Seventh Tree [SPECIAL EDITION]

Goldfrapp

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 24, 2008)
• Original Release Date: November 25, 2008
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Special Edition
• Label: Mute U.S.
• ASIN: B001IF266C
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #112,458 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Clowns

2. Little Bird

3. Happiness

4. Road to Somewhere

5. Eat Yourself

6. Some People

7. A&E

8. Cologne Cerrone Houdini

9. Caravan Girl

10. Monster Love

Disc: 2

1. Clowns [DVD][Live][Instrumental]

2. Happiness [DVD][Live]

3. You Never Know [DVD][Live]

4. Caravan Girl [DVD][Live]

5. Monster Love [DVD][Live]

6. Little Bird [DVD][Live]

7. A&E [DVD]

8. Happiness [DVD]

9. Caravan Girl [DVD]

10. Clowns [DVD]

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Two disc (CD + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) Special Edition of their 2008 release, which includes the complete original album, plus a bonus DVD that contains tracks filmed live on the Summer Solstice at the magnificent De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea earlier this year plus backstage footage from the show. The DVD also features the fantastic videos for hit singles 'A&E', 'Happiness' and 'Caravan Girl' as well as live performances of 'Clowns' and 'Road to Somewhere' from a TV special on Goldfrapp. Mute.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lyrics, please..., March 5, 2009

By	G. Tarter "gtarter" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

While I think this is a fantastic product, I have to berate all the people who are quoting it's lyrics - incorrectly!! Clowns starts off with "Only clowns would play with those balloons/what d'ya wanna look like Barbie for?" clearly an indictment of plastic surgery. And the little bird chorus is "July, ly, ly" not do you lie lie lie! The orignial deluxe edition has a hand written lyric booklet with drawings, both by Alison herself. It is difficult to decipher what she is singing, but don't post lyrics if you don't know them! Additionally, this is not a departure in sound for them, but more of a return to their inital sound from the first album "Felt Montain." Goldfrapp are more complex than simply an electro-clash dance band...And as for releasing 2 deluxe versions, both with separate additional content, I am so tired of record companies doing this in a staggered fashion - why not release all versions at the same time and let us decide? Or simply do one deluxe version with all extra content...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent (again!!!), December 10, 2008

By	Joao M. A. Crespo (Santos, Sao Paulo Brazil) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Alison did it again.
After an incredible "de luxe" package for "Supernature", she achieved the same for "Seventh Tree" !
The cd comes with a 40 minutes DVD with incredible content: Goldfrapp playing live + video + tv appearences. Excelent purchase !

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feeling like I needed you, January 30, 2009

By	E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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 vocals.

It opens with the mellow rippling guitar, overlaid with an ethereal fog of sorrowful violins, a touch of synth, clips of birds singing happily. "Only clowns would play with dull balloons," Alison Goldfrapp sings in a girlish slur. It's pretty hard to hear what's she singing ("Roasting, roasting, roast indeed, mahogany"), but the exquisite quality of the music makes up for it.

This is where you know it's all going to work.

And she doesn't disappoint in the songs after, startling with the quivering synth and satiny vocals of "Little Bird" ("We dance by the sea/the land of blue and gold/is where we were free/do you lie, lie lie?") and catchy, sunny "Happiness." And it sets the tone for some of the songs that follow -- exquisitely sensuous pop melodies, odd chorale ballads, dramatic electronica, and the sprightly dancy chamberpop of "Caravan Girl."

The highlight has to be "A&E," a warm fragile little melody spun that ripples with piano and soft keyboard. And as the melody picks up into a swirling instrumental speckled with electronic blips, the tone turns a bit darker. "I was trying to phone you when I'm crawling out the door.... I was feeling lonely, feeling blue/Feeling like I needed you/Like I've woken up surrounded by me/A&E..."

Most bands can't pull off a total change of sound -- they're going to disappoint a lot of, and often the quality of their music suffers because they're simply not used to this style. Fortunately Goldfrapp is not one of those bands -- it's hard to imagine anyone being turned off by the lush, bittersweet sound of this album.

The songs are spun out of a lot of acoustic instruments -- waves of elegant strings and a low-key piano, with some acoustic guitar and jazzy drums to keep the melodies grounded. But they haven't totally abandoned electronica -- there's a trip-hoppy downtempo flavour to these songs, mostly expressed in warm, misty synth that gently wraps around the chamberpop and folky melodies. But you do get some kooky catchy organ again toward the end.

And Alison Goldfrapp sounds like she's having fun. Her flexible, silky voice can become whatever the melody requires of her -- girly slurring, terrifying perkiness ("We're here to welcome you!"), an otherworldly balladeer -- but most of the time she sounds lovelorn and wistful.

And while the music may be more accessible, the songs she sings are flavoured with depression, moments stolen with a lover you'll never really have, and even drug overdoses ("It's a blue, bright blue Saturday, hey hey/And the pain has started to slip away/I'm in a backless dress on a pastel ward that's shining/Think I want you still/But it may be pills at work").

Assuming you don't already have the full album already, this deluxe version is a great find -- it has some really gorgeous live performances (which sometimes look/sound like fairy rock concerts), interludes from a TV show, and a cluster of music videos.

These are particular treats -- there's the lushly pastoral "A&E" with a disheveled Alison in the middle of a forest,surrounded by dancing leaf/tree monsters and woodland animals; "Happiness" follows a chirrupy white-clad guy who hops everywhere; and "Caravan Girl" is a peppy, quick affair that follows a girl who skateboards far from home.

Goldfrapp have really outdone themselves in the shimmering, exquisite "Seventh Tree," a sharp deviation from their previous music. Utterly spellbinding from beginning to end.