''White Magic for Lovers'' is the second studio album released by the London-based band

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. It reached the UK albums chart at number 45. The album was noted for the "Song for Pessoa", about the Portuguese modernist poet

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, "The Funeral" and the song "El President", a duet between Isabel Monteiro and

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, which reached the UK singles chart at number 20.

Track listing

All tracks written by Isabel Monteiro; except "Sober" by Daron Robinson and Monteiro, "Never Come Down" by Robinson, and "Tips for Travelling" by Mike Chylinski.

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. ;Drugstore * Daron Robinson – guitar, vocals * Isabel Monteiro – vocals, bass * Mike Chylinski – drums * Ian Burdge – cello ;Additional musicians *

– vocals on "El President" * The Mariachi Band of Orlando Rincon – "Say Hello" * Terry Edwards – horns on "Never Come Down" * Mike Kearsey – horns on "Never Come Down" * Ollie Kraus – cello on "I Know I Could" and "I Don't Wanna Be Here Without You" * James Banbury – cello on "Mondo Cane"; keyboards on "Never Come Down" and "The Funeral (But Most of All)" * Kathleen Chylinski – violin on "Tips for Travelling" ;Production * Clive Martin – producer, recording * Drugstore – producer * Paul Reed – house engineer * Lee Butler – house engineer * Doug Cook – house engineer * Adi Winman – house engineer * Tom Rixton – house engineer * Lem Lattimer – house engineer * Ray Lombard – band shots * Andy Willsher – centrefold * Isabel Monteiro – artwork, voodoo dolls

Charts

References

External links

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'FFWD Magazine' issue June 18 1998 – album review
{{Authority control 1998 albums Drugstore (band) albums Roadrunner Records albums