Track Listing

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. Short Film [DVD]
2. A & E [DVD]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4143 in Music
• Released on: 2008-02-26
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Limited deluxe two disc (CD + PAL/Region 0 DVD) edition of this 2008 release, the fourth studio album by the Electronic duo. This deluxe package contains a bonus DVD featuring a documentary, 'A&E' music video and a Q&A session, presented in card picture sleeves housed in a deluxe clamshell picture box complete with handwritten lyric book, fold out poster and postcards. Seventh Tree sees the duo return to the more ethereal feel of their debut Felt Mountain as opposed the glitter glamour of Supernature. Here they use elements of Folk and Ambient music, and display influence from Gallic stars such Air and Serge Gainsbourg, all resulting in a warm, delicate, irresistible album. Features 10 tracks including the single 'A&E'. Mute.

Amazon.co.uk
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 of 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

A rich, multi-faceted, beautiful work of art
All of the Goldfrapp albums are rich works of art, but that is especially true in the case of "Seventh Tree." Here more than ever, sound, music and that remarkable voice, are just the mediums by which Will Gregory and Alison Goldfrapp convey their artistic vision.

Although Alison has explained how there is more "space" in the music of "Seventh Tree" than in, say, "Supernature," where, as she put it, there is always something popping or exploding within the soundscape ... the depth of work that is presented here is staggering. I have listened to this album over and over hundreds of times now, and seen it performed live twice, and still, whatever I choose to focus on in any of the tracks, I find to remarkably more abundant than in the work of any other modern performer. Where other albums might be a stream to skip through, "Seventh Tree" is an ocean to swim in ... where another artist's track is something to listen to, "Seventh Tree" is a world to live in.

My favorite performance on the album is "Some People." In the lyrics, Alison is cutting sharply into her own skin, and in the structure of the piece, one finds something much more akin to a short story than a song. But if you just want to hear some terrific music, listen to the violins, listen to the prowling piano riffs that mark the developments in story.

Follow the album up with the single of "Caravan Girl" that has the choral version of that song ... the finest audio recording I've ever heard, and the only one that has surpassed the best vinyl I've been privileged to hear.

Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree 7.5/10
British electronica duo Goldfrapp (named after singer and frontwoman Alison Goldfrapp) have been slowly gaining in popularity since the beginning of the millennium and their debut album Felt Mountain. Fusing Goldfrapp's talented vocals with instrumentalist Will Gregory's dance-punk synthesizers and array of sounds, Goldfrapp has become a fixture on the European club scene. It's surprising, then, that their latest album, Seventh Tree, takes such a divergent musical route.

It takes about six and a half minutes before a casual listener might realize their listening to an electronica outfit, as a drum machine explodes onto the scene halfway through "Little Bird." Whereas previous albums focused on Gregory's innovative beats and textures, Seventh Tree's focus is on Goldfrapp's lovely, breathy voice.

While the down tempo ballads that start off the album might initially turn off fans, later songs such as "Happiness" feature beautiful, multi-tracked vocals and a bouncy pop beat and build a pleasant vibe that continues, with just a few bumps in the road (see snoozer "Eat Yourself"), for the rest of the record.

Perfect!! Too bad they can't please everyone...
I can't believe people criticize this album for being different from their previous ones. Isn't that what originality is about? It would be really boring if they all sounded the same. Of course, all 4 albums have been completely different from each other, so what? They've all been great! My favorite will always be Black Cherry but I enjoy the rest as well. Seventh Tree reminds me a bit of Felt Mountain, but more energizing overall. Alison's voice is so beautiful, one of the best I've heard. Any true Goldfrapp fan will love this album, otherwise it means you only like one or two songs from years ago.