Felt Mountain

Perfectly fit my melancholy mood.

"Felt Mountain" is the debut album by English electronic duo Goldfrapp. The music fits into the electronica, ambient and trip hop genres with influences of 60's pop and folk. The album was self-produced by Goldfrapp members Will Gregory (keyboards, string/brass arrangements) and Allison Goldfrapp (vocals, keyboards). Critically, the album was well-received and commercially hit #57 in the UK eventually in 2001. Their first single "Lovely Head" opens the album with Allison whistling. A drumbeat, ambient synths and harpsichord come in. Allison whispers, the synths become mysterious and eerie and this sounds like they were definitely auditioning for a song in the latest James Bond movie. That's a theme throughout. It's about being in love with someone who's not in love with you. They continue that seductive vibe in "Human." This time a mambo-style beat is added. Strings also. "Pilots" amps up the drama a bit. The strings and keyboards give the song a little more ambient feel. The music is perfect for the song's theme of floating in space. The self-titled "Felt Mountain" veers even more into dreamy ambiance. Mostly synths with a singular drumbeat and handclaps. Allison is mostly singing in a high pitch and making noises, no real lyrics, I guess creating an atmosphere as this song was inspired by the thought of a wolf trapped in a house and looking out in to a snowy landscape. Slow synth-piano keys begin "Utopia." What sounds like opera vocals in the background. Strings. The music and vocals build and get louder. A song about genetic engineering and fascism. The music on this album is seductive, mysterious and dramatic. I read that the album was supposedly written as a soundtrack. That's exactly what it sounds like. The music and vocals are perfect for the atmosphere they are trying to create and the lyrical themes ( love lost and more dreamy sci-fi subjects). There are a lot of similar sounding songs but they do mix it up with cabaret and a mambo-style songs. Overall, this kept my interest throughout.

Meh

Lovely

A boring version of Portishead

Movie soundtrack feels. Liked more than I thought I would.

Love chill vibes music but this is so chill it's asleep.

Nice moody electronic album with a fresh take on the trip-hop sound.

Blassiker men mer av ett vinteralbum nog

When I saw that Goldfrapp was considered electronic pop, I thought, “Great! Maybe l’ll hear something like Yaz or the Eurythmics” but this album is very different than those bands. None of the songs moved me. Many of the songs felt like themes for James Bond. Color me underwhelmed.

calling this electronica is a stretch. like james bond music if it was longer and more boring.

4.0

I quite liked "Lovely Head" and "Paper Bag". They were a little bluesy/jazzy ethereal. "Oompah Rider" was carousel music on acid. The rest of it was a little too meh for my tastes. A lot of the tracks sounded like the soundtrack to some 90's arthouse film that was going for a "deep" feel. It wasn't a bad album, but it wasn't much to begin with.

Felt Mountain is the debut album by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp. This electronica/ambient/trip-hop album takes musical influences from pop, folk, and cabaret, and gives it an electronic sounding twist. Felt Mountain was critically acclaimed and described as elegant, graceful, and enchanting. It sold a total of 500,000 copies worldwide two and a half years after release, and has been certified gold in the UK. This was a beautiful album of folksy electronica music. Felt Mountain is a fun listen and I'm sure most people would love it like I did.

Couldn't do it. Like who is listening to this. I had had enough, looked at Spotify and Deer Stop was on. I was like yes, ok dear stop!!!

They were still finding their natural energy in this album it sounds like. It's all pretty interesting, though not mind blowing.

Came out in 2000, felt like it came out 50 years prior. Was way too pretentious and dull.

Incredibly creative and sonically diverse. Categorizing this thing into one genre would be impossible

This is art pop that really works. Creative and different without being too weird to get into. Standout is "Utopia".

Cool vibe. None of the songs really stand out though.

Honestly, I really liked how atmospheric this felt. I wouldn't put this album on if I needed a musical jolt to wake me up, but it's perfect if I wanted something soothing with a bit of electronic life.

Overall a good album. Kinda had a James Bond vibe, at least that's what it sounded to me. Lots of good tracks, that i enjoyed quite a lot, but sadly also quite a few that aren't really that noteworthy. It's so close to a 5 star for me, if it wasn't for the other songs. Favorite songs: Lovely Head Human Pilots Utopia Horse Tears

A cross between a James Bond and an American Horror Story soundtrack. Either way, not very pleasant.

2.5/5

James Bond stumbles into Twin Peaks.

