Seventh Tree

that this is even considered to be an album i MUST hear before i die? joke ting

Music to put the baby to sleep that unfortunately didn’t put the baby to sleep

I entered the astral plane.

Udda skiva, skön att lyssna på och rätt spännande ljudlandskap med balla synthar. Låtarna sticker inte ut direkt så det blir en 3/5 som ej hamnar på iPoden

I'm very surprised by this album. I didn't know what to expect, but it has great compositions that evolve genres like indie pop music into other more substancial, or original sounds, by mixing layers of acoustic instruments with other electronic sounds and arrangements, building a beautiful and warm album with some great songs. And I am not a fan of indie pop, but this album is absolutely gorgeous.

It’s like Real Human Being vibes over a whole album. I really like it, even if it’s a bit samey. Would make for great working/reading music. Or just chilling in the backyard vibes.

I'd never heard this album before and really enjoyed it. Her voice and the music made me feel I was floating on gossamer wings.

Nope

It was OK but didn't do that much for me

Pleasantly dreamy.

first i mistook it for an obnoxious pop album. but after giving it some more room, hidden layers and a surprising depth are beginning to open up. it's still on the unbearable soft edge of my acceptance spectrum, but i have to admit that i kinda like it.

I was not previously familiar with the artist or album. This is a synth pop album. It somehow feels familiar but I can't put my finger on why. It's interesting to listen to but is a bit too poppy for me. I am happy to have heard it once but probably wouldn't come back to it.

I don't know Goldfrapp as well as I should, shamefully, but I do know some of the dancier numbers and didn't know they'd gone in this more acoustic direction. I loved it, I thought it was a wonderful album.

It's quite frankly not really what I'd normally listen, but I still really enjoyed it as chill-out music. Really relaxing.

Favorite songs: Clowns, Little Bird, Road to Somewhere, Eat Yourself, Cologne Cerrone Houdini 3.5

2.4

Enjoyment: 6/10 Replayability: 7/10 Cohesion: 7/10 Flow/Pacing: 6/10 Artistic Merit: 5/10 Weighted Average: 6.25/10 Review: Poppy, electric music that's mimicking the folk genre. I don't dislike it's dreamy nature, but each track blends together and I can only remember a couple of the melodies after a couple of listens through. Would listen again. Liked Song(s): Little Bird, Happiness, Caravan Girl Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes Heard Before? No

This was ok. I like the vocals and the instrumentals but nothing really captured my attention the way the first Goldfrapp album did.

The epitome of mid boomer album picks from Mr. Dimery. Just mildly pleasant pop that goes nowhere interesting. Rating: 6/10

Pleasant, but unremarkable.

Totally listenable, but it doesn't really get off the ground.

Lovely and hypnotic

Oof. I wasn't digging this at all. I think I was expecting something more like Black Cherry which i was familiar with and this didn't resonate

This is a very important album in my music listening journey. Before this came out in early 2008, I mostly listened to individual songs rather than full albums, and this record's consistently warm and beautiful atmosphere changed that for me. That probably would have happened anyway around the same time with some other album if this one didn't exist, as I was already becoming more interested in the idea of the Album, but this was the one that made me take that extra step, and for good reason. This is the perfect lazy spring-summer afternoon album. Everything here sounds so cozy and inviting. Sunny, but not particular uplifting, in fact it's somewhat melancholic. It sounds like running through a meadow into a forest, but in a dream. That seems a bit corny, but it's true! Even though there are highlights here, I'd say this is enjoyed best a full album experience. In fact, there are pairs of songs that sound somewhat similar, like "Clowns" and "Eat Yourself", or "Some People" and "Monster Love". And then there are the ones that break (just a little) from the mold, like the bouncy "A&E" or the climatic pop of "Caravan Girl". This saw Goldfrapp take a left turn in their career. After the two quite popular Electropop albums Black Cherry (2003) and Supernature (2005), they seem to intentionally take a step back from the limelight with this one, or it just didn't produce the hits in the same way for the general public, which is a shame, but that may be because, as I mentioned above, this is more of about the Album than about the hightlights. As a follow-up, Goldfrapp went head first into Synthpop on... well... Head First (2010), doing 80's revivalism way earlier than almost everyone else. And while that album didn't hit for the same as their other releases, they more than made up for it with 2013's sombre and conceptual Chamber Folk record Tales of Us. Goldfrapp remain pretty overlooked in general music discussion, being among late 90's Trip-Hop, mid-2000's Electroclash, or their later works. For me, however, this one remains a timeless pastoral masterpiece. Key tracks: Clowns Little Bird Happiness Road to Somewhere Some People A&E Cologne Cerrone Houdini Caravan Girl

