Released August 11, 1998 Release date 11 August 1998 | ||
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Similar Hooverphonic albums, Trip hop albums | ||
Hooverphonic battersea
Blue Wonder Power Milk is the second album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic, the first one featuring lead singer Geike Arnaert. The singles released from this album are "This Strange Effect", "Lung", "Club Montepulciano" and "Eden".
Contents
- Hooverphonic battersea
- Hooverphonic blue wonder power milk
- Track listing
- Singles
- Musical structure
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
The photograph on the cover is the interior of the Atomium in Brussels.
The song "This Strange Effect" made its debut on a commercial for the Motorola SLVR phone. "Eden" was featured in an American cell phone commercial for the Cingular 8525 in 2006, while "Renaissance Affair" was featured in a commercial for the Volkswagen Vapor, a limited-edition color of their New Beetle automobile. "Battersea" was used as background music at the end of both the first and last episodes of Third Watch.
Hooverphonic blue wonder power milk
Track listing
- "Battersea" (Alex Callier) – 3:50
- "One Way Ride" (Callier) – 3:22
- "Dictionary" (Callier) – 3:32
- "Club Montepulciano" (Callier) – 3:41
- "Eden" (Callier) – 3:33
- "Lung" (Callier) – 2:44
- "Electro Shock Faders" (Callier) – 3:07
- "Out of Tune" (Frank Duchêne) – 3:26
- "This Strange Effect" (Ray Davies) – 3:55
- "Renaissance Affair" (Callier) – 3:25
- "Tuna" (Kyoko Baertsoen, Callier) – 3:48
- "Magenta" (Callier) – 4:51
- "Blue Wonder Power Milk" – 3:06 (hidden track, titled as "Mild" in the US release)
- "Neon" – 3:21 (bonus track, Liesje Sadonius vocals)
Singles
Four songs were released as singles from the album.
Musical structure
Blue Wonder Power Milk is mainly composed of dance club beats and strings. Most songs featured on the album are guided by light strings, making the album fall into genres of indie pop, dream pop, and trip-hop.
Personnel
Songs
1Battersea3:50
2One Way Ride3:23
3Dictionary3:32