Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree Album Review

Seventh Tree is the fourth studio album by the British electronic duo Goldfrapp. It is scheduled for release by Mute Records on February 25, 2008 in the United Kingdom and the day after in the United States.

Goldfrapp have described the album as a “sensual counterpoint to the glitterball glamour of Supernature”, their last studio album from 2005.
The album’s first single, “A&E”, was released on February 11, 2008 and is already in the top 10 of the UK singles charts.

The album leaked onto file sharing websites in November 2007, three months before its official release.

Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

1. “Clowns” - 4:10
2. “Little Bird” - 4:26
3. “Happiness” - 4:18
4. “Road to Somewhere” - 3:53
5. “Eat Yourself” - 4:08
6. “Some People” - 4:42
7. “A&E” - 3:19
8. “Cologne Cerrone Houdini” - 4:27
9. “Caravan Girl” - 4:07
10. “Monster Love” - 4:22

Bonus tracks

All bonus tracks appear on the U.S. iTunes Store edition of Seventh Tree.

11. “You Never Know” (Live in London)
12. “Clowns” (Instrumental) (Pre-order only)

The listener too may find it something of a challenge, with the disco ball stomp replaced by a soothing, acoustic air more reminiscent of their first record. Even then they don’t make things easy. ‘A&E’, the lovely first single, is buried towards the end of the album. To get there you have to slip through an opening salvo that doesn’t introduce a recognisable beat until track three and isn’t exactly heavy on the traditional chorus verse chorus approach. Get your head around that and Seventh Tree comes into its own. You might even call it an ambient record, if that didn’t throw up horrible images of car ads, coffee tables and dinner parties. …
As with their whole career, Goldfrapp have managed to confound expectation yet again and make a record that’s very easy listening tone makes it hard work.
source state.ie

Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree Album Info

Released February 22, 2008 (2008-02-22) (Ireland, Germany), February 25, 2008 (2008-02-25) (UK), February 26, 2008 (2008-02-26) (U.S.)
Recorded 2006-2007, Bath, England
Genre Electronica, ambient, folk
Length 40.32
Label Mute
Producer Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory, Flood

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