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The Magnificent Tree by Hooverphonic
The Magnificent Tree is an album by Hooverphonic, released in 2000. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Mad About You”, on 5 lists with a best position of #55.
The Magnificent Tree, Hooverphonic's third album, came out on 26 September 2000, and the Belgians sound like they've been raiding the film-score library and the lounge-bar jukebox at the same time. Geike Arnaert's cool, breathy vocals float over Alex Callier's bass and Raymond Geerts' guitar, with slow trip-hop beats and dreamy swells doing the rest. The cover photo shows the band posed beneath a tree in Kieldrecht, Belgium.
Four singles came off it: "Mad About You", "Vinegar & Salt", "Out of Sight" and "Jackie Cane", and a couple of songs cut for the album but left off, "Green" and "Sunday Morning", turned up as B-sides. By November 2002 it had sold 265,000 copies worldwide, 85,000 of them at home in Belgium. American buyers got a bonus, "Renaissance Affair", borrowed from Blue Wonder Power Milk.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Magnificent Tree on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mad About You | 5 | #55 | – | 2000–2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.