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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 60 reviews)
Sales Rank: 22
Category: Music
Artist: Goldfrapp
Publisher: EMI
Studio: EMI
Manufacturer: EMI
Label: EMI
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.4
EAN: 5099951830021
ASIN: B000ZN2582
Release Date: February 25, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Luxe and Polished! April 6, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Clowns. 10/10
Little Bird. 10/10
Happiness. 10/10
Road To Somewhere. 9/10
Eat Yourself. 10/10
Some People. 10/10
A&E. 10/10
Cologne Cerrone Houdini. 8/10
Caravan Girl. 10/10
Monster Love. 8/10
OVERALL VERDICT: 10/10
When I first read a review I was like, Goldfrapp going strange. This album doesn't dissapoint! When I first listened to "Clowns" i hated it (e.g. my old review 7/10.) But if you listen to it a few more times, it's a stand out track. The rest of the songs are brilliant!
Goldfrapp never let you down! From the beautiful lush cinematic soundscapes of "Felt Mountain", dirty synths of "Black Cherry", stompin' glam rock of "Supernature" and the beautiful folk sounding "Seventh Tree" which is probably their most luxe and polished work yet.
Rude,clued,glued and 'prood'.. April 3, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Terrific follow-up to 'Supernature'.The first track is worth the five star rating alone...'Clowns',all hippy-ethereal cinema soundscapes with lyrics about the longevity of upper body implants for women of a 'wag' disposition...it's funny,scathing,soothing and heartfelt but most of all quite beautifully affecting and gorgeous.And,if the trick is supposed to be a talent to keep this standard up for the entire album they fail miserably BECAUSE they surpass this standard on numerous occasions with at least six other of the ten tracks,the pinnacle for me being,'Cologne Cerrone Houdini',not 'single' material but still quite possibly the best track they've ever written....
I'm going to be paying a lot more attention to this duo from now on...they've provided me with the best album of 2008 so far and for that,Goldfrapp,i thank you very much.
Absolute corker!!
A slow burner March 31, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Goldfrapp are a bit of a bit of a contradiction. They essentially make pop music, but do it in such a way that defies all of the "rules" of a pop group. This album is no exception.
Being a fan of Goldfrapp is a bit of a crazy ride. You can't know what is coming next, and in a way it shouldn't really bother you what style of music they attempt to tackle, because you essentially will always get the same result; brilliant and intelligent lyrics, delivered by one of the best voices of recent years, with incredibly crafted music to back it up.
Like a lot of fans, I was never hugely enthralled by Alison's delve into glam rock. Despite myself, I still really enjoy Black Cherry and Supernature, but a little part of me was very happy to hear that they had moved away from that territory. However, I think one of the reasons that a lot of people have been disappointed with Seventh Tree is that they were led to believe it was a return to the sounds of Felt Mountain. Although it probably has more in common with the debut than the last two albums, in my mind it's a completely different beast.
On the first listen, I really didn't know what to think. I don't listen to the radio, so hadn't actually heard A&E before I heard the album, and that blew me away. It's early in the year, but that track is definitely a strong contender for track of the year in my books. In comparison the rest of the album was a big disappointment, and I imagine people who'd bought it based on the single would be disappointed. Saying this, there was actually a lot on the cd that got me excited; I certainly enjoyed the style of a lot of the tracks, and there were a lot of neat little touches that I enjoyed. There just didn't really seem to be many good tunes, and of all the things you can accuse the last two albums of, a lack of catchy tunes certainly isn't one of them!
I've since listened to the album a lot more times, and I'm very glad to say that things have changed. Ok, maybe not every track is a classic, but a lot of them are, and there's a lot to enjoy. There's also, I'm sure, a lot more for my ears to discover in there; it was only yesterday I noticed that with it's chugging motorik rhythm and guitars, Caravan Girl sounds an awful lot like Krautrockers Neu! How's that for an obscure influence, especially on an album that has been described as folk?
Who knows what Alison and Will have in store for us next. All I know is that I can't wait!
Best yet? March 31, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Beautiful, nostalgic, contemporary and, yes, at times it makes me cry with the sheer wonder of it all.
Not at all bad and a bit Cocteau Twinsy in bits March 30, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Having listened to and liked but never really loved Goldfrapp's music (unlike many many of my friends) - I was not best pleased on receiving this as a birthday pressie (I think it's the fact that she annoys me interviews that doesn't help with the liking thingy). However I was most pleasantly surprized by this cd - the first track clowns is simply lovely with quite bonkers lyrics which is always pleasing. Little bird has moments of Cocteau's Liz Fraseresque warblinginess (but just a tad, and obviously nowhere near as good). Eat yourself is fantastic with lots of lovely changes the kind of song to listen to while lying on grass on a sunny day looking up at the sky with a daisy chain around your head. A couple of tracks do sound a little dull at times (Chorus of road to somewhere - the verse is very nice though and Caravan Girl - not bad as such just a bit yawn-some) and the quality, though good, does tail off a touch towards the end. On the whole it's pretty consistently good ... and does contain a number of musical treats!
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