Seventh Tree

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Entering the chart at a more than respectable No.2 in the UK, Seventh Tree spawned four singles in A&E (a Top 10 hit on home soil), Happiness, Caravan Girl and Clowns. It also became the duo’s highest charting album in the United States to date as their profile increased across the Atlantic. Head First Goldfrapp Albums – Head First Prince, David J. (1 December 2009). "Goldfrapp Diving 'Head First' Into New Album". Billboard . Retrieved 25 October 2017. Explaining that Seventh Tree had reflected a difficult period in her personal life, by the time the group began Head First Alison was in a much better space personally and wanted to celebrate that by making an upbeat record. Caulfield, Keith (3 August 2006). "Ask Billboard: Answers to readers' questions about the Pussycat Dolls, Goldfrapp and Jody Watley". Billboard . Retrieved 25 March 2013. Emboldened by the critical and commercial success of their previous album, they felt liberated to be even more experimental and set out to make the biggest-sounding record that they could.

The carefree Caravan Girl is a euphoric ode to escapism and the noir-ish, dark glamour of A&E is a delight. Standout Cologne Cerrone Houdini channels Air in its layered majesty. We'll be swimming in the sea of wisdom and serenity Pitchfork rated this a 4 out of ten. Less than Head First, which is clearly the duo's weakest release and you don't have to listen to more than the first 3 songs to realize. Anybody needed more proof that Pitchfork is absolute shit? Probably not. But I'm mentioning it anyway. Seventh Treefollowed the glitterball glamour of platinum-selling album, Supernature (2005), and is very much its sensual counterpoint. Where its predecessor came cocooned in style and sex, Seventh Tree emerges gilded in the butterfly colours of an English surrealism. It shimmers and shines with the warmth of a hazy summer, an electric whirlpool of sound over which Alison's glistening voice soars.

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Using an acoustic guitar for the first time proved to signal a major change in the material, indicating a more organic feel, structurally and sound-wise. Austriancharts.at – Goldfrapp – Seventh Tree" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2008. They also draw inspiration from surrealism and nature, both of which are reflected in the band's album artwork, which Goldfrapp designs in collaboration with Big Active. [3] Collaboration and composition technique [ edit ] The release of Seventh Tree is one of those situations where a record label is forced to wear that uneasy smile, immensely proud of supporting an artist with that much integrity, but weeping deep down inside, worrying about the certainty of lower sales figures. Equally odd for Mute Records to have to deal with is just how severely Goldfrapp has changed direction on its fourth disc. No contagious dance beats? No blunt come-ons? Acoustic guitar? Mellotron? Who do they think they are, Feist?

Phares, Heather (19 September 2000). "Felt Mountain – Goldfrapp". AllMusic . Retrieved 25 June 2013. a b Hoard, Christian (6 March 2008). "Seventh Tree: Goldfrapp". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009 . Retrieved 15 February 2009. While Silver Eye seemed to mark something of a new chapter for the band, that new energy seems to have dissipated. Green, Thomas H. (7 April 2012). "Goldfrapp – The Singles". Mixmag. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013 . Retrieved 26 March 2013.a b "2007 Grammy Awards: Winner Predictions". Slant Magazine. 29 January 2007 . Retrieved 25 March 2013. As much of Goldfrapp’s previous work had relied on sequencers and ambience, the folk-tinged songs they were writing for Seventh Tree were far more stripped-down and conventional, resulting in what Alison describes as an “intimate, dreamy, more introspective album”.

Begrand, Adrien (19 December 2005). "Goldfrapp: Supernature". PopMatters . Retrieved 26 March 2013. Seventh Tree (2008) | Goldfrapp". zdigital. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013 . Retrieved 10 July 2015. Allen, Jeremy (5 September 2013). "Goldfrapp – 'Tales Of Us' ". NME. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017 . Retrieved 7 May 2019. Kindon, Frances (6 February 2008). "Goldfrapp plan tour". This is Cheshire. Newsquest . Retrieved 25 March 2013.It's honestly fantastic, and it should be regarded as, if not better than Felt Mountain, at least as one of the best albums of 2008. Come on! This is criminally overlooked. McNulty, Bernadette (11 August 2005). "Blonde Ambition". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 26 March 2013. Seventh Tree (liner notes). Goldfrapp. Mute Records. 2008. CDSTUMM280. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) a b c d e Phares, Heather. "Goldfrapp Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 26 March 2013.