Blue Wonder Power Milk
{{Infobox album
| name = Blue Wonder Power Milk
| type = studio
| artist = Hooverphonic
| cover = Hooverphonic-Blue Wonder Power Milk.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1998|05|11|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = {{flatlist|
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| genre = {{flatlist|
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| length = {{duration|m=46|s=17}}
| label = Columbia
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Hooverphonic
- Mark Plati
}}
| prev_title = A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = The Magnificent Tree
| next_year = 2000
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Blue Wonder Power Milk
| type = studio
| single1 = Club Montepulciano
| single2 = This Strange Effect
| single3 = Eden
| single4 = Lung
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/blue-wonder-power-milk-mw0000600416 |title=Blue Wonder Power Milk – Hooverphonic |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=6 January 2012 |last=Wilson |first=MacKenzie}}
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 7.1/10{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/h/hooverphonic/blue-wonder-powder-milk.shtml |title=Hooverphonic: Blue Wonder Power Milk |website=Pitchfork |access-date=6 January 2012 |last=Wisdom |first=James P. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050404070120/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/h/hooverphonic/blue-wonder-powder-milk.shtml |archive-date=4 April 2005 |url-status=dead}}
}}
Blue Wonder Power Milk is the second studio album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic, released on 11 May 1998 by Columbia Records.{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-05-23.pdf |title='Power Milk' works wonders |magazine=Music & Media |volume=15 |issue=21 |date=23 May 1998 |access-date=11 May 2021 |last1=Maes |first1=Marc |last2=Arndt |first2=Christian |page=8}} It is the band's first album with lead singer Geike Arnaert.
"Club Montepulciano", "This Strange Effect", "Eden", and "Lung" were released as singles from Blue Wonder Power Milk, with "Eden" peaking at number 12 on the Walloon Ultratop singles chart.{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/18428/Hooverphonic-Eden |title=Ultratop.be – Hooverphonic – Eden |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=10 May 2021 |language=fr}} The album was released in the United States on 11 August 1998 by Epic Records.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8wkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA27 |title=Epic's Hooverphonic Scores with Moody 'Blue' |magazine=Billboard |volume=110 |issue=31 |date=1 August 1998 |access-date=11 May 2021 |last=Bouley |first=Charles R. II |pages=27–28}}
The photograph on the cover of the album is of the interior of the Atomium in Brussels.{{cite news |url=https://www.hln.be/sint-niklaas/verkleumd-in-de-desolate-wase-polder-dat-was-de-perfecte-coverfoto-voor-die-plaat-het-verhaal-van-anton-marin-al-25-jaar-de-vormgever-van-hooverphonic~a715d8319/ |title='Verkleumd in de desolate Wase polder: dat was de perfecte coverfoto voor die plaat': het verhaal van Anton Marin, al 25 jaar de vormgever van Hooverphonic |newspaper=Het Laatste Nieuws |date=14 May 2021 |access-date=31 August 2021 |last=Vergauwen |first=Joris |language=nl |url-access=subscription}}
Composition
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Alex Callier, except where noted
| title1 = Battersea
| length1 = 3:50
| title2 = One Way Ride
| length2 = 3:22
| title3 = Dictionary
| length3 = 3:32
| title4 = Club Montepulciano
| length4 = 3:40
| title5 = Eden
| length5 = 3:33
| title6 = Lung
| length6 = 2:44
| title7 = Electro Shock Faders
| length7 = 3:06
| title8 = Out of Tune
| writer8 = Frank Duchêne
| length8 = 3:26
| title9 = This Strange Effect
| writer9 = Ray Davies
| length9 = 3:55
| title10 = Renaissance Affair
| length10 = 3:24
| title11 = Tuna
| writer11 = {{hlist|Callier|Kyoko Baertsoen}}
| length11 = 3:47
| title12 = Magenta
| length12 = 4:50
| title13 = Blue Wonder Power Milk
| note13 = CD edition hidden track
| writer13 = {{hlist|Callier|Raymond Geerts}}
| length13 = 3:08
| total_length = 46:17
}}
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Blue Wonder Power Milk |others=Hooverphonic |publisher=Columbia Records |year=1998 |id=COL 489810 9 |type=liner notes}}
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Hooverphonic
- Geike Arnaert – vocals
- Alex Callier – guitars, string arrangements, programming, keyboards, vocals
- Frank Duchêne – keyboards, engineering, backing vocals
- Raymond Geerts – guitars
Additional musicians
- Herb Besson – trombone (tracks 2, 9)
- Eric Bosteels – drums and various percussion (tracks 1–6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
- Michael Davis – trombone (tracks 2, 9)
- Ryoji Hata – vocals (track 12)
- The Hooverphonic String Orchestra (Cristina Constantinescu, Claire Delplanque, Grietje François, Véronique Gilis, Tine Janssens, Jan Buysschaert, Herwig Coryn, Joost Cuypen, Henk De Bruycker, Patrick De Neef, Otto Derolez, Maurits Goossens, Karel Ingelaere, Bart Lemmens, Sofia Pevenage, Peter Van der Weerd, Gunther Van Rompaey, and Marc Tooten) – strings (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 9–12)
- Ronny Mosuse – bass (tracks 4, 10)
- Mark Plati – programming (tracks 2, 5, 8, 9, 12), rhythm programming (tracks 1, 10), acoustic guitar (tracks 4, 11), bass (tracks 6, 8), vocals (track 12)
- Dave Richards – upright bass (tracks 2, 3, 9)
- Mark Steylaerts – orchestra leader
- Alex Van Aeken – horns (tracks 5, 7, 10)
- Joris Van den Hauwe – conducting, oboe (tracks 2, 5)
- Rik Vercruysse – horns (tracks 5, 7, 10)
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Production
- Jérôme Blondel – assistance
- Tony De Block – assistance
- Dante DeSole – assistance
- Jed Hackett – assistance
- Filip Heurckmans – assistance
- Hooverphonic – production, recording
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Mark Plati – production, mixing, recording
- Jean-Marie Quentin – assistance
- Tim Roggeman – assistance
Design
- Wim Allegaert – photography
- Power & Glory – corporate design
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Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
!scope="col"| Chart (1998–1999) !scope="col"| Peak |
| {{Album chart|Flanders|7|artist=Hooverphonic|album=Blue Wonder Power Milk|access-date=10 May 2021|rowheader=true}} |
| {{Album chart|Wallonia|32|artist=Hooverphonic|album=Blue Wonder Power Milk|access-date=10 May 2021|rowheader=true}} |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|47154|Blue Wonder Power Milk}}
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Category:Albums produced by Mark Plati
Category:Columbia Records albums
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