Hooverphonic - The President of the LSD Golf Club (2007)
Tracklist front / back album covers
"Stranger" – 4:37
"50 Watt" – 4:47
"Expedition Impossible" – 4:07
"Circles" – 4:17
"Gentle Storm" – 3:01
"The Eclipse Song" – 3:01
"Billie" – 3:37
"Black Marble Tiles" – 5:33
"Strictly Out of Phase" – 3:21
"Bohemian Laughter" – 5:02
"The Perfect Dose" (Special Edition only) – 2:59
B-sides and covers:
"Pink Flamingo Dream" - 5:40
"August" - 3:20
"The Perfect Dose" - 2:57
"Cry" - 3:36
"In Bloom" - 3:29
The President of the LSD Golf Club is the sixth studio album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic. The title The President of the LSD Golf Club was originally intended for The Magnificent Tree, but the title was not allowed by Sony, Hooverphonic's label at the time.
The album has quite a different feel from previous Hooverphonic albums. The album was recorded with live musicians and made use of the mellotron, an electronic keyboard popularised by The Beatles' Strawberry Fields Forever. The sound of the album harks back to the psychedelic era of music but clearly retains a sense of modernity. Songs such as "Expedition Impossible" also have more of a traditional rock sound, compared to the sound of earlier Hooverphonic work.
Critics were divided on the album, some claiming it grounded Hooverphonic after the mystery of The Magnificent Tree, while others claimed that it was the most "daring and experimental Hooverphonic album" yet.
In some countries (like France, Italy, Sweden and Spain), and on iTunes, the album received a special edition release which included "The Perfect Dose".
