White Magic for Lovers

White Magic for Lovers
Studio album by Drugstore
Released 9 June 1998
Recorded 1998
Studio El Cortijo studios, Spain
Genre Alternative rock, dream pop
Length 51:34
Label Roadrunner
Producer Clive Martin, Drugstore
Drugstore chronology
Drugstore
(1995)		 White Magic for Lovers
(1998)		 Songs for the Jet Set
(2001)
Singles from White Magic For Lovers
  1. "Mondo Cane"
    Released: October 1996
  2. "El President"
    Released: April 1998
  3. "Sober"
    Released: May 1998
  4. "Say Hello"
    Released: September 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

White Magic for Lovers is the second album released by the London-based band Drugstore. It reached the UK albums chart at number 45.[2] The album was noted for the "Song for Pessoa", about the Portuguese modernist poet Fernando Pessoa, "The Funeral" and the song "El President", a duet between Isabel Monteiro and Radiohead's Thom Yorke, which reached the UK singles chart at number 20. [3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Isabel Monteiro; except "Sober" by Daron Robinson and Monteiro, "Never Come Down" by Robinson, and "Tips for Travelling" by Mike Chylinski.[4]

No.TitleLength
1."Say Hello"  3:30
2."Mondo Cane"  3:35
3."El President" (feat. Thom Yorke)2:50
4."Sober"  4:05
5."I Know I Could"  4:10
6."Spacegirl"  4:25
7."Never Come Down"  4:13
8."Song for Pessoa"  3:42
9."I Don't Wanna Be Here Without You"  3:40
10."White Magic for Lovers"  4:26
11."Tips for Travelling"  2:08
12."The Funeral (But Most of All)" (includes hidden track "Everything a Girl Should Have")10:50

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.[4]

Drugstore
  • Daron Robinson – guitar, vocals
  • Isabel Monteiro – vocals, bass
  • Mike Chylinski – drums
  • Ian Burdge – cello
Additional musicians
  • Thom Yorke – vocals on "El President"
  • The Mariachi Band of Orlando Rincon – "Say Hello"
  • Terry Edwards – horns on "Never Come Down"
  • Mike Kearsey – horns on "Never Come Down"
  • Ollie Kraus – cello on "I Know I Could" and "I Don't Wanna Be Here Without You"
  • James Banbury – cello on "Mondo Cane"; keyboards on "Never Come Down" and "The Funeral (But Most of All)"
  • Kathleen Chylinski – violin on "Tips for Travelling"
Production
  • Clive Martin – producer, recording
  • Drugstore – producer
  • Paul Reed – house engineer
  • Lee Butler – house engineer
  • Doug Cook – house engineer
  • Adi Winman – house engineer
  • Tom Rixton – house engineer
  • Lem Lattimer – house engineer
  • Ray Lombard – band shots
  • Andy Willsher – centrefold
  • Isabel Monteiro – artwork, voodoo dolls

Charts

Album

Chart (1998) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[5] 45

Singles

Year Single Peak position
[5]
UK Singles
1998 "El President" 20
"Sober" 68

References

  1. ↑ White Magic for Lovers at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 169. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ↑ "El President". Official Charts.
  4. 1 2 White Magic for Lovers (Booklet). Drugstore. Roadrunner. 1998. RR 8711 2.
  5. 1 2 "DRUGSTORE | Artist | Official Charts". UK Singles Chart. Retrieved April 14, 2012.


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