The Magnificent Tree
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| Studio album by Hooverphonic | ||||
| Released | September 26, 2000 | |||
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| Length | 42:04 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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| Metacritic | 57/100 |
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| NME | 6/10 |
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The Magnificent Tree is the third album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic. The cover features the band members in front of a tree in the town of Kieldrecht, Belgium.
Singles released from The Magnificent Tree include "Mad About You", "Vinegar & Salt", "Out of Sight" and "Jackie Cane". The single version of "Out of Sight" is the Al Stone Remix, not the album version. The "Vinegar & Salt" and "Out of Sight" singles contain "Green" and "Sunday Morning", respectively, tracks composed for The Magnificent Tree that did not make it onto the final release.
"The Magnificent Tree" contains a sample of "Guinnevere" by Crosby, Stills and Nash. "Waves" is remarkably similar to "Changes", a 1966 psychedelic pop song by The Association.
The Magnificent Tree received mixed reviews from critics and holds a score of 57 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic.MTV.com felt that, with the album, "Hooverphonic's sound has become increasingly hip and cosmopolitan, slowly processing out everything that made it so alluring in the first place", noting that "the nagging sense of something menacing behind these songs has practically disappeared." Conversely, according to AllMusic, "Classic embryonic vocalic beauty from Geike Arnaert still carries the translucence of the band's signature ethereality" and "songs such as 'Out of Sight' and 'Mad About You' are thoroughly dramatic and make for an illustrious listen".
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