Light & Magic is the second studio album

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 by English electronic

Electronic music

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 band Ladytron

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Ladytron are an English electronic band formed in 1999 in Liverpool, Merseyside. The group consists of Helen Marnie , Mira Aroyo , Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu .Their sound blends electropop with New Wave and shoegazing elements. Ladytron described their sound as "electronic pop"...

. It was released on 17 September 2002 by Telstar Records

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Telstar Records was a record label founded in 1982 by Sean O'Brien and Neil Palmer with a government loan of £120,000. It was founded as a specialist compilation marketing label and had hits with a range of compilation franchises such as the Deep Heat, Kaos Theory and 100% ranges...

 in the United Kingdom and by Emperor Norton in the USA. The album was reissued by Nettwerk

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 in January 2011. Light & Magic featured a darker sound and the introduction of digital synthesizer

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s along their analog gear.

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

Seventeen (Ladytron song)

"Seventeen" is the first single from the album Light & Magic by the music group Ladytron. A new version "Seventeen 05", made by the band, featured on "Destroy Everything You Touch" single.-Maxi CD, UK:# "Seventeen" – 4:41...

" is part of the soundtrack to the 2003 film Party Monster, while its instrumental was used in television advertisements for Christina Aguilera

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's 2008 fragrance Inspire

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.

Drowned in Sound

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 included Light & Magic at number 14 on its Top 41 Albums of the Year.

Track listing

All songs written by Ladytron.

1. "True Mathematics" – 2:23
2. "Seventeen
   Seventeen (Ladytron song)
   "Seventeen" is the first single from the album Light & Magic by the music group Ladytron. A new version "Seventeen 05", made by the band, featured on "Destroy Everything You Touch" single.-Maxi CD, UK:# "Seventeen" – 4:41...
   
   " – 4:37
3. "Flicking Your Switch" – 3:26
4. "Fire" – 2:49
5. "Turn It On" – 4:46
6. "Blue Jeans
   Blue Jeans (Ladytron song)
   "Blue Jeans" is the second single from the album Light & Magic by the music group Ladytron. A rockier version titled "Blue Jeans 2.0" featured on the mix compilation Softcore Jukebox.-CD single:# "Blue Jeans" - 3:46...
   
   " – 4:13
7. "Cracked LCD" – 2:32
8. "Black Plastic" – 4:17
9. "Evil
   Evil (Ladytron song)
   "Evil" is the third single from the album Light & Magic by the electronic music group Ladytron. It was released in 2003 and reached a position of #44 on the UK Singles Chart.-CD 1 single:#"Evil" – 4:13#"Oops " – 2:50...
   
   " – 5:34
10. "Startup Crime" – 3:30
11. "NuHorizons" – 4:03
12. "Cease2xist" – 4:37
13. "Re:agents" – 4:53
14. "Light & Magic" – 3:35
15. "The Reason Why" – 7:30 (silence from 4:13 until 5:17, followed by hidden track "USA vs. White Noise"; available only on initial non-US pressings)

Re-release bonus tracks

16. "Seventeen" (Soulwax
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     Remix) – 4:26
17. "Cracked LCD" (Live in Sofia
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    ) – 2:55
18. "Light & Magic" (Live in Sofia) – 3:23
19. "Evil" (Pop Levi
    Pop Levi
    Pop Levi is an English singer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and filmmaker. Pop Levi's career started in Liverpool. He was the founding member, along with Snap Ant and Loka, of Super Numeri, and has played bass for Ladytron both on record and on tour...
    
     Mix) – 3:13 (2004 edition only)
19. "Blue Jeans" (Josh Wink
    Josh Wink
    Josh Wink is an electronic music DJ, label owner, producer, remixer, and artist. He is a native of Philadelphia, United States. A pioneering DJ in the American rave scene during the early 1990s, Wink was the most prominent exponent of the tribal forms of techno and house in the U.S...
    