Very peaceful

this was a workshop in making good music bad

This is like if good music was bad

It's just very lovely.

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It was a fine listen. Some nice synthy folk pop. Didn’t blow my mind or leave a lasting impression. Don’t see myself coming back to it but enjoyed it enough while it lasted.

Definitely enjoyed this. Pretty, dreamy, ethereal.

better than i expected, good background music

So bland it could be American.

Perfectly good music to have on in the background, but there isn't really enough substance for it to be something I would ever give my undivided attention. Each song sounds more or less the same, and none of them really go anywhere or do anything that interesting. It was a perfectly pleasant experience, but at the same time it was pretty uninteresting and I just wish there were more to it. It's like you have a skeleton of a great album, but they just forgot to give it all the meat that makes it interesting.

not my favorite of her albums but still a classic

is this ooh la la or strict machine it is neither, it seems to be folk, what is real anymore not quite all folk, kind of its own thing i guess? it's nice, chill 💥happiness 💥a&e 💥caravan girl

Very surprised to see these guys again, I had never heard of them. Once again it's pretty good music, this time it was more ambient/soft rock instead of pure electronic. I won't be listening but I'll know to give #respect to any #goldfrapps I see in the future

First time hearing the band.I understand they were doing something different with their sound here. It is very listenable and features interesting sounds from acoustic to electronic. I see Kate Bush coming up next for me and I can't help but compare..unfavorably for Goldfrapp. However, that bar is quite high. Enjoyed this record!

I hated the first of their albums I had to listen to in this project, I hate this one even more. Starting to think there are about 400 albums you need to hear before you die, and 601 that some pretentious jerk-off thinks you should hear because he likes them. but I would guarantee that if you played a random deep track from this album he wouldn't even recognize it.

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Sometimes it’s a good thing you can write a review a day later. I can't remember anything about this album.

A nice listen good tunes lyrics and voices.

Laid back, soothing, melodic, sweet, chilled, dreamy, pleasant. Yes I could very much listen to this again.

I swear the generator thinks I have too much excitement in my life. My last 6 albums have all been down tempo. Wikipedia describes this as being: "Folktronica, ambient, downtempo, dream pop." I think I need a slap in the face to wake up. Certainly slap me in the face if I complain about the next album being too raucous. This is completely inoffensive soft pop. The generator could probably give it to me again in a year and I wouldn't recognise it. Her voice is beautiful and soars effortlessly "A&E" did stand out and was interested to see that it is also the most listened to on Spotify. I did add that track to my "relax" playlist so that means I should probably rate the album a 4? There is just enough variety in the tracks to do that. Feeling generous today.

Laaaangweilig!

Correct en vrais mais pas fou

I usually quite like Goldfrapp, but this just kind of washed over me and was forgotten pretty quickly. Not sure why it's on the list.

I'm going through some annoying shit right now so I didn't get to give it my full attention. I tried, I really did. Anyway, I really liked a few of these tracks and enjoyed the rest as far as I was able to process them. Pretty darn good.