Un treball valent, molt atmosfèric, eteri, diferent. La veu d'Alison és realment especial i els arranjament i producció fan la seva feina. El problema: les cançons no arriben. Fredes, es queden a distància. Com una mena d'evolució de trip hop banyat en més electrònica i més proper al pop, però sense cap tema que destaqui especialment

Have had some seriously shit electronica albums from the generator recently. Glad to say this is not one of them

I'll revisit, but I'm compelled to call them the modern day Eurythmics.

Nah bro. I’ve done my electronica DJ bullshit time already. No more. This is weak, weird crap that I don’t like.

This is kind of a cool concept. like a melting classic golden age of hollywood soundtrack. I am feeling this album this morning, its a fun ride!

Oof, not for me. I’d say this album is a fitting soundtrack for a pretentious coffee shop, but can’t keep up with the bangers on this list. Won’t be revisiting anytime soon.

perfectamente mediocre música de ascensor.

Kinda weird. Would've left it at that if it wasn't for the last two songs, which are quite nice

oompah radar is so silly i love it

I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS

lovely and weird. 3 stars.

Bigger than I expected. They were always just ok for me and I never knew there was much more than a bit of nice pop about them. I really liked this though.

goldcrapp

I thought I would like this more than I did because I'm familiar with Black Cherry and Supernature and I liked Seventh Tree despite not being AS synthpop as those two albums. I enjoyed the listen and it gives more context to their later works but Felt Mountain is just a bit too lonely for my tastes.

Slow. I like later goldfrapp a lot more

Je vais pas mal réutiliser les mêmes commentaires que la dernière fois. Je l'ai peut-être un tantinet plus apprécié parce qu'il me semblait plus cozy. 6.5/10

This whole album felt like an awful Bond soundtrack.

A good chunk sounds like the intro songs to James Bond movies. Or that’s just sway of what’s been around me lately, cause apparently everyone just kinda ignored the first song using Strawberry Fields’ melody. The most unexpected cool thing was finding a sample of an unreleased Tyler, the Creator song called “WTF right now”

Oh this isn’t good

Definitely cinematic. Definitely a bit mad.

I liked this more than the other one I got. Not that that one was bad or anything, but I dig the vibe more on this one. My favourite song was Paper Bag, I think.

This was a strange album, not the typical goldfrapp. Sounded more like some chromatics or other alternative type vs electronic. I skipped quite a bit.

Not one but two Goldfrapp albums are "must listens before we die"? I'm not sold. This one at least has "Human," which I'm kind of hearing for the first time in this context, but I know the sample from Kanye's "Freestyle 4" and the Tyler/A$AP Rocky remix that followed. Other than that, not much going on here. The other track I stored because it was goofy, so that's a consolation. We didn't need this one either. Favorite tracks: Human, Oompa Radar. Album art: I do like this cover a lot, and when I saw it pop up I could've swore this was the album with "Ooh La La." I was wrong. But yeah, this one is really memorable to me, it's been in my head for many years. 2.5/5

Not even remotely what I was expecting, and I imagine that at another time in my life, I would be into this mopey album, but it's just unrelenting. Oompah Radar has a glimmer of humor. Goldfrapp has a lovely voice. This simply isn't doing it for me.

I get it but not my style of electro pop

Felt like I was stuck in a weird James Bond movie

4.0 - It’s got a noir futurism that I like. I’m imagining a cut scene from Blade Runner in which Harrison Ford’s character is watching the hot fembot sing some jazzy lounge number at an upscale cocktail bar. She could be lip synching to “Lovey Head.” I like the distorted vocal effect that sounds somewhere between a whistle and a mechanized dolphin cry (see “Pilots”).

The songs with more beat are really good - songs like Human with its mystical beats, Oompa Radar with its carnival ambience and Utopia. The down beat songs like Deer Stop are made good by the excellent vocals. The title of the album describes it perfectly.

I was familiar with “Lovely Head”, and its eerie synths as well as “Utopia”, which have made it onto our dinner and chill playlists over the last few years. This is a very quiet album, a bit like Portishead without the beats and a mellow, baroque pop influence. Goldfrapp has a lovely voice that she’s not afraid to distort, the production is elegant and varies subtly from track to track. Pitchfork said that “the songs aren't all that different from one another", which might be true on the surface, but in fact they borrow from many different styles. Close to a 5 for me.

Its unfortunate that trip hop music sounds so dated so quickly and even more unfortunate for Goldfrapp that other groups such as Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky or DJ Shadow were much better at it. I glanced at the global ratings and one descriptor came up more than any other "boring", and I can't disagree. Overall this album sounds like John Williams scoring a Bond theme while sleepwalking.

