Magic (Smash Mouth album)

Magic is the seventh studio album by American rock band Smash Mouth, released on September 4, 2012 through 429 Records. It is their first album in six years since the release of Summer Girl in 2006. It is also the first album without original guitarist and primary songwriter Greg Camp since his departure from the band, and the last album to feature lead vocalist Steve Harwell before his retirement in 2021 and his death in 2023.

Magic
Studio album by Smash Mouth
Released	September 4, 2012
Length	33:24
Label	429
Producer	Mike Krompass
Smash Mouth chronology
Summer Girl (2006) Magic (2012) Missile Toes (2023)
Singles from Magic
"Magic" Released: August 14, 2012

The first single on the album, "Magic", peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.^[1]

Reception

AllMusic gave the album 3½ stars, saying it was "as effortlessly effervescent as anything else Smash Mouth has ever released, filled with grooving, organ-fueled beach party anthems".^[2]

Track listing

Magic track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Perfect Planet"	Steve Harwell Mike Krompass Shelly Peiken	2:36
2.	"Live to Love Another Day"	Randy Cooke Harwell Krompass Jim McCormick	2:41
3.	"Magic" (featuring J. Dash)	Cooke J. Dash Harwell Krompass Tebey Ottoh Jennifer Paige	2:59
4.	"Justin Bieber"	Harwell Krompass Peiken	2:33
5.	"Out of Love"	Andrew Fromm Harwell Krompass Peiken	3:35
6.	"Flippin' Out" (featuring J. Dash)	J. Dash Fromm Harwell Krompass	3:00
7.	"Future X Wife"	Fromm Harwell Krompass Peiken	2:29
8.	"Better with Time"	Harwell Krompass Peiken	3:14
9.	"The Game"	Fromm Harwell Krompass Peiken	2:36
10.	"She's Into Me"	Harwell Scott Krippayne Ron Robinson Brodie Stewart	3:20
11.	"Don't You (Forget About Me)" (Simple Minds cover)	Keith Forsey Steve Schiff	4:21

Personnel

Smash Mouth

• Steve Harwell – lead vocals
• Michael Klooster – keyboards
• Mike Krompass – additional keyboards, guitars, drum programming, backing vocals^[3]
• Greg Camp – guitars (11), backing vocals (11)
• Paul De Lisle – bass, backing vocals
• Randy Cooke – drums
• Michael Urbano – drums (11)

Additional personnel

• John Portela – additional keyboards
• J. Dash – vocals (3, 6)
• Andrew Fromm – backing vocals
• Storm Gardiner – backing vocals
• Shawn Mayer – backing vocals
• Jennifer Paige – backing vocals
• Stephen Vickers – backing vocals

Production

• Jared Levine – A&R
• Mike Krompass – producer, engineer, mixing
• Ben Harrington – assistant engineer, mix assistant
• Steve Murr – additional recording
• Dave McNair – mastering
• David Alan Kogut – art direction
• Calibree Photography – photography
• Robert Hayes – management