Magic is the 15th studio album by Bruce Springsteen, to be released in 2007. It is his first with the E Street Band since The Rising in 2002. The album's existence was announced on August 16, 2007, following months of fevered recording speculation, and weeks of equally fevered release speculation, among the Springsteen faithful.
Upon its announcement, Magic was characterized by Springsteen's manager Jon Landau has a "high energy rock" album, with a "heavy E Street Band" sound and with (in a departure from Springsteen's stances since the 2004 Vote for Change tour) a lessened emphasis on politics. The initial track, "Radio Nowhere", was slated as the album's first single, for release to radio on September 4, 2007; however, it leaked to the Internet on August 22, 2007. The release of the CD form of the album on October 2, 2007 is to be preceded by a September 25, 2007 release on vinyl record, in order to qualify the album for the Grammy Awards of 2008 before the end-of-September cutoff.