5/10. Eh, Seventh Tree was a lot more enjoyable

Seemed more inventive but less good than the other Goldfrapp album on the list. 6/10

Every artist in the world of music who breaks the barrier of the easy formula, the sameness of the fashion of a decade or the convention of the record companies ends up standing out. Technical quality and stylistic harmony define this album.

Très mélodieux. On dirait des chants entre le sommeil te le réveil. C'est eerie, tranquille. Méchant contraste par rapport au metal du début de semaine. Ça vient pas tant me chercher par contre à date. (Début d'album, la fin est nice). C'est du gros stock pour la fille qui chante dans le 5ème élément! Mood tranquille, aucun stress.

Dramatic, a bit spooky and weird. I would only select this for very few choice scenarios

One of my fav albums ever, glad to find it here.

Forgettable: I don't really remember this album at all with no heavy hitting songs to make you cry or sing along. Just meh but on the slightly bad side with a lot of the album being goofy noises and it flowing badly if anything.

The whole album sounds the same to me. And that sound is James Bond movie theme song. 2.5

Melancholic whimsy.

portashed

Not memorable the other goldfrapp was better

nothing to write home ab

Woow zelf buiten het ye sample vond ik dit een geweldige ontdekking. Heel mooi

5/9

We have Portishead at home: 5/10

day 11. on this episode of “never tell me the odds”: the odds of me drawing not 1 but TWO Goldfrapp albums by day 11… what is this. I once again have no idea how to describe this. some of it has a sexy-mysterious-haunting vibe I kinda like (first few songs & Horse Tears), but it got too weird and la-la-la and creepy clown for my taste in the middle with Deer Stop through Oompah Radar. I guess I do feel like I was taken on a strange, Alice in wonderland type journey and I dig albums that can take me away, so I kinda get it. I think I liked Seventh Tree more, but I’m not sure that I’ll be revisiting either of these enough to feel confident in that opinion. 2.5/5 rounded down to 2, maybe I’ll listen again if I’m in a weird mood, idk yet faves: Human, Lovely Head, Utopia

One of those albums I wanted to enjoy more than I actually did. The duo nails a perfect blend of 50s lo-fi nostalgia with early-aughts indie sensibility when it comes to the instrumentation, but there's not nearly enough melodic or rhythmic variation to wow consistently across the whole 40 minutes.

Atmospheric electronica with incredible vocals delivered in the lounge style. This album is all about the vibe. Dreamy, haunting, and evocative. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Utopia Date listened: 22/05/23

Deer Stop 🔂

Damn this is so good. Never heard this album before. IDK how you even classify Goldfrapp. Like 40s lounge singer, meets Bjork, meets Air, meets Phantomas? IDK. It's great though and pretty different from the stuff of theirs that I knew.

I didn't understand the point of any of this.I didn't understand the point of any of this. I heard "Utopia" once by itself and kind of liked it but I guess I can't take a whole album of whatever this was.

Way too down tempo...not my thing

not my kind

Dark, retro and weird (in a good way). Has a vaguely Shirley Bassey meets Joe Meek vibe. I know they're aiming for languid, but it frequently comes off as plodding. I don't hate it, but a little goes a long way. Fave Songs: Felt Mountain, Human, Horse Tears, Lovely Head, Paper Bag

This album has a nice, moody sparseness that pairs very well with her vocals, I enjoyed this more than I expected to!

Really Dreary and soft. I think there was more that went unexplored, but overall I enjoyed my time spent listening.

It's criminal for an album to be this good

pretty good, 3.5/5 stars

This is like a James Bond soundtrack written by aliens. A good ol' trip-hop album is always a welcome sight. Holy shit at "Utopia". It's been so long since I've heard a new song that instantly shot me into space. It's so beautiful. Loved it. A strong 4/5 rating from me.

Interesting, but not for me.

Not enough action for me.

This album was losing me until we got to the second last song, Utopia! That song saved the album for me. Overall, pretty good. Not quite my taste but worth a listen :)

really spacey but just meanders for a while not much music here human is used in a Kanye song which is funny 2.5

Idk what is that sonic synthy rubbery whistle thingy but I liked how it's used here.

This is a lovely, tuneful atmospheric album but drifts around a little over time.

Very Good 8,5/10

Goldfrapp? More like GoldCRAPP

Any time I listen to an album from 00’-08’ I have an overwhelming sense of gratitude that my formative musical years just avoided it. 2/5

Really haunting and beautiful album. I loved it from the get go. 😍 Love Alison Goldfrapp's vocals.

