''A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular'' is the debut

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by the Belgian band

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. The album was released by

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on 29 July 1996, initially credited to the band's original name, Hoover. It is Hooverphonic's only album with lead singer Liesje Sadonius. ''A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular'' produced the singles "Wardrope", "2Wicky", "Inhaler", and "Barabas". On 15 April 1997, the album was released in the United States by

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. By June 1998, it had sold over 140,000 copies worldwide. In 2011, a deluxe edition of ''A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular'' was released as a

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including the original album on both CD and LP, two bonus CDs containing remixes and rarities from the era, artwork prints, and a book of essays by the members of Hooverphonic about the album.

Composition

The song "2Wicky" samples

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' 1969 rendition of " Walk On By", as well as "Le Voile d'Orphée" by

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. "Plus Profond" was reworked for ''A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular'' from its original version, which contained a sample that could not be cleared. This version would later be performed live by Hooverphonic on their New Stereophonic Spectacular tour in 2006,(seen here

and it was eventually released on the 2011 deluxe edition of ''A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular''.

Track listing

Sample credits * "2Wicky" contains samples of " Walk On By", written by

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and

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and performed by

; and "Le Voile d'Orphée", written and performed by

. * "Plus Profond" (original recording) contains samples of " 007 and Counting", performed by John Barry.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Hooverphonic * Liesje Sadonius – vocals * Raymond Geerts – guitars, breaths * Frank Duchêne –

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, keyboards *

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– programming, keyboards Additional musicians * Eric Bosteels – drums on "Inhaler", "Nr 9", "Sarangi", "Revolver" and "Innervoice" * Stefan Bracoval – flute on "Wardrope" * Sven Muller – bass on "Cinderella" * Charlotte Van de Perre – Spanish

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vocals on "Cinderella" * Ursi Vanderherten – French parlando vocals on "Plus Profond" Production * Benjamin Bertozzi – mixing (assistant) on "Plus Profond" * Ian Cooper – mastering * Jake Davies – mixing (assistant), analogue tape

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* Kees de Visser – mastering on "Wardrope", "Barabas" and "Sarangi" * Roland Herrington – mixing * Hooverphonic –

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, engineering, mixing on "Plus Profond" Design * Power & Glory – cover design

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular, A 1996 debut albums Hooverphonic albums Columbia Records albums Epic Records albums