     Remix) – 6:04 (2011 Nettwerk
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    The Nettwerk Music Group is the umbrella company for Nettwerk Management, Nettwerk Records, Nettwerk One Publishing, Nutone Records, and Artwerk. With over 150 employees, the Vancouver-based company has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Boston, Nashville, and Hamburg...
    
     edition only)

Light & Magic (Remixed & Rare)

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
   Justin Robertson
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    Remix) – 7:06
9. "Blue Jeans" (Interpol
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    Remix) – 3:57
10. "Evil" (Ewan Pearson
    Ewan Pearson
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     Single Remix) – 4:15
11. "Seventeen" (Droyds 12 Remix) – 6:32
12. "Flicking Your Switch" (Mount Sims
    Mount Sims
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     Remix 1) – 5:24
13. "Seventeen" (Darren Emerson
    Darren Emerson
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     Radio Edit) – 3:33
14. "Evil" (Tony Senghorne Remix) – 8:09
15. "Cease2xist" (Instrumental 2002) – 4:48
16. "Start Up Chime" (Instrumental) – 3:42
17. "Evil" (M-Factor
    187 Lockdown
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     Remix) – 7:55
18. "Seventeen" (Acapella) – 4:45

Personnel

• Ladytron – art direction
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• Helen Marnie
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  Helen Marnie is a member of the electronic music band Ladytron. She sings the majority of Ladytron's songs, with Mira Aroyo providing vocals on some songs or singing simultaneously with Helen on others.Helen also plays keyboards during Ladytron's live shows Helen Marnie (born in 1978 in Glasgow,...
  
   – vocals
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  , keyboards
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• Mira Aroyo
  Mira Aroyo
  Mira Aroyo , born in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1977, and now living in London, is a member of the electropop band Ladytron. She is also keyboardist, songwriter and producer. She writes and sings her songs for Ladytron in her native Bulgarian as well as in English....
  
   – vocals, keyboards
• Daniel Hunt
  Daniel Hunt
  Daniel Hunt is the founder member, and principal songwriter/producer of the band Ladytron. He is a keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer. He also DJ's around the world both solo and with other band members...
  
   – producer
  Record producer
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  , keyboards, electronic drum
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  s
• Reuben Wu
  Reuben Wu
  Reuben Wu is a British musician and member of the electropop band Ladytron. His role in the band is keyboardist, songwriter and producer. He's also an accomplished photographer and a DJ....
  
   – keyboards, electronic drums
• Big Active – design
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  , art direction
• Tom Dolan – design, art direction (US edition)
• Matt Fausak – assistant engineer
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• Michael Fitzpatrick – additional engineer, additional programming
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• William Howard – US cover photography
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• Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. – additional keyboards
• Justin Meldal-Johnsen
  Justin Meldal-Johnsen
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   – electric bass
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• Donald Milne – photography
• Mickey Petralia – additional producer, mixing
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• Shari – backing vocals
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   (track 2)
• Aleks Tamulis – assistant engineer

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
US Top Electronic Albums	7
US Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	31
US Top Independent Albums Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...	24

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Edition
United States	17 September 2002	Emperor Norton Emperor Norton Records Emperor Norton Records, was a Los Angeles-based electronica, hip-hop, and dance-music record label. Among the artists featured on the label were Ladytron, Arling & Cameron, Money Mark, Ugly Duckling, and Fantastic Plastic Machine...	Standard
United Kingdom	17 September 2002	Telstar Telstar Records Telstar Records was a record label founded in 1982 by Sean O'Brien and Neil Palmer with a government loan of £120,000. It was founded as a specialist compilation marketing label and had hits with a range of compilation franchises such as the Deep Heat, Kaos Theory and 100% ranges...
Germany	7 April 2003	Warner Music Warner Music Group Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
Japan	21 June 2003	Victor Entertainment Victor Entertainment is a subsidiary of Japan Victor Company that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It was formerly known as...
United States	20 July 2004	Emperor Norton	Re-release
Germany	1 September 2009	Redbird Redbird Records Redbird Records is an independent record label founded by the pop punk band Ludo. In October 2006, Ludo signed a five-album deal with Island Records that turned Redbird Records into an Island Records imprint... , Cobraside	Light & Magic (Remixed & Rare) (digital only)
United Kingdom
United States
Germany	14 January 2011	Nettwerk Nettwerk The Nettwerk Music Group is the umbrella company for Nettwerk Management, Nettwerk Records, Nettwerk One Publishing, Nutone Records, and Artwerk. With over 150 employees, the Vancouver-based company has offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Boston, Nashville, and Hamburg...	Re-release
United States	18 January 2011
United Kingdom	24 January 2011