The Magnificent Tree

Track listing

1. "Autoharp" (Alex Callier) – 4:21
2. "Mad About You" (Callier) – 3:43
3. "Waves" (Callier) – 4:01
4. "Jackie Cane" (Cathy Dennis, Callier) – 4:20
5. "The Magnificent Tree" (Geike Arnaert, Callier, Raymond Geerts) – 3:55
6. "Vinegar & Salt" (Callier) – 3:20
7. "Frosted Flake Wood" (Callier) – 3:17
8. "Everytime We Live Together We Die a Bit More" (Callier) – 3:35
9. "Out of Sight" (Callier) – 3:55 (Sometimes incorrectly listed as "Best Friends")
10. "Pink Fluffy Dinosaurs" (Arnaert, Callier) – 3:50
11. "L'Odeur animale" (Callier) – 3:47
12. "Renaissance Affair (Bonus Track)" (Callier) – 3:25

Special Edition CD 2

The Special Edition contains the bonus track "Visions" and the "Mad About You" video.

1. "Visions" – 11:02
2. "Mad About You" (Llorca's Radio Shot) – 4:18

Singles

Of the four songs released as singles, "Mad About You" charted in several countries.

Reception

The album received moderate reviews from critics, and according to Metacritic holds a rating of 57/100.

MTV.com states 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". 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".

In many ways, this was the album that brought Hooverphonic onto the world stage, with songs such as "Mad About You" getting attention in the United States, expanding their fan base further afield.

Personnel