The Magic Treehouse
| The Magic Treehouse | ||||
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| Released | 25 October 1999 | |||
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| Label | Independiente | |||
| Producer | Stephen Street | |||
| Ooberman chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| NME | [2] |
| Q | [3] |
| The Times | [4] |
The Magic Treehouse is the debut album from Ooberman, released in October 1999 on Independiente Records. The album was produced by Stephen Street, known for his work with the Smiths and Blur, among others.[5][6]
The album peaked at #79 on the UK Albums Chart. Four singles were released from the album – "Blossoms Falling", "Million Suns", "Tears From A Willow" and "Shorley Wall". All four singles charted on the UK singles chart, with "Blossoms Falling" (1999) peaking at #39. An earlier version of "Shorley Wall" had previously been the lead track of the Shorley Wall 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.[5][6][7]
Track listing
- "Million Suns" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 4:16
- "Blossoms Falling" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 2:31
- "Sur La Plage" (Dan Popplewell) – 3:14
- "Roro Blue" (Dan Popplewell) – 2:14
- "Tears from a Willow" (Dan Popplewell) – 3:32
- "Bees" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 1:57
- "Sugar Bum" (Dan Popplewell) – 3:17
- "Roll Me in Cotton" (Dan Popplewell) – 4:00
- "Physics Disco" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 2:48
- "The Magic Treehouse" (Dan Popplewell) – 1:34
- "Amazing in Bed" (Dan Popplewell) – 3:17
- "My Baby's Too Tall and Thin" (Sophia Churney) – 0:42
- "Shorley Wall" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 4:28
- "Silver Planet" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 12:59
A hidden track[5] – "Stormtrooper" – is placed at the end of Silver Planet after a period of silence.
References
- ^ "The Magic Treehouse - Ooberman". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "The Magic Treehouse". NME. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Maconie, Stuart (September 1999). "Ooberman The Magic Treehouse". qonline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 December 2000. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "The Magic Treehouse - The Times". themagictreehouse.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 March 2005. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b c Strong, Martin C. (2003). The great indie discography. Edinburgh: Canongate. p. 902. ISBN 978-1-84195-335-9. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ a b Harrison, Ian (June 1999). "Ignition - Ooberman". Select. p. 21. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "OOBERMAN". Official Charts. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
