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Editorial Review:
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 o! f 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
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Golden This album is exquisite, beautiful, wonderful. A truly lovely piece of work. It sounds like Goldfrapp are developing as artistes and they're playing stuff they're much more into. You can't really compare it to their other albums; Black Cherry is a sublime opus that stands on its own. I can't say how good this record is; it's just great! If you like Goldfrapp, you might like Broken Social Scene.
Feeling like I needed you I confess, I'm still getting used to the glitzy, glammy sound Goldfrapp had in its last album. Now it has gone to the other extreme -- floaty, instrumental pop. Fortunately it doesn't take long to get used to this new style, because it fits Goldfrapp like a fine silk glove.The dancy electrobeats are translated into shimmering downtempo, the hard edges softened into acoustics -- it's a floaty, dreamlike, bittersweetly beautiful little album, full of swirlingly addictive instrumentation and wistful... more info
Lovely work - nice package ... This album is a gem and very uplifting to listen to. It never jars and creates a fine old mood. The style ranges from trip-hop (evolved) to psychedelia with smatterings of theme and acoustic. Alison out sings the rather over rated Duffy on most tracks and it grows with every listen.
This set contains an impeccably produced box of Alison's hand written lyrics (and doodles), a poster (useless unless you iron it), several postcards with photos of Alison and her band, the CD and a DVD with a short film... more info
frappacino on my coffee table The latest Goldfrapp is a puzzling affair. I can see what the idea was; to sum up, bucolic melancholic,via kate bush,Liz Fraser,etc: but i just don't think they accomplished their mission.I wasn't a huge fan of the last two albums but they had pizzaz and a certain off kilter energy.This album starts well but then just seems to drift into inoffensive lite-balladry. They seem intent on ironing out all the quirkiness that made them stand out so much on earlier albums.To be honest Felt Mountain hasn't really... more info
