Magic Is a Child

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.

The track "Train from Nowhere" features Robert Fripp of King Crimson on lead guitar (under the pseudonym “Walt Nektroid").

Reception
AllMusic gave the album a positive retrospective review, praising Nektar's switching to "shorter, punchier songs", "swelling" keyboards, "symphonic" guitars, and "breezy pop".

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