"Forever Lost"/"Idea of a Feeling"/"I Hope You Don't Mind"
Released: 23 May 2005
"Love Me Like You"/"Drunk on Your Words"/"Delphina's Song"/"Travelling Souls"
Released: 8 August 2005
"Love's a Game"/"Keep It in the Pocket"/"Last Night I Fell"
Released: 24 October 2005
"I See You, You See Me"/"Forever Lost" (by Magic Fractions)/"Close Your Eyes"/"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"/"Crazy in Love"
Released: 16 January 2006

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100 link
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	link
Pitchfork Media	7.6/10 25 May 05
Rolling Stone	6 Oct 05

The Magic Numbers is the self-titled debut album from The Magic Numbers. It was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize in 2005. Songwriting duties were taken by Romeo Stodart as was much of the musical composition and arrangement. It incorporated the earlier single release of "Hymn for Her" as a hidden track. The album incorporates many folk elements within the main indie sound which resounds throughout. The album also reflects many elements of the writers early childhood dreams, tales of their love life and desperation of youth. For example, "Love Me Like You", the best known single of the album, illustrates the difference of feeling in their love for each other.

The Magic Numbers began recording the album in late 2004 at the Metropolis Studios in Chiswick. The album was co-produced by Romeo Stodart and American producer Craig Silvey.

The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2005, but lost to Antony and the Johnsons' I Am a Bird Now.The Magic Numbers came 43rd in PopMatters' 50 Best Albums of 2005.

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