Mar 24,  · With the nearly fifteen minute opus “Magician Among The Spirits” dominating this album, The Church could have used some magic at this juncture in the career due to the fact songwriter Steve Kilbey was knee deep into heroin, a lack of record management, along with issue regarding their US distributor who went bankrupt owing the band something in the area /5(78).

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the CD release of Magician Among The Spirits on Discogs. Label: Deep Karma - D,White (6) - D • Format: CD Album • Country: Australia • Genre: Rock • Style: Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock/5(4).

Magician Among the Spirits is the tenth album by the Australian alternative rock band The Church, released in August The album title was inspired by a book written by Harry Houdini and C. M. Eddy, Jr. (uncredited) in , in which the famed magician discussed his investigations of spirit mediums. A photographic negative of Houdini is incorporated as the centrepiece of the album Genre: Alternative rock, neo .

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Magician Among The Spirits is a music studio album recording by THE CHURCH (Prog Related/Progressive Rock) released in on cd, lp / vinyl and/or cassette. This page includes Magician Among The Spirits's: cover picture, songs / tracks list, members/musicians and line-up, different releases details, free MP3 download (stream), buy online links: amazon, ratings /5.

Magician Among the Spirits, an Album by The Church. Released 19 August on (catalog no. D; CD). Genres: Neo-Psychedelia, Art Rock. Featured peformers: Steve Kilbey (performer, producer), Marty Willson-Piper (performer, producer), Peter Koppes (guitar, guest), Tim Powles (drums, producer), Linda Neil (violin), Sandy Chick (backing vocals), Chris .

That said, "Magician Among the Spirits" is a very difficult album to grasp. The first listening is likely to occasion a "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?" "Ritz" is a rare cover by The Church (from Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel) that again helps advance the story by filling in the atmosphere of Houdini's hollow celebrity. If I feel like /5(3).

Arista dropped them but the Church soldiered on -- Tim Powles fully joined in the songwriting process a number of times, while Peter Koppes guested on various cuts after his absence from Sometime Anywhere. Violinist Linda Neil also appeared along with other guests from that record, with Magician Among the Spirits being the attractive end result/5(4).