Blue Wonder Power Milk
Blue Wonder Power Milk is the second studio album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic, released on 11 May 1998 by Columbia Records. It is the band's first album with lead singer Geike Arnaert.
"Club Montepulciano", "This Strange Effect", "Eden", and "Lung" were released as singles from Blue Wonder Power Milk, with "Eden" peaking at number 12 on the Walloon Ultratop singles chart. The album was released in the United States on 11 August 1998 by Epic Records.
The photograph on the cover of the album is of the interior of the Atomium in Brussels.
Composition
MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic characterised Blue Wonder Power Milk as an album of dream pop, indie pop, and trip hop music. Wilson wrote that the songs on the album are "intricately woven with string arrangements and pulsating dance club beats for a drowsy feel."Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.Hooverphonic
- Geike Arnaert – vocals
- Alex Callier – guitars, string arrangements, programming, keyboards, vocals
- Frank Duchêne – keyboards, engineering, backing vocals
- Raymond Geerts – guitars
- Herb Besson – trombone
- Eric Bosteels – drums and various percussion
- Michael Davis – trombone
- Ryoji Hata – vocals
- The Hooverphonic String Orchestra – strings
- Ronny Mosuse – bass
- Mark Plati – programming, rhythm programming, acoustic guitar, bass, vocals
- Dave Richards – upright bass
- Mark Steylaerts – orchestra leader
- Alex Van Aeken – horns
- Joris Van den Hauwe – conducting, oboe
- Rik Vercruysse – horns
- Jérôme Blondel – assistance
- Tony De Block – assistance
- Dante DeSole – assistance
- Jed Hackett – assistance
- Filip Heurckmans – assistance
- Hooverphonic – production, recording and reproduction|recording]
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Mark Plati – production, mixing, recording
- Jean-Marie Quentin – assistance
- Tim Roggeman – assistance
- Wim Allegaert – photography
- Power & Glory – corporate design