Cool stuff. I've heard the name Goldfrapp before, but only knew Utopia. I assumed she was kinda just an early 2000s synthpop act, so I was surprised how chamber music influenced this was. Lots of this sounds like bond music and with some cool influences of 60s space pop. Really liked this.

Snooze. There are so many better Goldfrapp albums than this one.

Good

okay vi kører

I guess someone had to try and be the next Shirley bassey! Very cool vibes, trip hop feel, although very light on the electronica. Alot of strings and old soul sounds with new age production. Pretty cool. Ill give it 4, although I don't see it getting into my usual rotation

I've swung a bit with this one. There was a point where I thought it was really growing on me, but ultimately I don't think it's got the quality I had hoped. It's definitely good, but not much better than that.

HL: "Lovely Head", "Human", "Pilots" Not even a day ago, I was reading about the pretty vocals in Snivilisation by Orbital to find out that they are in fact done by Alison Goldfrapp. And here she is again. Cool, experimental record. I wasn't too keen on the vocal distortion in "Deer Stop", but otherwise it joins the likes of Portishead's Dummy in chill-but-also-spooky records I enjoy March 16 2023

Very mellow trip hop and atmospheric album with sometimes bizarre vocals and song structures that meander around and don’t go anywhere. I didn’t enjoy this at all, and I’m not sure this would even be good background music as it’s a little distracting.

More interesting than expected

Aces. Atmospheric, cinematic, chilly and warm all at once. The hard heel turn Alison and Will took into the glam-rock stomp of Black Cherry put many people off, but I see the two as halves of a whole. Embracing the goddess in all her aspects.

An interesting album, though I'm not sure if I enjoyed it. Felt Mountain has a very experimental sound that I think, brings out sonically the difficulties in the recording process where Goldfrapp was often alone and disturbed by the mice and insects in the bungalow. Yikes. Generally I don't mind electronica, ambient and trip-hop sounds but the wailing lyrics brought it right down for me. Which is unfortunate, because when there was no wailing, it was really wasn't that bad. Best: Pilots Worst: Deer Stop

Beautiful, but a bit one mood.

Le genre de découverte qui fait plaisir

je dois aimer les bizarreries par nécessité d'anticonformisme

meh

Used to listen to this a lot when it came out

Very sadistic and slowed

Belle découverte !

as soon as Eric said that he hated this and it sucked I knew I would probably like it. And I did. just the right amount of weird.

Everyone I know who listens to this kind of "chill" music is the least chill person in the world.

3.5

Solid debut and a gorgeous sounding album. I really like Goldfrapp but for me this skirts outside the realm of essential when compared Black Cherry which is also on this list. File under: raspy post trip hop chill music

Banco. 7/10

this seems really creative and unique and i imagine if i was 25 and getting high with a girl i was hoping to make out with it would be the perfect choice but that doesn’t come up so much anymore

Didn't do it for me

I've always been a big fan of Goldfrapp, I remember when this came out I was instantly into it. Listening now it's hard to choose a favourite track but I think Utopia would have to be it.

Got a certain amount of pre-existing affection for this. Love a girl who runs her voice through a theremin - how could you not? Fave tracks - "Lovely Head" and "Utopia" are both pretty sublime. I for one enjoy the silliness of "Oompah Radar" 🤡

Two Goldfrapp albums in 1001?!

I’m giving a ⭐️ because I have no idea why this would be on a list of best albums of all time. Not even close.

2.7/5

finally something interesting. I heard about this album before, but never listened to it. didn't like it a lot. a bit boring and bland. but nice to hear something different than daddy rock

Super cool ambient electro pop Sounds like classic club music with a subtle modern electronic twist Flavours of jazz and swing Very sultry sound at times

Boring and samey

Paper Bag, Human, Felt Mountain, & Utopia

Tunghay.

ok

Incredibly moody and evocative, I can only imagine how much more refined her sound gets over time. The main thing holding the album back is the sameiness of the tracks, being too similar in tempo has the tracks all beginning to blend together too much without much time to let them be distinct.

