The Magic Treehouse Explained

The Magic Treehouse
Type:Album
Artist:Ooberman
Cover:OobermanTheMagicTreehouse.jpg
Released:25 October 1999
Label:Independiente
Producer:Stephen Street
Prev Title:Shorley Wall EP
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:Running Girl (mini-album)
Next Year:2001

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.[1] [2]

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.[1] [2] [3]

Track listing

  1. "Million Suns" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 4:16
  2. "Blossoms Falling" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 2:31
  3. "Sur La Plage" (Dan Popplewell) – 3:14
  4. "Roro Blue" (Dan Popplewell) – 2:14
  5. "Tears from a Willow" (Dan Popplewell) – 3:32
  6. "Bees" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 1:57
  7. "Sugar Bum" (Dan Popplewell) – 3:17
  8. "Roll Me in Cotton" (Dan Popplewell) – 4:00
  9. "Physics Disco" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 2:48
  10. "The Magic Treehouse" (Dan Popplewell) – 1:34
  11. "Amazing in Bed" (Dan Popplewell) – 3:17
  12. "My Baby's Too Tall and Thin" (Sophia Churney) – 0:42
  13. "Shorley Wall" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 4:28
  14. "Silver Planet" (Dan Popplewell, Andy Flett) – 12:59

A hidden track[1] – "Stormtrooper" – is placed at the end of Silver Planet after a period of silence.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Strong, Martin C. . Martin C. Strong . The great indie discography . 2003 . Canongate . Edinburgh . 978-1-84195-335-9 . 28 May 2024 . 902.
  2. Harrison . Ian . June 1999 . Ignition - Ooberman . . 28 May 2024 . 21.
  3. Web site: OOBERMAN . Official Charts . 27 May 2024.