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| released = August 24, 2009
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Chillwave]]|[[dance-pop]]}}
| length = 40:20
| label = Something in Construction
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| next_title = [[Player Piano (album)|Player Piano]]
| next_year = 2011
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'''''Seek Magic''''' is the
The cover art features an image of the painting ''Mirage'' by [[Tomory Dodge]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Seek Magic|year=2009|publisher=Something in Construction|others=[[Memory Tapes]]|type=liner notes|id=SICNOTE049}}</ref>
==Reception==▼
{{Album ratings▼
| ADM = 8.0/10<ref name="ADM">{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/810/Seek-Magic.aspx|title=Seek Magic by Memory Tapes reviews|publisher=[[AnyDecentMusic?]]|access-date=January 12, 2020}}</ref>
| MC = 86/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]▼
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|
| rev2 = ''[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]''
| rev2score = 9/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Erik|url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/memory-tapes-seek-magic|title=Memory Tapes – Seek Magic|work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]|date=November 16, 2009|access-date=January 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109024600/http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/albums/memory-tapes-seek-magic|archive-date=January 9, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev3score = 9/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Takru|first=Radhika|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14887/reviews/4138438?search|title=Album Review: Memory Tapes – Seek Magic|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|date=November 18, 2009|access-date=December 30, 2009|archive-date=October 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006094118/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14887/reviews/4138438?search|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[MusicOMH]]''
| rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Milton|first=Jamie|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/memory-tapes-seek-magic|title=Memory Tapes – Seek Magic|work=[[MusicOMH]]|date=December 7, 2009|access-date=January 12, 2020}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal|title=Memory Tapes: Seek Magic|journal=[[NME]]|date=2009}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]''
| rev6score = 4/5<ref>{{cite web|last=Bimm|first=Jordan|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/memory-tapes/|title=Memory Tapes|work=[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]|date=May 20, 2010|access-date=January 12, 2020}}</ref>
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| rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Memory Tapes: Seek Magic|journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=282|date=January 2010|page=122}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Sunday Times]]''
| rev9score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Cairns|first=Dan|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/memory-tapes-seek-magic-w0blx2drg7d|title=Memory Tapes: Seek Magic|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=November 22, 2009|access-date=January 12, 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Memory Tapes: Seek Magic|journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|issue=152|date=January 2010|page=116}}</ref>
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At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, ''Seek Magic'' received an [[weighted arithmetic mean|average]] score of 86, based on 9 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="MC"/> The album has an 8.0 rating on review aggregator website [[AnyDecentMusic?]] and is certified an "ADM Chart Topper".<ref name="ADM"/>
''Seek Magic'' was awarded the title of "Best New Music" by ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', with critic Ian Cohen praising the album as "achingly gorgeous [[dance-pop]] that captures both the joy of nostalgia and the melancholic sense that we're grasping for good times increasingly out of reach".<ref name="pf"/> In a 2019 retrospective piece on [[chillwave]] for ''[[Stereogum]]'', Cohen cited ''Seek Magic'' as "probably the best" chillwave album released in 2009, "and, by definition, probably the greatest chillwave album of all time".<ref>{{cite web|last=Cohen|first=Ian|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2045339/chillwave-best-songs-list/franchises/list/ultimate-playlist/|title=Chillwave At 10: The Essential Tracks |work=[[Stereogum]]|date=June 25, 2019|access-date=January 12, 2020}}</ref>
==Track listing==
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| title8 = Run Out
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| headline = [[Rough Trade (shops)|Rough Trade]] bonus disc
| title1 = Bicycle
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'''Notes'''
▲==Reception==
▲{{Album ratings
▲|MC = 86/100<ref>{{cite web|title=Reviews for Seek Magic by Memory Tapes|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/seek-magic/memory-tapes|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=20 May 2016}}</ref>
▲| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
▲| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author1=K. Ross Hoffman|title=Memory Tapes - Seek Magic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/seek-magic-mw0001955080|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=20 May 2016}}</ref>
▲| rev2 = [[Drowned in Sound]]
▲| rev3 = [[Pitchfork Media]]
▲| rev3score = (8.3/10)<ref name="pf">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13451-seek-magic/|author=Cohen, Ian|work=[[Pitchfork Media]]|title=Review / Memory Tapes-Seek Magic/ Releases / Releases// Pitchfork|accessdate=December 30, 2009|date=November 18, 2009}}</ref>
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==Notes==
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[[Category:2009 albums]]
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