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{{Infobox album
| name       = Magic Is A Child
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Nektar]]
| cover      = Magic_is_a_child.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = September 1977
| recorded   = March – August 1977
| venue      =
| studio     = The House Of Music, [[West Orange, New Jersey|West Orange]], [[New Jersey]]
| genre      = [[Progressive rock]]<ref name="allmusic"/>
| length     = 41:24
| label      = [[Polydor]]
| producer   = Jeffrey Kawalek
| prev_title = Live in New York
| prev_year  = 1977
| next_title = More Live Nektar in New York
| next_year  = 1978
}}

'''''Magic Is A Child''''' is the seventh album from English [[progressive rock]] band [[Nektar]]. This album is one of only two studio albums released by Nektar without Roye Albrighton on guitar and lead vocals, instead featuring Dave Nelson; the other is ''The Other Side'' (2020).

[[Brooke Shields]], 12 years old at the time, is the model on the cover.<ref name="allmusic"/>

The track "Train from Nowhere" features  [[Robert Fripp]] of [[King Crimson]] on lead guitar (under the pseudonym “Walt Nektroid").{{citation needed|date= January 2022}}

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r45389}}</ref>
}}
[[AllMusic]] gave the album a positive retrospective review, praising Nektar's switching to "shorter, punchier songs", "swelling" keyboards, "symphonic" guitars, and "breezy pop".<ref name="allmusic"/>

== Track listing ==

{{Tracklisting
| headline        = Side one
| title1          = Away from Asgard
| writer1         = Derek Moore, Ron Howden, Taff Freeman, Dave Nelson, Steve Barth
| length1         = 5:30

| title2          = Magic Is a Child
| writer2         = Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson, Barth
| length2         = 4:06

| title3          = Eerie Lackawanna
| writer3         = Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson, Barth
| length3         = 3:29

| title4          = Midnight Lite
| writer4         = Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson, Barth
| length4         = 4:27

| title5          = Love to Share (Keep Your Worries Behind You)
| writer5         = Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson
| length5         = 4:07
}}

{{Tracklisting
| headline        = Side two
| title6          = Train from Nowhere
| writer6         = Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson
| length6         = 4:12

| title7          = Listen
| writer7         = Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson, Roye Albrighton
| length7         = 6:02

| title8          = On the Run (The Trucker)
| writer8         = Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson
| length8         = 4:41

| title9          = Spread Your Wings
| writer9         = Moore, Howden, Freeman, Nelson
| length9         = 4:40
}}

==Personnel==
*Dave Nelson - guitar, vocals
*Alan "Taff" Freeman - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
*Derek "Mo" Moore - bass, vocals
*Ron Howden - percussion, drums, vocals, Smurds

;Additional personnel
*Julien Barber, [[Kermit Moore]], Michael Commins, Anthony Posk - string quartet
*[[Larry Fast]] - synthesizer, programming, processing
*Walt Nektroid ([[Robert Fripp]]) - guitar on "Train from Nowhere"
*Jeffrey Kawalek - production, engineering

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
!scope="col"|Chart (1977)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{albumchart|Billboard200|172|artist=Nektar|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://project.nektarsmusic.com/discography/magic.html ''Magic is a Child'' at Project Nektor Music]

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