Customer Reviews
Music 4 Production 0 - By: Bri, 07 May 2008 
First heard this band on Jools & immediately liked the songs/harmonies & thought that they were a breath of fresh airin their thinking, & obviously had put a great deal of work into the textures & layering of the sound/vocals. Then I bought the album.
One question, was this album recorded huddled togetherin a metal box?
I've been doing music for about 35yrs, & I will freely admit that I am still learning & will still end up knowing relatively little, but a great deal of stuff, especially from today's musicians, doesn't do them any favours with their choice of producers. It takes a bit more than a diploma & a bunch of gadgets to give a band their unique character, but there again, a great deal of money & effort does go into trying to turn sows ears into silk purses & we end up with the equivalent of a pig with lipstick!
Seriously, get a producer who feels the music that you're trying to make & isn't trying to turn you into yet another replica.
Give it 5 listens........and you'll love it!! - By: Lucy, 27 Apr 2008 
First listen.....disappointed. Just bland & nothingness.Elevator music.
Second listen....it's OK, but background music, nothing special.
Third listen.....it's quite goodin parts, certain tracks stand out.
Fourth listen.....hey this is actually really good.
Fifth listen........wow this is amzing, my favourite album of Goldfrapps yet!
This album is a grower. I'm like the biggest Goldfrapp fanin the world yet the first couple of times I listened to it I really didn't like it at all, but have patience with it.......and you'll come to be amazed.
I just had it onin the background for a few listens while I was studying, or doing the house work.......then all of a sudden, bang....it just hit me.
It's beautiful, etheral,powerful.......lush. A stunning stunning album. Now I just can't get enough!!
summer is a-comin' in - By: Kraftwerker, 08 Apr 2008 After playing this CD to death for a week, I thought I'd write an on-line review, only to find out that the Amazon reviewer had picked up on all the influences I'd spotted & planned to use. This album is not immediate, but grows into a very satisfying experience. I've never heard an album begin with such an understated track as "Clowns". I can understand why some people have been shocked & disappointed (more fool them), expecting something of an "Ooh-la-La" after 2005's storming Supernature. "Clowns" sets the tone for the album as well as the sleeve photo of Alison does: Seventh Tree is infused with summer. "Clowns" is all sleepy vocals & acoustic guitar, & builds with some strings that remind me of Nick Drake's "River Man". You can practically feel the warmth on your skin & see the dandelion seeds driftingin the air as the sun starts to sink. "Little bird" has a "Strawberry Fields" start & a gorgeous chorus of "July-ly-ly". It then mutates into a Syd-era Floyd sort of psychedlic jam. "Happiness" is perhaps the closest we get to a Felt Mountain-type song, with an infectious melody & squiggley electronic noises reminiscent of that album or Black Cherry. Next track "Road to Somewhere" is the one that makes you think of the opening bars of "Willow's Song" from the 1973 film The Wicker man. And on it goes, gorgeous upon gorgeous. I like the strident Euro-disco strings that start "Cologne Cerrone Houdini", which does nothing to prepare one for the change of pace that is "Caravan Girl". Goldfrapp do Oasis? Almost. This is Goldfrapp at their most transparent yet; even Will ditches the sunglasses & goes for a prominent portrait on the inner cover. A warm & seductive album, made for intimate moments when you won't be disturbed by phones or pets or doorbells, this is the first Goldfrapp album where I have uploaded all the tracks onto my iPod, rather than a selection. I'm not sure why, but that's the effect it has had on me this week. Enjoy.
Luxe and Polished! - By: Ronnie, 06 Apr 2008 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" & the beautiful folk sounding "Seventh Tree" which is probably their most luxe & polished work yet.
Rude,clued,glued and 'prood'.. - By: Patroller1, 03 Apr 2008 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 & heartfelt but most of all quite beautifully affecting & 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 & for that,Goldfrapp,i thank you very much.
Absolute corker!!