Ethereal and dreamy. Like a warm drive through a forest with the windows down. I like it but I dunno why it's on this list

It was ok. Way listening but nothin special

Felt too polished to be this boring. Soz for the 2

Is this another case of the algorithm being manually overridden by the 1001 creator, because I learned that this weekend was "talk like a pirate day", and here is a pirate sitting on my desk waiting to be listened to? I quite enjoyed this all the way through, they have such a nice diversity of genre blended in here.

This is one of those albums where you definitely had to be there to understand the vibe. I was there and so appreciated the hit of nostalgia from this thing. But I can definitely see why if you weren't there, this wouldn't be enjoyable.

3 it was fine. Honestly, wouldn't be able to tell who it was a month later. Disappointing as I was looking forward to it.

Really nice soft sound. The electronic details keep it from feeling too plain.

Smooth, deep and atmospheric. Will listen again.

Beautiful but not memorable

Just… not my thing

This was good. New artists to me.

What the hell did I just listen to

It's not bad! There are some songs, like Happiness, that I enjoy, but it's the sort of album that's easy to zone out during. Maybe that's just on me for listening to it while I work. Does feel very late 00s-early 10s, which is fine I guess.

very pleasant but also very samey. not bad. not great. “happiness” jumps out as the strongest track.

ugh.1

I really enjoyed her first three albums, then things went off the boil I find this collection underwhelming Really, only Monster Love gets my attention, with the rest fading into the background

Pleasant. Didn't do anything for me.

Like a fine lace curtain, it's ephemeral, a bit pretty, and barely there.

Album : 19/1089 Songs known going in : 0/10 Favourite song : Clowns Cover Art: feels country doesn't really match the vibe of the album Rating :9/10 Notes : Her voice is stunning Clowns was an instant like. Had to hit it with an instant relisten because my ears are blessed. The upbeat nature of happiness is welcome even if the lyrics are basic. Vocals in Some people remind me of Kate Bush which is possibly one of the highest regards I can give a vocalist. Overall I think her voice lends better to a clowns type of song which isnt the predominent sound of the album but regardless I'm a fan.

Lovely!

Alright

Really boring but in the best way possible.

Apart from a couple songs, I would listen again. The album is soothing and it's an easy listen.

very safe which is fine

Preferred their other by a large margin. This was fine, pretty inoffensive, but very boring. Generous 3

It was close to getting a 5.

Familiar with this band only for their single ‘Ooh La La” (which I think was a free iTunes song of the day) I can’t say this album grabbed me or made me want to explore the artist more.

I wasn’t super blown away from this. I definitely think there are some amazing highlights on here that blend smooth, psychedelic sounding production with the uniqueness of her vocals but then there are other songs that I think have some weird sounding production, some slower more boring moments or some moments where I thought her voice was a bit off.

Nothing special but I like the mood of the songs and her voice.

This is fine, I guess. A little more folky pastoral style than I've previously heard from Goldfrapp, but pleasant enough. I actually listened a few days ago and I'm having trouble even recalling one of these tracks from this album, so that tells you how much of an impression it made. I do recall some nicely sung vocals but the music seems to wash over me, leaving little trace

Cool LP cover. Lame music.

Urtrea

Svårt. Bitvis rätt fint och snyggt, bitvis tokbjäring. 2a, inte minst måste man ju protestera mot att goldfrapp dyker upp en andra jävla gång, samtidigt som exempelvis James Brown bara har EN (live)skiva med. Rick James = 0. Helt orimligt

Intetsägande! Blir inte sugen på mer. Tur att hon åtminstone har en lustig mössa. Britter va

Helt ok. En nypa bjäring men om man investerar mer tid kanske

Only got the chance to play this once. Enjoyed it, look forward to playing again, I’m sure it’s a grower

I enjoyed this but don’t know that I’d come back to it. Does she sound like Kylie Minogue to anyone else??

