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PrintableFave song: "Some People"
Alison's voice is like honey on this one.  | |
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I just got the limited special edition and it's GORGEous!!! (love her hand-written lyric book) I always thought Clowns was beautiful but then I read the lyrics and now I can't stop laughing my ass off!!! What the hell did Allison smoke before she wrote that??? 
"What'd you want to look like Barbie for??.....Titties that live on + on + on"  
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sextonseven said: MikeMatronik said: Supernature was pop experiment. It is still their more accessible album. I think currently my Goldfrapp top is: 1. Felt Mountain 2. Seventh Tree 3. Black Chery 4. Supernature My ranking: 1. Supernature 2. Seventh Tree 3. Black Cherry 4. Felt Mountain interesting...we have oposite lists... | |
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eleven said: I just got the limited special edition and it's GORGEous!!! (love her hand-written lyric book) I always thought Clowns was beautiful but then I read the lyrics and now I can't stop laughing my ass off!!! What the hell did Allison smoke before she wrote that???
"What'd you want to look like Barbie for??.....Titties that live on + on + on"
Overall though i think my favorite song is Little Bird I bought the special edition also. I liked Alison's naked bird lady drawing in the booklet. The short film is interesting in that Alison says the album title came to her in a dream where she saw a tree with 7s on it. spelling [Edited 2/27/08 7:13am] | |
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sextonseven said: eleven said: I just got the limited special edition and it's GORGEous!!! (love her hand-written lyric book) I always thought Clowns was beautiful but then I read the lyrics and now I can't stop laughing my ass off!!! What the hell did Allison smoke before she wrote that???
"What'd you want to look like Barbie for??.....Titties that live on + on + on"
Overall though i think my favorite song is Little Bird I bought the special edition also. I liked Alison's naked bird lady drawing in the booklet. The short film is interesting in that Alison says the album title came to her in a dream where she saw a tree with 7s on it. spelling [Edited 2/27/08 7:13am] Love the bird lady drawing!  It's frame-worthy. There's another drwaing in there that looks like a penis. Am I seeing things or is Allison just a dirty bird??  | |
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eleven said: sextonseven said: I bought the special edition also. I liked Alison's naked bird lady drawing in the booklet. The short film is interesting in that Alison says the album title came to her in a dream where she saw a tree with 7s on it. spelling [Edited 2/27/08 7:13am] Love the bird lady drawing! It's frame-worthy. There's another drwaing in there that looks like a penis. Am I seeing things or is Allison just a dirty bird?? I saw the penis sketch too. Alison is very naughty. But I knew that ever since i saw the video for "Train".  | |
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sextonseven said: eleven said: I just got the limited special edition and it's GORGEous!!! (love her hand-written lyric book) I always thought Clowns was beautiful but then I read the lyrics and now I can't stop laughing my ass off!!! What the hell did Allison smoke before she wrote that???
"What'd you want to look like Barbie for??.....Titties that live on + on + on"
Overall though i think my favorite song is Little Bird I bought the special edition also. I liked Alison's naked bird lady drawing in the booklet. The short film is interesting in that Alison says the album title came to her in a dream where she saw a tree with 7s on it. spelling [Edited 2/27/08 7:13am] I got the SP Ed too. Very Nice indeed. Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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Village Voice review:
Seamless but faceless electro-pop for yawning arenas
by Alfred Soto Sooner or later the '90s had to return, and not fast enough for Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory. Their fourth album, Seventh Tree, perfects the boutique electronica in which they've specialized since 2000; if silvery female mumbles atop beds of keyboards is your thing, then you can put away that Sneaker Pimps record. The rest of us can mumble about the dubious pleasure of Goldfrapp's taxidermy, especially when the likes of Roisin Murphy have shaken off embalmment and realized that "pretty" oxidizes into "fusty" when you're listening with your ears instead of your feet. This whole thing sounds great, though: rue, clenched fists, and closed eyes mixed at an arena pitch. "Cologne Cerrone and Houdini" isn't a Green Gartside number, but the best example of what Goldfrapp almost gets away with, thanks to rain-cloud synth strings and the almost creepy way in which Alison seems to coo with nary a wrinkle showing around the cheeks. "Eat Yourself" digests the pinched melancholy of Portishead circa 1995, complete with pseudo vinyl-scratch sound effects. But any one of these tracks could stand the more arresting sonic finery of 2006's "Ride on a White Horse," whose insistent hook compensated for an anonymity the duo was too cool to challenge. It's tempting to think that this regressive product might be transgressive—while Kylie, Britney, and Roisin twist themselves into ever more beguiling aural contortions, here's Alison and Will making like Everything But the Girl in 1996. But the tunes aren't there, and neither is Alison: She's committed to a kind of performative absentee balloting, wherein we note her name on the credits but wonder what—who—she is. The next Gallup poll must find out what constituency she represents. http://www.villagevoice.c...09,22.html I don't think the comparisons to EBTG and Sneaker Pimps are right. I get a distinct 70s vibe from Seventh Tree that I don't hear from the others at all. The album is also a lot more organic than those electronic artists from the 90s. | |
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sextonseven said: Village Voice review:
Seamless but faceless electro-pop for yawning arenas
