Well, the first song from the new album is now being played on selected radio stations in the US. Of course, it didn?t take many seconds for someone to save it to an mp3 file and start circulating it. I hope most of you have had a chance to listen to it out there. If not, you are in for a treat. I was personally blown away by it from the very first listen. For my money this may be one of the best sounding studio tracks Bruce has ever released. It?s hard-rocking with loads of guitar and loads of energy. It?s certainly the best thing Brendan O?Brien has done for Bruce, production-wise. I love The Rising album, but there has always been something about the production of that album that bothered me a little. Maybe it was a bit too muddy-sounding or something. Not so with ?Radio Nowhere?. Not that you can decipher every instrument, let alone on this recording taken from the radio, but somehow the sound is just more defined and the guitars are much more prominent, which in my book is a big plus. All of this makes it pretty easy to forgive that this isn?t Bruce at his lyrically best. I don?t think this song was ever meant to be deep or particularly meaningful. It?s meant as a call to arms. A signal to his fans that he?s ready to rock again. And not least, it?s meant to be a kick-ass show opener that will make the crowds jump up and down and sing along from the first note of music. Look for this song to develop into a six-minute tour de force before the end of the year.

All in all, an extremely promising first look at the Magic album. I personally can?t rule out that some of the old, classic albums will have to struggle hard to keep their position in the hierarchy if ?Radio Nowhere? is an indication of the overall sound and quality of Magic.

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