Of the Goldfrapp albums, this seems like an unexpected inclusion on the list? I would give Supernature (the precursor to this album) a 5: THAT is a stacked album and surely a peak of "electroclash" or whatever glitzy mid 2000s subgenre. And I feel like their debut is probably the most well respected of their albums (also quite good). Sorry I'm going to spend half the review talking about a different album again. Seventh Tree is interesting because it feels like the classic "return to nature/wholesome" album that comes after the trashy/maximalist pop of Supernature. And as a result I just don't connect with it quite as much. Lots of lovely songs and I remember really liking Caravan Girl at the time. I maybe even bought this album for my mum as a present? The standout for me is A&E, an absolutely gorgeous song that I think deserves so much acclaim. It really transports me away somewhere. Stunning.

Uhhhh...

never heard them before and always thought they were a full-on electronic band as they’re on mute. pretty good indie folkish with electronics

very nice

favs: happiness eat yourself some people caravan girl monster love rating 2.5/5

Fine. Good background music

Goldfrapp are a bit too robots in love to really grip me, but I found this album to be a gorgeous listen. A&E aside, it was all new, and I’m not convinced I’ll be thinking about it in a few weeks time, but in the moment, I liked it

it’s just psychedelic pop so it’s PEAK 4.4/5

Album #263 Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree I won’t lie, I did grimace when I saw that there was a second Goldfrapp album on this list; it’s not like the first album from them I heard was the worst thing ever or anything, but it was extremely derivative and quite boring. It’s never a good introduction to a band that you’ve never heard of when it feels like you’ve heard their songs a million times over already. I’ve tried not to reveal too much about the contents of the list as to keep some surprise alive for myself, but I’m certain that I could probably list 1000 artists that deserve to have an album let alone two that don’t appear on this list, yet here we are with our second effort from ‘Goldfrapp’ a band whose music is as lame as it’s name. But I’ll be honest, Seventh Tree does in fact feel like quite a step up from their debut. It seems that the band has actually established their own sound here; it is still generically dreamy, channelling the likes of Kate Bush and Enya, but they manage to present that sound through their own voice. They also lean far more into straight-up pop here, leaving behind the middling trip-hop and Portishead worship of their debut, and I think they are a lot better for it. The lead singer has a voice that lends itself well to the dreamy yet vibrant style of 80s pop, and I can hear some influences from that era on some of the poppier tracks. Now, do I think the album is good enough to warrant Goldfrapp a second album? No, but it at least serves the purpose of proving that the band does have more to them than it first seemed; though we could have avoided the whole debacle by simply leaving off Felt Mountain. Best Songs: Happiness, A&E, Caravan Girl Worst Song: Eat Yourself Score out of 10: 7

Fine and all, just not really for me. This slow moving Trip Hop thing isn't really my thing and probably won't ever be. There's a lot of interesting touches here and it does help to pay attention to it. Just too slow to really bring it to my attention however.

This was not at all what I expected from what I know of Goldfrapp, but it was an unexpected delight. Really enjoyed listening to this on a quiet Sunday morning.

If you told me to guess which Goldfrapp album was here, this would be my fourth or fifth guess. But I adore Goldfrapp and I'll gladly take any and all Goldfrapp albums they put on here. It's a beautiful record.

Pleasant enough, but kind of forgettable.

Seventh Tree was an absolutely beautiful album. I have heard Goldfrapp's prior album on this list (Felt Mountain) and while i thought that one was a good listen, i still thought it was missing something and some of the songs kinda meandered along without doing all too much. This album though, has neither issue. Like i said, this album had some absolutely beautiful moments with each element of the album from the synths, to the strings, to the vocals all complimenting each other greatly and giving this album it's lovely vibe. Granted there were a few songs i did not vibe with for one reason or another but overall, this album is actually very good. Best Song: Some People Worst Album: Cologne Cerrone Houdini

Just a bit of a boring nothingburger. Writing this review a couple of hours after listening to it, not really much stuck in my memory. I am sure nothing will have remained in a couple of days from now, unfortunately. 1/5