Review tbc

Some cuts are music for a Bond movie, mostly in a good way, while others evoke classic film noir, generally to advantage. Better than Portishead, certainly, and probably on par with Saint Etienne, though not quite as good as St. Germain, and not aiming to be so chill anyway, all of which underscores the originality of this issue. One would perhaps prefer a litte more room for grooves and beats or just instrumental passages, because most are interesting and quite a few are lovely or intriguing or both. The use of strings and harpsichord is well and smoothly integrated with synths and the moderner instrumentation. The vocals, sometimes a bit overwrought, could perhaps be slignhtly de-empahsized to create a bit more space. Don't remember GF being so art song-y – chanson or lieder or whatever – but rather recalled a groovier, clubbier (though still continental vibe), which the other records (especially the notably poppier/rockier and once-included-now-banished Seventh Tree, which also has more fluid and superior vocals) are likely responsible for those misaligned recollections. The other are quite likable, too, and perhaps arguably more so than this, though only marginally. This is definitively worth knowing and listening to.

its like a film soundtrack. no idea what the film is about or even what type of film it is but it's probably the type of film i'd watch.

Big poppa! I've been to Felt Mountain and ate a large burger. It was like a dream. Ryan had chicken nuggets and felt sick. He ran all the way home.

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Enjoyed this. Hadn't realised quite how much there was a torch singer influence through these songs when I heard this back in the day. I appreciated the voice much more this time around. Fine and mellow indeed. Found myself wanting a little more oomph in a few places, just to mix it up a bit, but not bad.

This completely passed me by when it was first released. I listened to so little new music around the turn of the Century. It all sounds very sincere and serious - which kinda sums up that turn of the Millennium period. There's not a lot of joy here. Some days I just want some dumb shit rock 'n' roll. It got interesting with some of the Latino rhythms on Human. But it wasn't sufficient for me to jump up and down and act like a twat. Today was a jumping up and down and acting like a twat type of day. I should perhaps come back to this after I've had dental surgery.

Yikes! Human is a good song, other than that I have absolutely no interest in this. I genuinely can't tell sometimes if it's her voice or a theremin but either way it doesn't sound right.

Snooze

Out there and interesting

I like Goldfrapp in general, and I like the James Bond vibe of this album. I do not, however, dig the album art.

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I enjoyed it

At times the music was good. At other times not great. And at other times it sounded like circus music. The music is eccentric. The album felt like it was from a Bond film. I certainly don't want to listen to it again, but it is better than a one.

Very vibey, very cool. Definitely listen again

Down tempo and very eclectic. Like first 3 songs the most, easy to work to. Art rock like, hear Kate Bush influences along with electronic influences. Couple songs get a little over the top for me but overall really enjoyed this one. Liked Lovely Head, Human, Paper Bag, Felt Mountain. Don't like: Ompah Rider

nao curti muito, baixo astral

Nice, real nice

2000. Human, Lovely Head, Horse Tears, Utopia

Sounds like some rejected Bond songs from the Pierce Brosnan era.

Wow, this was boring. If they were shooting for a dream-like state, it worked, because a lot of it was putting me to sleep. There was no variety here, it was too ethereal. Nothing stood out from one song to the next. Moving on.

Meh. I mean, it's fine and all and Goldfrapp has a good voice with some nice sleepy musical accompaniment, but nothing overly memorable. They've got a couple catchy singles, neither of which are on this album, so if this is their best collection then call me bored. Electronica fails to excite once again.

I bought this album when it came out back in late 2000 based on a recommendation from someone at a favorite music store. I had no idea what it was even going to sound like. Music was kind of exciting like that back then when you took chances on an album without even hearing a single clip from it. I remember putting it on in the car and as soon as it started with that weird siren like sound I was like “Oh no, what the hell did I just buy?” But then the whistling at the beginning of “Lovely Head” starts and next the keyboard bass kicks in with the drums and harpsichord fill and finally Allison’s voice. I was sucked into an ethereal listen which pretty much lasted the whole ride home. The mix of electronic and natural instruments on this album with the added effect of Allison’s processed vocals taking the place of the keyboard at times was a great idea. I totally fell in love with it that first listen. Some tracks, like “Deer Stop” and “Oompa Radar” took a little longer but like any great album it becomes an indispensable part of the flow. Like “On the Run” from Dark Side of the Moon, you can’t imagine the album without it. Tracks like “Human”, “Pilots”, and “Utopia” are songs that have been favorites for years. It was great to revisit this album again for the top 1001 albums list and I can totally see why it should be on here. Even if you don’t like it, you have to admit that there aren’t many albums that sound like this.

