Blue Wonder Power Milk

Infobox Album |
Name = Blue Wonder Power Milk
Type = Album
Artist = Hooverphonic


Released = 1998-08-11
Recorded =
Genre = Trip hop, Electronic, Dream pop
Length =
Label = Epic
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uca9kemt0q70 link]
*Pitchfork (7.1/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/18549-blue-wonder-powder-milk link]
Last album = "A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular"
(1996)
This album = "Blue Wonder Power Milk"
(1998)
Next album = "The Magnificent Tree"
(2000)

"Blue Wonder Power Milk" is the second album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic, the first one featuring current lead singer Geike Arnaert. The singles released from this album are "This Strange Effect", "Lung", "Club Montepulciano" and "Eden".

The album's title was parodied in "Wonder Milky Bitch", a song by the band Air.The photograph on the cover is the interior of the Atomium in Brussels. Fact|date=March 2008

Track listing

# "Battersea" (Alex Callier) – 3:50
# "One Way Ride" (Callier) – 3:22
# "Dictionary" (Callier) – 3:32
# "Club Montepulciano" (Callier) – 3:41
# "Eden" (Callier) – 3:33
# "Lung" (Callier) – 2:44
# "Electro Shock Faders" (Callier) – 3:07
# "Out of Tune" (Frank Duchêne) – 3:26
# "This Strange Effect" (Davies) – 3:55
# "Renaissance Affair" (Callier) – 3:25
# "Tuna" (Bartsoen, Callier) – 3:48
# "Magenta" (Callier) – 4:51
# "Neon" (hidden track) – 3:06 - (Aka "Blue Wonder Power Milk" [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Wonder-Power-Milk-Hooverphonic/dp/B000024C3J Amazon.co.uk: Blue Wonder Power Milk: Hooverphonic: Music ] ] in the UK release, "Mild" [ [http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Wonder-Power-Milk-Hooverphonic/dp/B000009QOY Amazon.com: Blue Wonder Power Milk: Hooverphonic: Music ] ] in the US release)

The song, "This Strange Effect" made its debuted on a commercial for the Motorola SLVR phone. "Eden" was featured in an American cell phone commercial for the Cingular 8525 in 2006.These connections dramatically spread Hooverphonic's popularity.Fact|date=March 2008

Musical structure

Blue Wonder Power Milk is mainly composed by dance club beats and strings. Most songs featured on Blue Wonder Power Milk are guided by light strings, making the album fall into genres of indie pop, dream pop, and trip-hop. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uca9kemt0q70 Allmusic Album Review] ]

Musicians

* Geike Arnaert - Vocals
* Alex Callier - Guitars, String arrangements, Programming, Keyboards and Vocals
* Frank Duchêne - Keyboards, Engineering and Backing Vocals
* Raymond Geerts - Guitars

References