Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree (Deluxe Edition)
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Free Music Notes for Seventh Tree (Deluxe Edition)
Free Music Review: Big Disappointment
Hit: 2 Stars
Everything that is unique about this artist has been sacrificed for commercial appeal. Pretty songs, no doubt, but lacking personality and as insubstantial and lightweight as any top 40 singer.Free Music Review: A Different Kind of Emergency
Hit: 4 Stars
Listening to Seventh Tree leaves behind a certain kind of calm, the type you probably wouldn't find in Supernature, their last discoball effort. From the haunting first single A&E that talks of suicide resonates on many levels. Continued listens of Tree reveal a more basal Goldfrapp stripped of the multi-layered colouring of their last effort, moving them a bit closer to Felt Mountain but not quite. The atmospheric Clowns with its melodious guitar strums open the album, suggesting a facet that withholds a melancholic interior. Most songs border on sounding depressing. Caravan Girl comes the closest to being a mood lifter. Though it may take some adjusting to a less gaudy Goldfrapp, they are never far from being best. (B+)Free Music Review: Great music but the extras aren't worth springing for
Hit: 3 Stars
Feels like a belated follow-up to the classic "Felt Mountain". A very different sound to the two intervening albums. To my ears not in the same league as the debut but pretty good all the same.
I'd give the music four stars - but dock this "deluxe" package to three stars as I don't think the extras are worth the additional cost. As well as some postcards and an arty little lyric booklet, there's a DVD of the video for A&E, and a sort of rambling home movie by Alison and Will which isn't particularly illuminating - the video is more laughable than anything really, reminding me of a pisstake of the original "Wickerman" movie, though I'm sure that wasn't the intent. It's the sort of video that can damage your enjoyment of the actual song. The little CD-sized box everything comes in is good quality however.
Free Music Review: Excellent
Hit: 5 Stars
Seventh Tree is definitely a step back for Goldfrapp. Not in quality, only in time. I might have a soft spot for this record, because my love for Goldfrapp started with Felt Mountain, got deeper with Black Cherry, trembled a little bit when Supernature moved to the mainstream direction... With Seventh Tree the duo has returned to their roots, yet through a matured and more sophisticated approach. Many who like to have Goldfrapp on the dancefloor will be disapponted, but those who search for the touch that makes this band unique will love it.
And the artwork of the Deluxe Edition is really outstanding.
Free Music Review: Universal Appeal
Hit: 5 Stars
Goldfrapp was brought to my attention by a young woman with multiple piercings and tattoo art (I'm 57). It was hidden under the tag "Electronica". Ha! There's more of Enya here than Moby (and he's good, too). Alison Goldfrapp has the most beautiful voice and the instrumentals are gorgeous. Try "A&E" and/or "Little Bird". My teenager has taken my copy back to school with him but I've luckily put it on my iPod, too.