Jovian Storm - Albums

Albums

Jovian Storm released only one official album, Magic Show (1994), although a bootleg live album Magic Smiths exists. Magic Show was both loved and hated by critics, loved for its virtuosity but hated for its instrumental overindulgence. Rolling Stone magazine called it "bold and beautiful" while Blender Magazine gave Magic Show only a 2-word review: "Magic Sh*t".

A second album was in the works in 1995, reportedly intended to be even more ostentatious than the first (perhaps in defiant response to the critics). The second album was to contain a 40-minute piece unofficially titled "The Five-Part Trilogy", an apparent tongue-in-cheek reference to its own pretentiousness. However, for reasons unknown, this album was never finished. The bootleg Magic Smiths is reported to contain much of the unreleased material, performed live at the Coca-Cola Theatre in Atlanta, GA.