Hän katsoo.. Hän näkee.. 2000.. Ei saatan helveette.. Sano ruuatsalainen.. kun.. Kun sano. Uskomaton kokemus! Mitä helluntai.. MITÄ HELVETTIÄ! Niin jumalattoman mysteerinen ääni ja maisema ONKO NAINEN NOITA!!!????? Musiikilla on kaksi puolta.. Toinen.. Ulkona.. kaunis.. koristeikas.. se toinen.. Sisältä mätä, viekas, kuolevainen, hetkellinen... ohimenevä..maailmaa katseleva. This is not real. 1960 luku on se minne tässä sukelletaan.. Eikä mikään pinkki bandi(pink band pink band haha charade you are).. EI MENNÄ KUUSKYT LUKUUN EDES VAIKKA JOTKUT LUULISI vaan mennään popsutteluun..sillä popittelulla 2000-luvun menetelmillä.. niin kaunista.. mitä? Kannattaako uskoa... Uskon kysymys.. Electronica.. EI TÄSSÄ YRITETÄ EDES KUULUA MIHINKÄÄN KUN LUODAAN ÄÄNIMAISEMAA!! JA SEN VOI HELPOSTI TEHDÄ VÄÄRINN!! ANTAA KUUNTELIJALLA KAIKKI MITÄ HALUAA!!!! tässä ei anneta.. vaan vedetään.. ei nenästä.. Voikohan sitä albumi edes antaa.. ensimmäisellä kerralla.. Sitä on niin muljuteltavana... Tässä kuin tyhmä aasi jota vedetään.. naru poikki ei... voi.. Tää olis hyvä soundtrack kun pääsee paikkaan jonne on halunnut mennä. Töissä kuunnellessa... Mutta sen näki.. Kuullostaa niin vaivattomalta kokonaisuudelta... LUETAAMPA PASKIMMAT TAKET "That's a very impressive ability to alternate so dynamically between too boring and too weird." Tylsyyttäs terottaa sais tero... VEITSESTÄ PUHUN!! TERO NIMINEN! SOPIS TEIKÄN KAULALLE, SILLÄ SAADAAN TEIDÄN KALTASELTA TYLSYYS POIS ELÄMÄSTÄ!! HARKITSE VAKAVASTI!! muutama hyvä otto tähän väliin.. ”in love from the first track” sama ”There was a time when Janey and I played this album almost every day. Incredible opening track.” I also choose this guys wife ”If I were in an intergalactic spaceship, we would have this on the intercom all the time. ” tuli sama fiilis mutta tarkistuskierroksella huomasin muutamassa biisissä avaruusaiheisia lyriikoita, jonka takia parempi jättää sanomatta emmää ny sen takiia… ”intricate orchestral arrangements and....yes it's ethereal. I can understand why some find it boring because it's not ordinary. It has all the ingredients I enjoy.” ”With the first sound, I ultimately immersed myself in that musical experience.” ”Okay, I saw electronic and 2000, and braced for at best a two star” ”Monet biisit ovat jännästi hyvin pelkistettyjä, mutta samalla todella suurieleisiä.” ”Their later records were fun and danceable. This was not. What IS this?” IDM EDM… Kirjaimen vissi ero.. hehe

No...just, no

Meh

Dit klinkt dit als de soundtrack van elke James Bond film en de bandnaam vind ik verschrikkelijk.

Op zich wel sfeervol. Beetje James Bond theme achtig. Maar soms ook wat slaapverwekkend.

Lekker relaxt tijdens het werken.

Ik vergeet hier steeds naar te luisteren, ofwel: het gaat langs me heen.

Nice, lovely to listen to and potentially would get a 4 if I give it a few more listens - some really classic and recognisable riffs. Jolly nice!

in love with this. so fun so pretty so cool. portishead vibes

Okay, I saw electronic and 2000, and braced for at best a two star, but this is nothing like other electronic music! The consistent vocals and more ambient tone really made me feel like I was listening to a calmer song in Radiohead or Muse's discography, rather than repetitive dance music with no clear goal. Songs weren't overly long and I just really enjoyed a lot of this. Songs were similar but not repetitive, and it was just excellent all around. Super shocked by this one.

Very slow and ethereal, feels like it should be a soundtrack for a casablanca-esque movie

This is like lounge meets electronic meets movie soundtrack - nice to have on in the background, but I don't understand why it's on this list. I might use Oompa Radar as background music for my haunted carnival, but wouldn't listen to it otherwise.

With the first sound, I ultimately immersed myself in that musical experience. The smooth and eerie voice of Alison Goldfrapp lined up with very mystical electronic sounds is a match made in heaven. What's important is that the music has different levels in itself, providing a variety of feelings and backgrounds to the album. The album is not only made with slow, calm and trippy songs, some of them are powerful in sound and hit harder than others. The album reminded me of the summer (mind you it's the middle of the autumn and I hate cold). Favourite tracks: "Human" and "Utopia", no least favourites.

