The Magic Treehouse

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The Magic Treehouse
The Magic Treehouse cover
Studio album by Ooberman
Released 25th October 1999
Genre Indie Rock/Pop Rock
Label Independiente
Producer(s) Stephen Street
Professional reviews
Ooberman chronology
Shorley Wall EP (1998) The Magic Treehouse
(1999)
Running Girl (mini-album)
(2001)


The Magic Treehouse is the debut album from Ooberman, released in October 1999 on Independiente Records. The album was produced by Stephen Street, famous for his work with The Smiths and Blur, among others.

Four singles were released from the album - Blossoms Falling, Million Suns, Tears From A Willow and Shorley Wall. Shorley Wall had previous been the lead track of an EP released by the band on Tugboat Records. A demo recording of Sugar Bum was released as a single on Graham Coxon's Transcopic label in May 1998. This was the band's first official release.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Million Suns" (Popplewell/Flett) – 4:16
  2. "Blossoms Falling" (Popplewell/Flett – 2:31
  3. "Sur La Plage" (Popplewell) – 3:14
  4. "Roro Blue" (Popplewell) – 2:14
  5. "Tears from a Willow" (Popplewell) – 3:32
  6. "Bees" (Popplewell/Flett) – 1:57
  7. "Sugar Bum" (Popplewell) – 3:17
  8. "Roll Me in Cotton" (Popplewell) – 4:00
  9. "Physics Disco" (Popplewell/Flett) – 2:48
  10. "The Magic Treehouse" (Popplewell) – 1:34
  11. "Amazing in Bed" (Popplewell) – 3:17
  12. "My Baby's Too Tall and Thin" (Churney) – 0:42
  13. "Shorley Wall" (Popplewell/Flett) – 4:28
  14. "Silver Planet" (Popplewell/Flett)

A hidden track - "Stormtrooper" - is placed at the end of Silver Planet after a period of silence.

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Ooberman
Dan Popplewell | Andy Flett | Steve Flett | Sophia Churney
Alan Kelly | Paul Walsham | Jaymie Ireland
Albums
The Magic Treehouse | Hey Petrunko | Carried Away
EPs and Mini-albums
Shorley Wall | Running Girl | Bluebell Morning
Singles
"Sugar Bum" | "Blossoms Falling" | "Million Suns" | "Tears from a Willow"
"Shorley Wall" | "Dolphin Blue" | "Running Girl" | "Beany Bean"
"First Day of the Holidays" | "The Beauty of Your Soul"
Related articles
Transcopic | Independiente Records | Rotodisc | Symphonika | Ooberon