Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree (Deluxe Edition)
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Free Music Notes for Seventh Tree (Deluxe Edition)
Free Music Review: We're all on a journey to finding the real inner you.
Hit: 3 Stars
I like Goldfrapp--I have all four of their cds. Beyond this simple fact things become more complicated. For example, I can't help but feel that Goldfrapp are re-treading ground already covered by Roxy Music, Eurythmics, Kate Bush, and more recently, Dido and Morcheeba. So I have the feeling of, "What else have you got to offer?"
I also have the feeling that Goldfrapp haven't quite figured out their true musical identity yet. "Felt Mountain" was quiet ambience like Mazzy Star or Loreena McKennitt, then "Black Cherry" went more into Eurythmics and Depeche Mode territory, followed by "Supernature" which delved even further into Eurythmics back catalogue. Now we have "Seventh Tree" which seems to be a hybrid of "Felt Mountain" and "Black Cherry". I can't say this is a progression. In fact, I was hoping they would take their electronic approach to a new level and try something really daring, but no, they take a step back to their roots (rather early in their career I think).
If I like Goldfrapp, then why three stars you might ask? Well, one of the issues I have with the duo is that on each of their cds they pick a sound and stick with it, with not as much variation as I would prefer. The same is true of "Seventh Tree". Ambient all the way through with little variety. Still, each Goldfrapp cd has something good about it. In this case, I found myself liking "Happiness", "Road To Somewhere", "A&E", "Cologne Cerrone Houdini" and "Caravan Girl". "Clowns" and "Eat Yourself" would be my next choices. "Little Bird" and "Monster Love" are next, and then the weakest track has to be "Some People".
A word about the packaging. Will Gregory looks like he's 60 years old in the terrible picture on the insert. Underneath the cd, in the jewel case, you have a drawing of a nude woman with an owl head--what? You open up the insert completely and you have a person in a giant owl costume consuming Alison Goldfrapp who is dressed like a carnival clown. Hmmm. I know Annie Lennox was challenging with her orange hair buzz cut and business suit attire in "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)", but what exactly are Goldfrapp going for?
I'm hoping the next Goldfrapp cd will be more daring and less sleep inducing.
Free Music Review: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's Goldfrapp's Best Album Yet
Hit: 5 Stars
I'll keep it simple and short; I've been a fan of Will and Alison since day one and I love ALL of their albums. The quirky retro sci-fi mood of Felt Mountain, the claustrophobic and irresistible electronica of Black Cherry and the decadent Weimar-disco of Supernature. Seventh Tree quite simply features the best overall songwriting of all their outings.
Period.
One of the albums of 2008 already, skip it at your own peril. Especially the Special edition.
Free Music Review: Felt Mountain + Supernature = Seventh Tree
Hit: 3 Stars
If you threw Supernature and Felt Mountain into a boiling cauldron, you'd get Seventh Tree. This recipe has made for a very bland album, unfortunately (2.5 stars, but they get an extra .5 for their previous work and their YouTube Christmas caroling efforts).Free Music Review: not as ground breaking, but still amazing
Hit: 5 Stars
I prefer when bands make groundbreaking albums, and this one is clearly not, but its still amazing. While Black Cherry and Supernature were more edgy sounding, this album creates much more of a sound landscape. And its more refined, and utilizes Allison's great vocals better, than Felt Mountain. Whether you are an old fan or a newcomer to Goldfrapp, I highly recommend this whole album. Do not just purchase particular songs because they won't have the same impact as the entire album.Free Music Review: Summer is acumin in....
Hit: 5 Stars
Oh my.
Just wait till July-ly-ly.
Vaguely, but only vaguely, reminiscent of the similarly exquisite From Gardens Where We Feel Secure by Virginia Astley which was recorded at John Foxx's [we are not worthy] studio. English pastoral. Cathedral Oceans. Revolving Birdsong, etc.. Europe After the Rain. All in the golden afternoon, full leisurely we glide...
Tomorrow Never Knows drum loops; Kinks' 'Village Green Preservation Society'/'Walter'; Trespass era Genesis; The Wicker Man; Kick Inside/Never Forever/Lionheart Kate Bush; Joni Mitchell 'Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm'; Basil Kirchin's soundtrack to "I Start Counting"; Bracknell newtown; quiet West Country market-towns on cool, long light summer evenings heavy with possibilities...
The kind of hangover Sunday morning comedown music that makes you glad/thankful to have been born in these islands.
Fragile. Strong. Resiliant. Truthful.
As if the music wasn't more bliss than we deserve, AG's cover shot is pure Goldie Hawn in "There's a girl in my soup." Gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh. Sigh.
Oh my. Oh my. Oh my.