The Magic Treehouse is the debut album from Ooberman

Ooberman

Ooberman are a band with strong indie, folk and progressive influences first formed in 1997. They split up in 2003, shortly after the release of their second album Hey Petrunko, but announced their reformation in April 2006 and began releasing music again soon thereafter.-Early years:Ooberman...

, released in October 1999 on Independiente Records

Independiente Records

Independiente is a record label formed in 1997 after Andy MacDonald sold Go! Discs Records to PolyGram in 1996 for a reported £30 million. In the UK, the label is distributed Vital PIAS....

. The album was produced by Stephen Street

Stephen Street

Stephen Street is an English music producer best known for his work with The Smiths in the 1980s, as well as Blur and The Cranberries in the 1990s. Street also collaborated with Morrissey on some of his most popular work after The Smiths broke up, playing instruments and co-writing songs...

, famous for his work with The Smiths

The Smiths

The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...

 and Blur

Blur (band)

Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...

, among others.

Four singles were released from the album - "Blossoms Falling", "Million Suns", "Tears From A Willow" and "Shorley Wall". An earlier version of "Shorley Wall" had previous been the lead track of an EP

Shorley Wall

The Shorley Wall EP was the second release by Ooberman, following the Sugar Bum single, and was the first release that gained the band attention from the press and music fans. It was named as the single of the year for 1998 by The Times....

 released by the band on Tugboat Records. A demo recording of Sugar Bum was released as a single on Graham Coxon

Graham Coxon

Graham Leslie Coxon is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter. He came to prominence as the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of rock band Blur, and is also a critically acclaimed solo artist, having recorded seven solo albums...

's Transcopic label in May 1998. This was the band's first official release.

Track listing

1. "Million Suns" (Popplewell/Flett) – 4:16
2. "Blossoms Falling
   Blossoms Falling
   "Blossoms Falling" is a song by Ooberman, released as their first single for Independiente, and the first to be taken from the band's debut album The Magic Treehouse. It reached #39 in the UK, the only Ooberman single to date to make the UK Singles Chart Top 40...
   
   " (Popplewell/Flett – 2:31
3. "Sur La Plage" (Popplewell) – 3:14
4. "Roro Blue" (Popplewell) – 2:14
5. "Tears from a Willow
   Tears from a Willow
   "Tears from a Willow" is a song by Ooberman, released as the third single from their debut album The Magic Treehouse. It was released by Independiente in October 1999. In the song's radio edit, a reference to LSD was removed, but remained intact on the single itself. The radio edit has never been...
   
   " (Popplewell) – 3:32
6. "Bees" (Popplewell/Flett) – 1:57
7. "Sugar Bum" (Popplewell) – 3:17
8. "Roll Me in Cotton" (Popplewell) – 4:00
9. "Physics Disco" (Popplewell/Flett) – 2:48
10. "The Magic Treehouse" (Popplewell) – 1:34
11. "Amazing in Bed" (Popplewell) – 3:17
12. "My Baby's Too Tall and Thin" (Churney) – 0:42
13. "Shorley Wall
    Shorley Wall
    The Shorley Wall EP was the second release by Ooberman, following the Sugar Bum single, and was the first release that gained the band attention from the press and music fans. It was named as the single of the year for 1998 by The Times....
    
    " (Popplewell/Flett) – 4:28
14. "Silver Planet" (Popplewell/Flett)

A hidden track

Hidden track

In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener...

- "Stormtrooper" - is placed at the end of Silver Planet after a period of silence.

External links

• The Magic Treehouse – Ooberman fansite