Editing Ladytron (section)

===''Light and Magic'' (2002–2003)===
[[File:Ladytron London 2003.jpg|thumb|right|Ladytron live in London, 2003]]
Their second album ''[[Light & Magic]]'' was released on 17 September 2002 at [[Emperor Norton Records]] (US) and [[Telstar Records|Telstar]] (UK). The album was also released on 7 April 2003 at [[Warner Music Group|Warner Music]] (Germany) and on 21 June 2003 at [[Victor Entertainment]] (Japan). It was re-released on 20 July 2004 on Emperor Norton (US) and on 14 January 2011 (Germany)/18 January 2011 (US)/24 January 2011 (UK) on [[Nettwerk]].

''Light & Magic'' featured a darker sound than their previous album. It was written and produced in Los Angeles by the band and co-produced by Mickey Petralia. The album included the underground hits "[[Seventeen (Ladytron song)|Seventeen]]", "[[Blue Jeans (Ladytron song)|Blue Jeans]]" and "[[Evil (Ladytron song)|Evil]]". They also issued in 2003 a limited 7" single, "Cracked LCD / USA vs. White Noise".

They toured over a year to support the album. On 4 December 2002, Ladytron returned to [[List of Peel sessions#L|John Peel Show]] and performed live 11 songs from their first 2 albums.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC – Radio 1 – Keeping It Peel – 04/12/2002 Ladytron |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/2000s/2002/Dec04ladytron/ |date=27 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327115352/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/2000s/2002/Dec04ladytron/ |archive-date=27 March 2008}}</ref>

In 2002, Ladytron rescored the 1982 [[Tron]] film for a live event in London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Premonition Magazine — August 2002 |url=http://www.premonition.org/premor.php3?lien=actu/actu.php3X1Xactuid=209004&ta=10 |date=6 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706122625/http://www.premonition.org/premor.php3?lien=actu%2Factu.php3X1Xactuid%3D209004&ta=10 |archive-date=6 July 2015 |access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>

On 7 October 2003, they issued the mix compilation ''[[Softcore Jukebox]]'' on Emperor Norton. Besides the songs of other artists, the compilation also includes two of their own songs, the single remix of "[[Blue Jeans (Ladytron song)|Blue Jeans]]" renamed "Blue Jeans 2.0" and a cover of [[Tweet (singer)|Tweet]]'s "[[Oops (Oh My)]]".