A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular is the debut studio album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic. The album was released by Columbia Records on 29 July 1996,^[9] 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
First issue, credited to Hoover
Studio album by Hooverphonic
Released	29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
Studio	ACP (Sint-Niklaas) Galaxy (Mol)
Genre	Trip hop[1][2] ambient pop[3]
Length	47:05
Label	Columbia
Producer	Hooverphonic
Hooverphonic chronology
A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular (1996) Blue Wonder Power Milk (1998)
Singles from A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
"Wardrope" Released: 1996[4] "2Wicky" Released: 1996[5] "Inhaler" Released: 1996[6] "Barabas" Released: 1997[7]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Pitchfork	8.1/10[8]
USA Today	[2]

A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular produced the singles "Wardrope", "2Wicky", "Inhaler", and "Barabas". On 15 April 1997,^[9][10] the album was released in the United States by Epic Records.^[11] By June 1998, it had sold over 140,000 copies worldwide.^[12]

In 2011, a deluxe edition of A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular was released as a box set 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.^[13]

Composition

The song "2Wicky" samples Isaac Hayes' 1969 rendition of "Walk On By", as well as "Le Voile d'Orphée" by Pierre Henry.^[14]

"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,^[15] and it was eventually released on the 2011 deluxe edition of A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular.^[16]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Inhaler"	Alex Callier Raymond Geerts	5:11
2.	"2Wicky"	Callier Geerts Burt Bacharach Hal David Pierre Henry	4:44
3.	"Wardrope"	Callier Geerts	4:31
4.	"Plus Profond"	Callier	4:24
5.	"Barabas"	Callier	3:50
6.	"Cinderella"	Callier Geerts Frank Duchêne Liesje Sadonius	3:52
7.	"Nr 9"	Callier	3:38
8.	"Sarangi"	Callier	4:16
9.	"Someone"	Callier Geerts Duchêne Sadonius	4:11
10.	"Revolver"	Callier	3:54
11.	"Innervoice"	Callier Geerts	4:34
Total length:			47:05

Deluxe edition disc two (Remixes)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"2Wicky" (DJ Pulse remix)	Callier Geerts Bacharach David Henry	6:24
2.	"2Wicky" (DJ Pulse dub)	Callier Geerts Bacharach David Henry	6:24
3.	"2Wicky" (Not So Extended Hoovering mix)	Callier Geerts Bacharach David Henry	3:41
4.	"2Wicky" (Steve Hillier version)	Callier Geerts Bacharach David Henry	6:43
5.	"Inhaler" (Drum 'n' Orch remix; by Hoover)	Callier Geerts	4:27
6.	"Inhaler" (Mr Pink remix; by Hector Zazou)	Callier Geerts	5:47
7.	"Inhaler" (Mr Brown remix; by Hector Zazou)	Callier Geerts	6:48
8.	"Inhaler (CJ's Multicolored Rhythm Injection)" (radio edit)	Callier Geerts	3:37
9.	"Inhaler (CJ's Multicolored Rhythm Injection)"	Callier Geerts	6:09
10.	"Wardrope" (Jungle remix)	Callier Geerts	5:50
Total length:			55:50

Deluxe edition disc three (Rarities)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Plus Profond" (original recording)	Callier	3:58
2.	"Inhaler" (original demo; featuring Esther Lybeert)	Callier Geerts	5:09
3.	"Cinderella" (original demo; featuring Esther Lybeert)	Callier Geerts Duchêne Sadonius	3:24
4.	"Nr 9" (original demo; featuring Esther Lybeert)	Callier	3:49
5.	"Revolver" (original demo; featuring Esther Lybeert)	Callier	3:24
6.	"Instrumental"	Callier	5:16
7.	"Inhaler" (Studio Brussel Basta session, 16 January 1997)	Callier Geerts	3:46
8.	"Someone" (Studio Brussel Basta session, 16 January 1997)	Callier Geerts Duchêne Sadonius	3:12
Total length:			31:58

Sample credits^[14][16]

• "2Wicky" contains samples of "Walk On By", written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and performed by Isaac Hayes; and "Le Voile d'Orphée", written and performed by Pierre Henry.
• "Plus Profond" (original recording) contains samples of "007 and Counting", performed by John Barry.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[14]

Hooverphonic

• Liesje Sadonius – vocals
• Raymond Geerts – guitars, breaths
• Frank Duchêne – engineering, keyboards
• Alex Callier – 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 parlando 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 phasing
• Kees de Visser – mastering on "Wardrope", "Barabas" and "Sarangi"
• Roland Herrington – mixing
• Hooverphonic – production, engineering, mixing on "Plus Profond"

Design

• Power & Glory – cover design

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17]	17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18]	32