Blue Wonder Power Milk is the second album by the Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 band Hooverphonic

Hooverphonic

Hooverphonic are a Belgian rock/pop group, formed in 1995. Though early on categorized as a trip hop group, they quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be described as a lone genre, but rather encompass alternative, electronica, electropop, rock, and mixture of others...

, the first one featuring lead singer Geike Arnaert

Geike Arnaert

Geike Arnaert was the lead singer of the Belgian band Hooverphonic from 1997 up to October 2008.Arnaert was born on 13 September 1979, in Heuvelland, Belgium...

. The singles released from this album are "This Strange Effect

This Strange Effect

"This Strange Effect" is a song written by Ray Davies of The Kinks and released first by Dave Berry in July 1965. The single was released in the United States in September 1965. It reached #1 in the Netherlands and Belgium and No.37 on the UK singles chart....

", "Lung", "Club Montepulciano" and "Eden

Eden (song)

"Eden" is the third single from Belgian group Hooverphonic's album Blue Wonder Power Milk released in 1998 . The album peaked at 12 on the Belgian Music charts, charting for 13 weeks...

".

The photograph on the cover is the interior of the Atomium

Atomium

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 in Brussels

Brussels

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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

Volkswagen

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 Vapor, a limited-edition color of their New Beetle

Volkswagen New Beetle

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 automobile. "Battersea" was used as background music at the end of both the first and last episodes of Third Watch

Third Watch

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Track listing

1. "Battersea" (Alex Callier) – 3:50
2. "One Way Ride" (Callier) – 3:22
3. "Dictionary" (Callier) – 3:32
4. "Club Montepulciano" (Callier) – 3:41
5. "Eden
   Eden (song)
   "Eden" is the third single from Belgian group Hooverphonic's album Blue Wonder Power Milk released in 1998 . The album peaked at 12 on the Belgian Music charts, charting for 13 weeks...
   
   " (Callier) – 3:33
6. "Lung" (Callier) – 2:44
7. "Electro Shock Faders" (Callier) – 3:07
8. "Out of Tune" (Frank Duchêne) – 3:26
9. "This Strange Effect
   This Strange Effect
   "This Strange Effect" is a song written by Ray Davies of The Kinks and released first by Dave Berry in July 1965. The single was released in the United States in September 1965. It reached #1 in the Netherlands and Belgium and No.37 on the UK singles chart....
   
   " (Ray Davies) – 3:55
10. "Renaissance Affair" (Callier) – 3:25
11. "Tuna" (Kyoko Baertsoen, Callier) – 3:48
12. "Magenta" (Callier) – 4:51
13. "Neon" (hidden track) – 3:06 - (Aka "Blue Wonder Power Milk" in the UK release, "Mild" in the US release)

Singles

Four songs were released as singles from the album.

Year	Title	BE: Flanders Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...	BE: Wallonia Ultratop 40 Ultratop 40 singles, often just Ultratop 40, is the weekly chart of best-selling singles in Wallonia and Brussels Capital Region, the french-speaking parts of Belgium. Its equivalent covering the Flanders region is Ultratop 50. Both charts are produced and published by the Ultratop organization...
1998	"Club Montepulciano"	—	—
1999	"Eden Eden (song) "Eden" is the third single from Belgian group Hooverphonic's album Blue Wonder Power Milk released in 1998 . The album peaked at 12 on the Belgian Music charts, charting for 13 weeks... "	—	12
	"This Strange Effect This Strange Effect "This Strange Effect" is a song written by Ray Davies of The Kinks and released first by Dave Berry in July 1965. The single was released in the United States in September 1965. It reached #1 in the Netherlands and Belgium and No.37 on the UK singles chart.... "	—	—
	"Lung" (remix)	—	—

Musical structure

Blue Wonder Power Milk is mainly composed by dance club beats and strings

String section

The string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...

. 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

• Geike Arnaert
  Geike Arnaert
  Geike Arnaert was the lead singer of the Belgian band Hooverphonic from 1997 up to October 2008.Arnaert was born on 13 September 1979, in Heuvelland, Belgium...
  
   – vocals
• Alex Callier
  Alex Callier
  Alex Callier is a member of Belgian band Hooverphonic. He studied sound engineering in the Rits school in Brussels and attended several music classes in both his hometown, Sint Niklaas, and Antwerp. Between 1994 and 1997 he worked as a sound engineer for the Belgian VRT TV channel...
  
   – guitars, string arrangements, programming, keyboards and vocals
• Frank Duchêne – keyboards, engineering and backing vocals
• Raymond Geerts – guitars