton (US) Telstar Records (UK) Warner Music (Germany) Victor Entertainment (Japan) Nettwerk (re-release)
Producer	Daniel Hunt, Mickey Petralia
Ladytron chronology
604 (2001) Light & Magic (2002) Softcore Jukebox (2003)
Alternative cover
US cover
Singles from Light & Magic
"Seventeen" Released: 2002 "Blue Jeans" Released: 10 March 2003 "Evil" Released: 30 June 2003

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(76/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
BBC Music	(favourable)[3]
CHARTattack	[4]
Robert Christgau	[5]
Drowned in Sound	[6]
entertainment.ie	[7]
Pitchfork Media	(7.1/10)[8]
Playlouder	[9]
PopMatters	(favourable)[10]
Rolling Stone	(favourable)[11]
Stylus Magazine	B+[12]

Light & Magic is the second studio album by English electronic band Ladytron. It was released on 17 September 2002 by Telstar Records in the United Kingdom and by Emperor Norton in the USA. The album was reissued by Nettwerk in January 2011.

An earlier version of the song "NuHorizons" appeared as a B-side to the band's 2001 single "The Way That I Found You", under the title "Holiday 601".

"Seventeen" is part of the soundtrack to the 2003 film Party Monster, while its instrumental was used in television advertisements for Christina Aguilera's 2008 fragrance Inspire.

Drowned in Sound included Light & Magic at number 14 on its Top 41 Albums of the Year.^[13] Rolling Stone put this album on their 50 Best Albums of 2002 list.^[14] Muzik selected Light & Magic as the Best Electropop Album of the Year 2002.^[15] NME included this album at number 41 on their Albums and Tracks of the Year for 2002 list.^[16]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ladytron. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"True Mathematics"	2:23
2.	"Seventeen"	4:37
3.	"Flicking Your Switch"	3:26
4.	"Fire"	2:49
5.	"Turn It On"	4:46
6.	"Blue Jeans"	4:13
7.	"Cracked LCD"	2:32
8.	"Black Plastic"	4:17
9.	"Evil"	5:34
10.	"Startup Chime"	3:30
11.	"NuHorizons"	4:03
12.	"Cease2xist"	4:37
13.	"Re:agents"	4:53
14.	"Light & Magic"	3:35
15.	"The Reason Why" (silence from 4:13 until 5:17, followed by hidden track "USA vs. White Noise"; available only on initial non-US pressings)	7:30

Re-release bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Seventeen" (Soulwax Remix)	4:26
17.	"Cracked LCD" (Live in Sofia)	2:55
18.	"Light & Magic" (Live in Sofia)	3:23
19.	"Evil" (Pop Levi Mix, 2004 edition only)	3:13
20.	"Blue Jeans" (Josh Wink Remix, 2011 Nettwerk edition only)	6:04

Light & Magic (Remixed & Rare)

On 20 December 2011, Nettwerk released a compilation of remixes, B-sides and rarities titled Light & Magic (Remixed & Rare). The cover is the negative of the Light & Magic US cover.

Light & Magic (Remixed & Rare)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Seventeen" (Soulwax Remix)	4:28
2.	"Blue Jeans 2.0" (UK Single Version)	3:51
3.	"Evil" (Axl of Evil Mix)	4:08
4.	"Blue Jeans" (Josh Wink Remix)	6:05
5.	"The Reason Why" (Alternate Version)	4:24
6.	"Light & Magic" (Alternate Version)	3:42
7.	"Cracked LCD" (Alternate Version)	2:49
8.	"Seventeen" (Justin Robertson Remix)	7:06
9.	"Blue Jeans" (Interpol Remix)	3:57
10.	"Evil" (Ewan Pearson Single Remix)	4:15
11.	"Seventeen" (Droyds 12 Remix)	6:32
12.	"Flicking Your Switch" (Mount Sims Remix 1)	5:24
13.	"Seventeen" (Darren Emerson Radio Edit)	3:33
14.	"Evil" (Tony Senghorne Remix)	8:09
15.	"Cease2xist" (Instrumental 2002)	4:48
16.	"Startup Chime" (Instrumental)	3:42
17.	"Evil" (M-Factor Remix)	7:55
18.	"Seventeen" (Acapella)	4:45

Personnel

Ladytron – art direction Helen Marnie – vocals, keyboards Mira Aroyo – vocals, keyboards Daniel Hunt – producer, keyboards, electronic drums Reuben Wu – keyboards, electronic drums Big Active – design, art direction Tom Dolan – design, art direction (US edition) Matt Fausak – assistant engineer

Michael Fitzpatrick – additional engineer, additional programming William Howard – US cover photography Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. – additional keyboards Justin Meldal-Johnsen – electric bass Donald Milne – photography Mickey Petralia – additional producer, mixing Shari – backing vocals (track 2) Aleks Tamulis – assistant engineer

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
US Top Electronic Albums[17]	7
US Top Heatseekers[17]	31
US Top Independent Albums[17]	24

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Edition
United States	17 September 2002[18]	Emperor Norton	Standard
United Kingdom	17 September 2002[19]	Telstar
Germany	7 April 2003[20]	Warner Music
Japan	21 June 2003[21]	Victor Entertainment
United States	20 July 2004[22]	Emperor Norton	Re-release
Germany	1 September 2009[23][24][25]	Redbird, Cobraside	Light & Magic (Remixed & Rare) (digital only)
United Kingdom
United States
Germany	14 January 2011[26]	Nettwerk	Re-release
United States	18 January 2011[27]
United Kingdom	24 January 2011[28]

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