The Magnificent Tree

Infobox Album |
Name = The Magnificent Tree
Type = Album
Artist = Hooverphonic


Released = September 26, 2000
Recorded =
Genre = Trip hop, Electronic, Dream pop
Length = 42:04
Label = Epic
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:m1aqoaualijv link]
Last album = "Blue Wonder Power Milk"
(1998)
This album = "The Magnificent Tree"
(2000)
Next album = "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 [ [http://www13.mappy.com/sidTJnWyn5TNwfMn21w/cFGM?recherche=0&posl=poi&show_poi=1&show_iti=0&poix=0&poiy=0&poi_rr=0.5&poi_rx=0.6&poi_ry=0.5&csl=poi&fsl=m2&gsl=m2&msl=m2&temp_no_prop=0&comment=&xsl=plan&out=2&lr=0.5&wcm2=&nom2=&tcm2=&a10m2=&xm2=&ym2=&wnm2=&tnm2=Kieldrecht&pcm2=&scm2=&ccm2=56&com2=EU&x=38&y=3 Kieldrecht town on Mappy.com] ]

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".

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".Fact|date=March 2008In 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.Fact|date=March 2008

Musicians

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

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.
* "The Magnificent Tree" contains a sample of "Guenivere" by Crosby, Stills and Nash.