Felt Mountain isn't my thing but I can recognise it's good. It's really well produced if nothing else, it's relaxing and haunting in equal measure. Better than most of the stuff I've given a 2 to, so I guess 3/5?

I really like this, it's a really nice blend of electronica and 'real' music, somehow peaceful, ethereal, and haunting at the same time, and her voice is amazing. The opening track and Utopia are the standouts, the rest is good but not top drawer. 3/5, comfortably.

Their later records were fun and danceable. This was not. What IS this?

Spooky boutique soundtrack.

Liked this. Very chill James Bond spy movie vibes. Would listen to again

Like a twisted Bond film score - cinematic but unsettling, enchanting but disturbing.

Really entrancing and easy to listen to yet really complex

Pretty cool, lounge music and other styles. Voice like Portishead singer. Good one for a dinner party.

Lovely Head will never not remind me of Monkey Dust, so that’s worth a star. I wasn’t expecting the rest of the album to sound like that for some reason, but it’s all in much the same vein. It’s almost my style, but not quite - I’d probably appreciate it if I was in a very specific mood, but otherwise I’d get a little bored. Tracks 7 & 8 bring some welcome energy though. 2.5 stars.

I remember this being pretty ubiquitous when it came out, but I can't fully remember if I ever listened to it or not, and listening now it has a weird familiarity and unfamiliarity at the same time. This music feels very timeless and cinematic like it could have sound tracked a film from any era. It has a quality of feeling very at home anywhere. Recommended.

Ticks a lot of the same boxes as Dummy by Portishead combined with the Rome album from Danielle Luppi and Danger Mouse. It's a good album to have droning in the background. The singles Utopia and Lovely Head are obviously the standout tracks. The other benefit of this album is the length - my recent Prodigy and Chemical Brothers listening experiences were over an hour. This is done in 40 minutes, so you're not getting hammered with repetition. I'm split between a 3 and a 4, so I'll round up.

I had never heard of this one but it's right up my alley with the gorgeous lounge vocals and sweet electronic vibe. I will listen again for sure! This album is slick.

Interesting but a bit melancholic for my taste

I liked this, and agree that sounds like the soundtrack to a James Bond movie that doesn't exist

J'aime beaucoup le côté rétro western-forain, très cinématographique en fait. La voix, le mood, tout est agréable.

A slow album aesthetically pleasing soundscapes A sad album nicely produced

Nothing special.

A unique, sensual and introverted album, that listens best in the late darker hours of the day. Unlike a lot of the other albums of Alison Goldfrapp this one has not lost anything of its strength. Mysterious songs like 'Lovely Head' and 'Human' as highlights still crawl under my skin. It's only unfortunate that the pretentious 'Oompah Radar' breaks the carefully built up magical spell this album has built up. It's not a 5* album because of it. After that break 'Utopia' luckily comes out as the best song of the album. Stellar debut. 4*

Interesting album, though I'm not fond of the same mood for 50 minutes. There were some really nice songs nonetheless.

Esperava mais, tem um clima de cabaré chic, mas faltou sensualidade.

All of the songs on this record have a peaceful atmosphere and the voice and the lyrics are really sweet, with tasteful trip hop productions. Definitely one interesting album of the year 2000.

Nice vibe but it doesn’t feel particularly important or innovative.

Pretty good electro album.

This album was solid. Very different feel from Seventh Tree, the first Goldfrapp album I listened to for this project. I didn't like that one very much, but this one has an electronic atmosphere that works for me. 3/5

Very pleasantly surprised by this one. The ambition and artistic vision poured into this record is really admirable. Traces of Massive Attack and Portishead as well as a fixation on noir cinema and Bond themes makes for a very interesting listen. It isn’t always the most engaging record, fading into background music during certain tracks, but I’ll definitely revisit it for the production which is so far ahead of its time.

This one wasn't as good as Seventh Tree and didn't have a song that reached monster love levels but it was still alright. Had a very sultry, smoke-filled 30s lounge vibe to most of it

Very slow and sleepy. Did not enjoy

Super funky and cool, however need to be in the right mood for it.

Not my type of music. Some songs were okay and it’s not terrible to listen to, just not for me. Favourite song: - Utopia

Loved the first song, then song by song the album lost me. Good voice just sort of meh overall.

First half isn't particular exciting, but the last few tracks are interesting.

Quiet, mysterious, nice 4/5

scary sometimes

Very cosmic and mysterious, not sure if it's my cup of tea. Akin to Submotion Orchestra and some tunes are really good - loved Human from the album

Cinematic triphop. At times the atmosphere created is magnificent, but more often than not the music fades into the background to the point that I didn't even notice when the album had finished.

