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Track Listings
| 1. Million Suns |
| 2. Blossoms Falling |
| 3. Sur La Plage |
| 4. Roro Blue |
| 5. Tears From A Willow |
| 6. Bees |
| 7. Sugar Bum |
| 8. Roll Me In Cotton |
| 9. Physics Disco |
| 10. Magic Treehouse |
| 11. Amazing In Bed |
| 12. My Baby's Too Tall & Thin |
| 13. Shorley Wall |
| 14. Silver Planet |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
When Sarah records went down the pan, fey indie kids everywhere gasped with panic. Where were they going to get their sweet little tunes from now? Fortunately, Ooberman are there to fill this gap with The Magic Treehouse's tales of snogging, love, LSD, geeks at the Physics' disco, bongo drums and blossoms. And they sing bits in French. This is lovely, melodious, sugary indie pop, with harmonious vocals and melodious tunes. Stand out tracks include the opening, rousing toe-tapper "Million Suns" and the gentle, calming breakthrough "hit" "Shorley Wall". Just make sure you brush your teeth after listening. --Helen Marquis
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
absolutely magical - inspiring from start to finish, this is one of my favourite albums of all time. Humourous, melancholy and plain strange, this is worth every penny. 'physics disco' describes every geek you ever knew, 'roro blue' comes as close as a song ever can to reducing me to tears, and 'sur la plage' - well its partly sung in french! what more needs to be said!!!!!!!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
From the opening track to the hidden delights at the end of Silver planet, Ooberman have managed to lay down life, love and all those things that keep the mind young in a 14 track musical treat. Special mention goes to the following tracks, which are a 'must listen' for anyone who has ever loved and been loved by someone special; Track 11) Amazing in Bed & 12) Shorley Wall. The latter was the first track to bring me to the attention of Ooberman and no doubt was for many other listeners. Further listening confirmed this band have what many other bands have lost..."The desire to write music on what truly matters in life after all the layers of corporate varnish have been stripped away. 'Sur la Plage' gives us the wonderful vocals of Sophia as does 'Shorley Wall', together with the kicking base line in 'Bees' and 'Sugar Bum' gives this album depth and variation as well as melodic menageries such as 'Roll me in Cotton' and 'Roro Blue'. The whole album is a wonderful mix of musical enlightenment and honest lyrics, which leaves the listener feeling young again and with the feeling they have just discovered something very special. No record collection is complete without it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
As every Ooberman fan would tell you this album is a life changing experience. It will tug at every string of emotion in your body.
You must be warned, to some this is not just an ablum, it is a collection of human emotion!
It can make you tingle with joy with the likes of 'Blossoms falling' and 'stormtrooper' and melt your heart with 'Shorley Wall and 'Roll me in Cotton'
Ooberman have gone to the limits of chessy pop with the Magic Treehouse, and yet somehow still keep in sense of almost unatural class which is carried on from the Shorley Wall EP (which in itself is the most beautifull thing in the world!)
Ooberman carry a unique scent of life in their music,which is so uplifting when comparing the likes of the other teeny pop pondlife surfacing in the charts every week.
In essence, Ooberman have done good in The Magic Treehouse. They really have created the 8th Wonder of the world!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
********** (10 stars out of 5)
it's lively, it's beautiful, it's meaningful, it's happy, it's sad, it's mad, it's complex, it's simple, it's perfection. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2004 by simon
Magical, beautiful, wonderful
I first came across Ooberman via the Transcopic Records website - bought their first single Sugar Bum because it was infectiously bouncy, dancey, wonderful. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2003 by Mr. D. N. Sumption
A truly magical album
This is the one album that made me sit and realise what it is all about. My first experiences of Ooberman was the track "Shorley wall". Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2003 by L. J. Trezise
absolutely magical
absolutely magical - inspiring from start to finish, this is one of my favourite albums of all time. Humourous, melancholy and plain strange, this is worth every penny. Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2001 by freya (frena@breathe.com)
Beauty in a box.
Once, whilst taking a train journey, I overheard a man who said, 'All things which are truly beautiful are those which come from nature: plants, animals, people, life.'. Read more
Published on 22 May 2001
couple of good tracks
This album has a few good tracks on, but a couple of half hearted a attemps at mimicking other styles, such as "bees" track five. Read more
Published on 13 July 2000
It's 1995 all over again
I was briefly excited about this band last year on the basis of two excellent singles, 'Blossoms Falling' and 'Shorley Wall'. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2000
No cheese or pretentiousness, just perfect pop
One of the great ironys of the music world is that great music is often ignored because of flash-in-the-pan boy or girl bands designed for maximum exposure on radio and... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2000
Uncomplicated, intelligent and inspired!
I had never heard of this band before, but when a friend put this CD on one night I was instantly hooked. Every tune is memorable. Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2000
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