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Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings
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Positive: 15 out of 16
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Negative: 1 out of 16
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YvesH.Sep 18, 2001Hey, guys, it's not so bad.
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BennyMNov 7, 2005Great songwriter, incredible talented. The singer sucks but who cares..the songs are very good.
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PavelKApr 24, 2006The greatest one I ever had! The only CD I got where nothing goes wrong!
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TimothyR.Dec 9, 2001Hey guys, It's their best album, especially Vinegar & Salt is wonderful
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DirkE.Jan 16, 2002not that bad at all... Come on guys, don't be so snobby
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ricklFeb 25, 2005excellent album, the title song is especially good
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Dec 16, 2022This is by far my favorite Hooverphonic album. I generally prefer their first three albums over the later material, but this one definitely stands out.
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The Magnificent Tree is accomplished, just unsensational. It nails the neo-'60s trip-hop set down by Mono and Olive but then tries too hard to have a finger in other pies.
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They've already featured on a multitude of soundtracks including Stealing Beauty, Shades and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Not to mention cinema ads for champagne and episodes of La Femme Nikita and er, Baywatch. That's pretty much all bases covered, then.
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With 1998's Blue Wonder Powder Milk and now The Magnificent Tree, Hooverphonic's sound has become increasingly hip and cosmopolitan, slowly processing out everything that made it so alluring in the first place. It's still sleek and meticulously produced. But, as with the latest from Morcheeba (another band with similar trip-hoppy proclivities), the nagging sense of something menacing behind these songs has practically disappeared.