Hooverphonic / The Magnificent Tree
Artist Hooverphonic
Album Title: The Magnificent Tree
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Ambient/Dream Pop
Format CD
Released 09/26/2000
Label Epic/Sony
Catalog No EK 62209
Bar Code No 0 7464-62209-2 4
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Autoharp (4:21)
2. Mad About You (3:43)
3. Waves (4:01)
4. Jacky Cane (4:20)
5. The Magnificent Tree (3:55)
6. Vinegar And Salt (3:20)
7. Frosted Flake Wood (3:17)
8. Everytime We Live Together We Die A Bit... (3:35)
9. Out Of Sight (3:55)
10. Pink Fluffy Dinosaurs (3:50)
11. L'odeur Animale (4:31)
12. Renaissance Affair (3:25)
Date Acquired 07/29/2002
Personal Rating
Acquired from Let It Be
Purchase Price 16.99

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Notes

Cello – Dave Daniels, Justin Pearson, Paul Kegg
Cello [1st] – Tony Pleeth*
Design [Corporate] – Power & Glory
Double Bass [Bass, 1st] – Mary Scully
Double Bass [Bass] – Paul Morgan
Drums [Additional] – Eric Bosteels
Engineer [Soundscape] – Tony De Block
Guitar – Raymond Geerts
Keyboards, Bass, Programmed By – Alex Callier
Leader [2nd Leader, Violins] – Perry Montague-Mason
Leader [Violins] – Gavyn Wright
Legal [Legal Advise, At Marx, Vanranst & Partners] – Peter Marx
Lyrics By – Callier, Dennis (tracks: 4), Arnaert (tracks: 5, 10), Geerts (tracks: 5)
Management [At Sixsixteen Management] – Murray Hepple, Toni Medcalf
Management [Business Management, At Immediate Business Management] – Derek Jones
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Mixed By [Synsound, Assisted By] – Mark Ryan (4) (tracks: 2, 9, 11)
Mixed By [Synsound] – Alex Callier (tracks: 2, 9, 11)
Mixed By [Whitfield Street Recording Studios, Assisted By] – David Russell (tracks: 1, 3 to 8, 10)
Mixed By [Whitfield Street Recording Studios] – Roland Herrington (tracks: 1, 3 to 8, 10)
Music By – Callier, Dennis (tracks: 4), Arnaert (tracks: 5), Geerts (tracks: 5)
Other [Agent Europe] – Clive Underhill Smith
Other [Agent Usa & South Pacific] – Sam Kirby
Percussion – Luis Jardim
Photography By – Wim Allegaert
Producer – Alex Callier, Roland Herrington
Programmed By [Fairlight], Effects [Analog Fx] – Dan Lacksman
Recorded By [Midas Recording Studios, Assisted By], Programmed By [Midas Recording Studios, Assisted By] – Tony De Block
Recorded By [Strings And Percussion, Master Rock, Assisted By] – Savvas Iossifidis
Recorded By [Synsound Studios, Assisted By], Programmed By [Synsound Studios, Assisted By] – Dan Lacksman
Recorded By [Westpoint, Assisted By], Programmed By [Westpoint, Assisted By] – Matt White
Viola – Bob Smissen, Bruce White, Katie Wilkinson
Viola [1st] – Peter Lale
Violin – Ben Cruft, Boguslav Kostecki, Cathy Thompson, Chris Tombling, Dermot Crehan, Eddy Roberts, Jackie Shave, Mark Berrow, Pat Kiernan, Rebecca Hirsch, Simon Fisher, Vaughan Armon
Vocals – Geike Arnaert
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) nv/sa
Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) nv/sa
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Analyzed: Hooverphonic / The Magnificent Tree
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR7       -0.33 dB     -9.81 dB      4:22 01-Autoharp
DR7       -0.01 dB     -8.60 dB      3:44 02-Mad About You
DR7       -0.01 dB     -9.38 dB      4:02 03-Waves
DR7       -0.01 dB     -8.98 dB      4:20 04-Jackie Cane
DR8       -0.13 dB   -10.45 dB      3:55 05-The Magnificent Tree
DR6       -0.01 dB     -8.88 dB      3:20 06-Vinegar & Salt
DR9       -0.01 dB   -10.94 dB      3:17 07-Frosted Flake Wood
DR7       -0.13 dB     -9.67 dB      3:36 08-Everytime We Live Together We Die a Bit More
DR7       -0.53 dB     -8.99 dB      3:56 09-Out of Sight
DR8       -0.53 dB   -11.01 dB      3:51 10-Pink Fluffy Dinosaurs
DR8       -0.53 dB   -10.56 dB      4:32 11-L'odeur Animale
DR7       -0.18 dB     -8.17 dB      3:26 12-Renaissance Affair
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Number of tracks:  12
Official DR value:    DR7
Samplerate:             44100 Hz
Channels:                 2
Bits per sample:      16
Bitrate:                     1016 kbps
Codec:                      FLAC
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Reviews
AllMusic Review by MacKenzie Wilson:

Belgium's dream pop trio Hooverphonic has seemed to creatively move beyond their icy smooth seascape found on 1998's Blue Wonder Power Milk and shift into a darkwave mood on their third full-length, The Magnificent Tree. Classic embryonic vocalic beauty from Geike Arnaert still carries the translucence of the band's signature ethereality, and she shines as hard as she did on the band's previous releases. However, musical composition on songs such as "Pink Fluffy Dinosaurs" and "Frosted Flake Wood" are more intricate and sonically defined. Chief songwriter and programmer Alex Callier and guitarist Raymond Geerts aim for abstract theatrics; multi-instrumentation is brooding and creeping, but Hooverphonic's distinct maturation cannot overshadow the gorgeous, flowing soundscapes they previously laid down. It's not disheartening by any means, for Hooverphonic does compose an attractive depiction of revamped new wave elements and twisted synth-pop in the face of new millennium teendom. They are far from manufactured label-conscious musical fascism, yet still are represented by a major label. But staying true to the Julee Cruise-like ambience, songs such as "Out of Sight" and "Mad About You" are thoroughly dramatic and make for an illustrious listen. The Magnificent Tree has not completely ignored the musical mystery, and the listener shouldn't forget such mastery while Hooverphonic's cultivation had to be perfectly split.

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