Light And Magic

Rolling Stone - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002" Uncut - Ranked #36 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year" CMJ - "...A skillful blend of electro synths and beats mixed together with just the right amount of pop and a touch of wicked humor..." Rolling Stone - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Ingenious, slyly tuneful New Wave, with buzzing synth melodies chattering at each other like packet switchers." Q - 3 stars out of 5 - "...All is groovy and enigmatic hauteur..." Uncut - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This is sublime, subtle, subversive stuff..." Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.106) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2002" Uncut (1/03, p.95) - Ranked #36 in Uncut's "100 Best Albums of the Year" Rolling Stone (9/19/02, p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Ingenious, slyly tuneful New Wave, with buzzing synth melodies chattering at each other like packet switchers." Q (12/02, p.107) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...All is groovy and enigmatic hauteur..." Uncut (12/02, p.150) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This is sublime, subtle, subversive stuff..." CMJ (9/23/02), p.7) - "...A skillful blend of electro synths and beats mixed together with just the right amount of pop and a touch of wicked humor..."

Second album from this quartet based in Liverpool and Oxford. Named after a Brian Eno era Roxy Music track, Ladytron revive the sounds of the pioneering days of electronic music influenced by The Normal, Kraftwerk and even Gary Numan. Includes the single 'Seventeen'.|