by Alfred Soto Sooner or later the '90s had to return, and not fast enough for Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory. Their fourth album, Seventh Tree, perfects the boutique electronica in which they've specialized since 2000; if silvery female mumbles atop beds of keyboards is your thing, then you can put away that Sneaker Pimps record. The rest of us can mumble about the dubious pleasure of Goldfrapp's taxidermy, especially when the likes of Roisin Murphy have shaken off embalmment and realized that "pretty" oxidizes into "fusty" when you're listening with your ears instead of your feet. This whole thing sounds great, though: rue, clenched fists, and closed eyes mixed at an arena pitch. "Cologne Cerrone and Houdini" isn't a Green Gartside number, but the best example of what Goldfrapp almost gets away with, thanks to rain-cloud synth strings and the almost creepy way in which Alison seems to coo with nary a wrinkle showing around the cheeks. "Eat Yourself" digests the pinched melancholy of Portishead circa 1995, complete with pseudo vinyl-scratch sound effects. But any one of these tracks could stand the more arresting sonic finery of 2006's "Ride on a White Horse," whose insistent hook compensated for an anonymity the duo was too cool to challenge. It's tempting to think that this regressive product might be transgressive—while Kylie, Britney, and Roisin twist themselves into ever more beguiling aural contortions, here's Alison and Will making like Everything But the Girl in 1996. But the tunes aren't there, and neither is Alison: She's committed to a kind of performative absentee balloting, wherein we note her name on the credits but wonder what—who—she is. The next Gallup poll must find out what constituency she represents. http://www.villagevoice.c...09,22.html I don't think the comparisons to EBTG and Sneaker Pimps are right. I get a distinct 70s vibe from Seventh Tree that I don't hear from the others at all. The album is also a lot more organic than those electronic artists from the 90s. I don't get that review. is it good or bad? I read one that said it was one big snoozefest because it's not a dance record like the last two. Christian Zombie Vampires | |
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sextonseven said: Fave song: "Some People"
Alison's voice is like honey on this one. That song really channels classic Wendy and Lisa in my opinion... | |
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superspaceboy said: sextonseven said: I don't think the comparisons to EBTG and Sneaker Pimps are right. I get a distinct 70s vibe from Seventh Tree that I don't hear from the others at all. The album is also a lot more organic than those electronic artists from the 90s.
I don't get that review. is it good or bad? I read one that said it was one big snoozefest because it's not a dance record like the last two. To me it sounds slightly negative. Metacritic decided the reviewer rated the album 7/10. | |
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MikeMatronik said: sextonseven said: I can talk about the new album now!  Are you liking it? what's your favorite tune? (I sure hope it's my beloved "Cerrone Cologne Houdini"? This song reminds me a lot of Serge Gainsbourg. The only song on the album that doesn't do anything for me is "Monster Love". Everything else is HOT HOT HOT. | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: MikeMatronik said: Well...let's see if this thread will be more sucessfull that the previous 11 or 15 threads I made about this release...since December!
We Americans don't cheat and steal. We wait until the proper release! I can't discuss it til Friday for that very reason
 It's Friday so hurry up and buy the album already! | |
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sextonseven said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: We Americans don't cheat and steal. We wait until the proper release! I can't discuss it til Friday for that very reason
It's Friday so hurry up and buy the album already! Thanks for reminding me! 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: sextonseven said: It's Friday so hurry up and buy the album already! Thanks for reminding me! The whole weekend has passed by and no comments from you about the album? What are you waiting for?  | |
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I'm really really liking this album.  Very dreamy.  "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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A brilliant album! This actually takes its influences more from Fleetwood Mac and Donovan (listen to Donovan's "Turqouise" because the instrumental could have been lifted off this album and no one would notice) than from any contemporary electronica artist. | |
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minneapolisgenius said: I'm really really liking this album.
Very dreamy.  | |
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Two weeks later and still no critique from Supa.  | |
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sextonseven said: minneapolisgenius said: I'm really really liking this album.
Very dreamy. So far I'm liking "Clowns" and "Happiness" the best. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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minneapolisgenius said: sextonseven said: So far I'm liking "Clowns" and "Happiness" the best. Look up the lyrics to "Clowns" if you haven't already. It's a trip.
My favorite is still "Some People". When I first heard it, I fast forwarded the song a little in my head and thought, "it would be really cool if the melody went like this" and a few seconds later it actually did go like how I had wanted.  Will and I were on the same wavelength.
The single "A&E" is hot too. That's been my myspace song for the last three months. | |
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I bought the album a couple of days ago. It's good.
As of now my favs include: Road to Somewhere A&E Cologne Cerrone Houdini I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the dirt. | |
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TWO U.S. DATES!
April 26th - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield April 29th - New York City, NY - The Beacon Theatre Tickets on sale this week! | |
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sextonseven said: TWO U.S. DATES!
April 26th - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield April 29th - New York City, NY - The Beacon Theatre Tickets on sale this week! God I'm going to miss that S.F. show by only a couple of days.  "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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minneapolisgenius said: sextonseven said: TWO U.S. DATES!
April 26th - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield April 29th - New York City, NY - The Beacon Theatre Tickets on sale this week! God I'm going to miss that S.F. show by only a couple of days. You can't make the Netherlands show on April 12th? | |
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European live shows:
Apr 12 - Motel Mozaique - Rotterdam, Netherlands Apr 16 - Casino de Paris - Paris, France Apr 18 - Royal Festival Hall - London, England Jun 21 - De Le Warr Pavilion - Bexhill-on-Sea, England Jun 22 - Birmingham Symphony Hall - Birmingham, England Jun 23 - Bridgewater Hall - Manchester, England Jun 25 - Royal Albert Hall - London, England Jun 30 - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - Glasgow, Scotland Jul 1 - Sage Gateshead - Gateshead, England | |
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no Portugal?
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sextonseven said: minneapolisgenius said: God I'm going to miss that S.F. show by only a couple of days. You can't make the Netherlands show on April 12th? Nope. I leave next week for the U.S. until the end of April.
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minneapolisgenius said: sextonseven said: You can't make the Netherlands show on April 12th? Nope. I leave next week for the U.S. until the end of April.
Feel free to pass through NY and I'll console you.  | |
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