The Magnificent Tree

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The Magnificent Tree

Studio album by Hooverphonic

Released

September 26, 2000

Genre

Trip hop, Electronic, Dream pop

Length

42:04

Label

Epic

Professional reviews

All Music Guide link

Hooverphonic chronology

Blue Wonder Power Milk
(1998)

The Magnificent Tree
(2000)

Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane
(2002)

The Magnificent Tree is the third album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic. The singles released from this album are "Mad About You", "Out Of Sight", "Vinegar & Salt" and "Jackie Cane". The cover features the band members and a tree located on the town of Kieldrecht in Belgium ^[1]

1 Track listing
2 Reception by Fans
3 Musicians
4 Notes

[edit] Track listing

"Autoharp" (Alex Callier) – 4:21
"Mad About You" (Callier) – 3:43
"Waves" (Callier) – 4:01
"Jackie Cane" (Dennis, Callier) – 4:20
"The Magnificent Tree" (Geike Arnaert, Callier, Raymond Geerts) – 3:55
"Vinegar & Salt" (Callier) – 3:20
"Frosted Flake Wood" (Callier) – 3:17
"Every Time We Live Together We Die A Bit More" (Callier) – 3:35
"Out Of Sight" (Callier) – 3:55 (Sometimes incorrectly listed as "Best Friends")
"Pink Fluffy Dinosaurs" (Arnaert, Callier) – 3:50
"L'odeur Animale" (Callier) – 3:47
"Renaissance Affair" (Callier) - 3:25

The Special Edition contains the bonus track "Visions".

[edit] Reception by Fans

Though this album contained many of Hooverphonic's arguable most famous songs, many fans didn't like this album, commenting that it "wasn't Hooverphonic".^{[citation needed]} In many ways, though, this was the album that really brought Hooverphonic onto the world stage, with songs such as "Mad About You" getting attention in the United States, expanding their fan base further afield.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Musicians

Geike Arnaert - vocals
Raymond Geerts - guitars
Alex Callier - keyboards, bass & programming

[edit] Notes

The Single version of "Out of Sight" is the Al Stone Remix, not the album version.
The Singles of "Vinegar and Salt" and "Out of Sight" contain "Green" and "Sunday Morning", respecitively, tracks composed for The Magnificent Tree that didn't make it onto the final release.