Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree (Deluxe Edition)
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Artist: GoldfrappEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-02-26
Music Label: Mute U.S.
Soundtracks:
- Clowns
- Little Bird
- Happiness
- Road to Somewhere
- Eat Yourself
- Some People
- A&E
- Cologne Cerrone Houdini
- Caravan Girl
- Monster Love
Free Music Notes for Seventh Tree (Deluxe Edition)
Free Music Review: Just... WOW! (and absolutely buy the Special Edition)
Hit: 5 Stars
I've been on board with Goldfrapp from the start, and what a weird and wonderful ride it's been... from the soundtracky surrealism of Felt Mountain, through the smutty electro of Black Cherry, to the disco/glam/Kate Bush-ism of Supernature, to... this.
Many bands mix up their sound over time, seeming to follow trends or to embrace change for its own sake in hopes of not stagnating. So when I tell you that Will and Alison have gone and made a quietly psychedelic, string-soaked, and--dare I say it?--almost "folk-y" album, please forgive me when I immediately follow up that statement by saying it comes off as the most natural thing in the world.
Whereas I pointed out in my review of Supernature that it was the best party album in years, for its fabulous production and its combination of truly danceable beats with genuine listenability and accessibility, Seventh Tree is the album to listen to the following morning over a slightly hangover-tinged breakfast. Or any other time that slow (though by no means bloodless) and pretty (and pretty doesn't even cover the half of it) is the order of the day. Where previous Goldfrapp albums simply begged to be listened to at night, and were energetic affairs, this one is the most sun-soaked, joyously soporific album since at least Deluxe or Hosianna Mantra, though it sounds little like either. Listening to it, one half expects to see gentle rays of hazy sunlight coming from the speakers as it plays.
So what or who does it sound like? I'll resist the lazy comparisons to Nick Drake a lot of reviewers have been making (I guess if you're twee, English, and surrealistic you sound like Nick Drake, even when you sound not a damn thing like Nick Drake), and try to describe it in terms of things I have heard before. Picture the most ornate, prettiest sounds of late-period Beatles by way of the quieter, more joyous moments of early Kate Bush, occasionally--particularly on "A&E"--hit with a shot of Yaz. "Cologne Cerrone Houdini" will make fans of Goldfrapp's own Felt Mountain very, very happy. "Caravan Girl" is the most energetic on the album, but with a Krautrock-y, motorik sound rather than a dance beat: perfect for a nice, leisurely afternoon drive. In the end though, I must protest that it simply doesn't sound like anything else at all. Therein lies genius, my friends...
Why buy the deluxe edition? In addition to an interesting if not fascinating documentary about the album, there's the gorgeous video to (the gorgeous) "A&E," packaged in a beaultiful textured box. For fans of "the Alison in the Goldfrapp," so to speak, however, the deluxe is the only way to go, with beautifully photographed postcards and a poster of the incomparable Ms. Goldfrapp herself, lest you doubted for a second that such gorgeous music could ever come out of anything less than one of the most beautiful women anywhere (not to take anything from Will Gregory). Plus a curious little booklet with all of the lyrics in (what I take to be) AG's handwriting, decorated with silly coloured pencil drawings.
Bottom line: if you want another Supernature, someone else will have to do that for you. Or you can just listen to it again; I've probably done so hundreds of times with no worry of diminishing returns. On the other hand, if you want a fantastic album that, like its predecessor, is gorgeously produced, accessible, listenable, and utterly unlike anything that's come before it, buy this. And if you're that nasty reviewer over at Pitchfork, all I can say is (Amazon won't actually let me say what I want to say to say, so I'll just say) ...find a new job.
Seventh Tree (Deluxe Edition) Poster
Limited deluxe two disc (CD + PAL/Region 0 DVD) edition of this 2008 release, the fourth studio album by the Electronic duo. This deluxe package contains a bonus DVD featuring a documentary, 'A&E' music video and a Q&A session, presented in card picture sleeves housed in a deluxe clamshell picture box complete with handwritten lyric book, fold out poster and postcards. Seventh Tree sees the duo return to the more ethereal feel of their debut Felt Mountain as opposed the glitter glamour of Supernature. Here they use elements of Folk and Ambient music, and display influence from Gallic stars such Air and Serge Gainsbourg, all resulting in a warm, delicate, irresistible album. Features 10 tracks including the single 'A&E'. Mute.Seventh Tree unveils an Alison Goldfrapp quite different to the one we saw on her career highpoint to date, 2005's Supernature. Whereas that album was grandiose, glammy, and almost aggressive in its brash, thrusting sexuality, Goldfrapp's fourth album is no less sensual, but rather more subtle in its approach. Recorded with longtime collaborator Will Gregory out in rural Somerset, Seventh Tree feels like an attempt to fuse the pagan folk of cult English horror classic The Wicker Man< to a lush backdrop of woozy electronics and a restrained orchestral sweep reminiscent of '70s-era Serge Gainsbourg. In practise, this means much of Seventh Tree goes where earlier Gainsbourg disciples such as Air have gone before: chilled-out, soporific electronica with a light organic edge. Luckily, Goldfrapp remains a compelling enough figure to keep matters on the right side of ethereal: the gorgeous "Clowns" imagines the Cocteau Twins' Liz Fraser guesting on some long-forgotten Nick Drake out-take, rustic folk with an all-but-indecipherable vocal and an undercurrent of desolation, while "A&E" shows Goldfrapp's pop urge has not deserted her, uplifting electronica with a warm, bucolic twist. --Louis Pattison
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