The ninth album from this band from Great Britain.
The band was a quintet with a lineup of drums, bass, mandolin, guitars, keyboards and vocals.
Three guests added uilleann pipes, saxophones and vocals.
I have been following this band on and off for the last ten to fifteen years. I have recently reviewed and enjoyed a couple of albums from Cyan, the band who later morphed into Magenta.
I also got Magenta's new'ish album for review next week.
Masters Of Ilusion sees Magenta back to being Magenta. That means some very good vocals from Christina Booth and the usual song writing from Rob Reed.
The music is big and epic. Melancholic and melodic.
This one hour long album sees the band delivering some good music which should please their fans, but not gaining them many new fans. It is an album where the band is threading water.
Although satisfying, Magenta can do better than this.
3 points
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