The Magic Treehouse

Infobox Album | Name = The Magic Treehouse
Type = Album
Artist = Ooberman


Released = 25th October 1999
Recorded =
Genre = Indie rock/Pop rock
Length =
Label = Independiente
Producer = Stephen Street
Reviews =
*Allmusic (2/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7i0qoaualijr link] | Last album = "Shorley Wall EP (1998)
This album = "The Magic Treehouse" (1999)
Next album = "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". An earlier version of "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.

Track listing

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

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

External links

* [http://www.themagictreehouse.co.uk/ The Magic Treehouse] – Ooberman fansite