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Return to Magenta, issued in 1978, is the second album by the rock band Mink DeVille. The album was the last to feature all the original members of the band. For this album the band was joined by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Steve Douglas on sax and Dr. John on piano, who would later collaborate with leadsinger Willy DeVille after his move to New Orleans.

Return to Magenta continued in the vein of the first album, with a mixture of rock, soul, blues, and Latin rhythms. It was produced by Jack Nitzsche, who also co-wrote a song with DeVille ("Just Your Friends"). Willy DeVille said about Cabretta, Mink DeVille's album prior to Return to Magenta, "We went against strings on the first album — decided it should be outright, raw, and rude."^[1] On Return to Magenta, however, Willy DeVille and producers Jack Nitzsche and Steve Douglas employed lavish string arrangements on several songs.

Willy DeVille sings a quasi-duet with singer-songwriter David Forman on the Forman-composed “’A’ Train Lady.” "Steady Drivin' Man" became a favorite of Willy DeVille fans; DeVille performed the song on his Acoustic Trio Live in Berlin 25 years after the original recording.

Reviews

Critic Robert Christgau gave the album a C+, writing, “The main thing wrong with Willie DeVille is that he hasn't had a new idea since he decided he didn't like acid in 1970. Even as the songpoet of greaser nostalgia, he's got nothing to say..."^[4] Many reviewers believed that Mink DeVille's second album sounded too much like its first, and the band had not broken new ground (although Kid Leo, musical director of WMMS in Cleveland, ranked it as the eighth best rock album of all time.)^[5] Return to Magenta peaked at 126 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart.^[6]

Soundtracks

During the Return to Magenta recording sessions, the band recorded two songs for the background of Paul Schrader's Hardcore: "Easy Slider" and "Guardian Angel", three songs for the soundtrack of the movie Cruising: "Heat of the Moment", "Pullin' My String", and "It's So Easy." These songs were written by Willy DeVille and produced by Jack Nitzsche, who wrote the musical score for Cruising. The three songs appeared on the CD reissue of Willy DeVille's 1987 album Miracle. "It's So Easy" is also on the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's movie Grindhouse: Death Proof.

Other information

The song "Rolene" was written by Moon Martin, who also wrote "Cadillac Walk," a song on Mink DeVille's previous album, Cabretta.

The album cover includes a quote (dated March 13, 1978) about the band by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Doc Pomus, who would later co-write songs with Willy DeVille:

DeVille said about the song "I Broke that Promise": "It's one of my favorite songs in that album. I keep it in the bag to do it. It has a good feeling because it says, 'I broke that promise that was so important to me.' You can say 'I broke that promise that was so important to you,' but it's even worse to break a promise that's only important to whoever made the promise."^[7]

Mink DeVille toured North America with Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe after this album came out.

Willy DeVille lived for a time on Boulevard de Magenta in Paris, which may account for the album's name, Return to Magenta."^[8]

Pianist Bobby Leonards said about Return to Magenta, "Willy had wanted to do an album much like the first one. He wanted to team up with Nitzsche to write some tunes, but Nitzsche wasn’t interested in doing that. All he wanted to do was produce. He was there to help. He didn’t actually say no. He said, 'Hey we’re wasting valuable time and you don’t have a lot of material. The record companies want you to produce a product every year, ten to twelve songs, but nobody writes that way. You do a record when you’ve got something. Don’t record unless you’re ready to record.'" He added, "I went back and erased most of my tracks, but some of mine are still on there.”^[9]

Track listing

Personnel

Production

References

1. ^Rhodes, Dusti (1978) “Issue 13: Mink DeVille: Smooth Running Caddy: The Tale of the Mink.” Rock Around the World. (Retrieved 1-29-08.)
2. ^[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r5582|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
3. ^{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: M|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70|accessdate=March 8, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
4. ^Christgau, Robert (1978) Mink DeVille Consumer Reviews. (Retrieved 3-16-08.)
5. ^Baker, Glenn A. (1987) "Individual Critics Top 10s." The World Critics Lists ~ 1987. (Retrieved 3-16-08.)
6. ^Editors (2006) [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r5582|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic: Return to Magenta.] (Retrieved 8-19-08.)
7. ^Editors (1994) “ Interview: Concierto Básico.” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201011530/http://personal4.iddeo.es/rangel/entrebasicoe.htm |date=2008-12-01 }} Canal magazine. (Retrieved 3-9-08.)
8. ^See Laura Rangel (1993) Interviews: King Creole {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041218024319/http://personal4.iddeo.es/rangel/kingcreole.htm |date=2004-12-18 }}. Willy DeVille: Spanish Stroll. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224062338/http://personal4.iddeo.es/rangel/main.htm |date=2007-12-24 }} Said Willy DeVille, "I have une histoire d'amour with Paris... I've lived in Paris, on Magenta Boulevard." (Retrieved 1-29-08.)
9. ^Dussault, Colin (2004) New York City + Mink Deville. Tiffany Shade.com. (Retrieved 7-20-08.)