This sounds like a collection of theme songs to movies I’ve never seen. I feel strangely emotionally severed from this record and despite beautiful moments I need to remind myself to keep focused on the songs… Quite often in fact. Pretty sure I’ve heard “Oompah Radar” in RuneScape at some point.

So much trip hop and similar stuff, maybe I'm just getting unlucky

Pop. Cabaret.

A fresh breath of air 4 outta 5 mics

Sumptuous and lovely. Shades of Portishead, intricate orchestral arrangements and....yes it's ethereal. I can understand why some find it boring because it's not ordinary. It has all the ingredients I enjoy.

I liked it more than I expected to. I hate electronica as a genre in general so this is still a bad album, but it was very melodic and dark so I enjoyed it in that regard.

I've never heard of this group before but I like their name. oh i just went on wikipedia and found out that the lead singers last name is goldfrapp. that's pretty dope. I like her make up on the album cover. I think i like pilots. slow not super upbeat, very cinematic. it's giving james bond. i hate oompah radar. it's a 2

I have CLEARLY missed out on this band for far too long. Headed for a deep dive this weekend! Lush and sensual. If I were in an intergalactic spaceship, we would have this on the intercom all the time. This could also be the soundtrack to parts of a James bond film. Oompah Radar is a little too lost in the funhouse and not even in a good Twin Peaks way. They lost me a bit on this one-- but only in the weird parts.. But with Utopia, we are right back on the space ship headed for Planet Xenon as we should be and everything is right with the galaxy The final track, Horse Tears is really far too good for the world we live in. It is a musical masterpiece. Opus.

Sleepy

Bueno

I got into Goldfrapp last year and have gone through their entire catalogue once or twice since then. It was great to return to this album having become a lot more familiar with their music.

Skemmtilegur hljóðheimur sem eldist vel og Goldfrapp er mjög flott söngkona. Ekki allt eftirminnilegt svo sem, en Utopia er geggjað lag, pínku Roxy Music á Avalon árunum í því. Fínt stöff.

Wie Portishead, nur wesentlich flacher. Dafür zugänglicher. Aber will man das bei derlei komponierter Musik überhaupt?

There's obviously a lot of talent on display here, but they haven't actually included any songs I want to listen to more than once. It sounds engineered to be included in a James Bond or Tarantino soundtrack. Best track: Pilots

Another case where I do not understand what this album has of extraordinary

Paper Bag and Human were great. Definitely a mix of like a Bond theme and cabaret. Pretty good.

Part Shirley Bassey, part yodelling (in 'Felt Mountain), part polka, but generally lovely and atmospheric Trip Hop. While it is of a time, and while it plays of 60s nostalgia, it still sounded modern then, and relevant now. A good album all in all, short and beautiful.

Elektronisk pop, trip hop, freestyle 4, vilde strygere, stemningsfuldt

Floatier than a unit of mantle, takes you on a very easy-listening trip

Jazz-y, a slight tinge of Massive Attack, and an overall haunting tone. This album was enjoyable, would listen again.

New one for me. Modern take on Cabaret and pop standards with a more atmospheric soundscape. Tough to be honest it does like the B sides of a James Bond film soundtrack.

The boringest.

I only knew them from the song in the Apple commercial. I was expecting something more dance/pop. This was ok but not really my thing.

I didn’t connect with this at all. It was so boring. I cannot fathom why I had to hear this one.

The Bond themes we never got to hear. Great background music!

Perfect put it on and listen while you work type music...or to just sort of zone out to.

Not a fan of the musical style, but I recognize that they’re talented.

Feels way ahead of its time honestly.

not for me

My least favourite Goldfrapp album - but that's not to say it isn't good! A little downbeat for me to love it though.

This sounded like the peaceful still of snow quietly falling on compost. Outside, it was beautiful, pure and serene, while beneath the surface was decaying leaves and discarded egg shells. Together it provided an interesting mix, one that I was happy to listen to.

That's a very impressive ability to alternate so dynamically between too boring and too weird.

I literally almost fell asleep.

This album feels like one long James Bond soundtrack where the villain kidnapped someone from Portishead. And at some point in the movie’s plot, they end up at the circus (Oompah Radar). I like the electronica mixed with throwback 60s cabaret, but that circus part is very tough to get through. I understand why one critic referred to it as strange and beautiful. As I do, I’ll write something about the Goldfrapp album that should have been on this list and isn’t, Head First. It’s less strange and more soaring, synth-y pop…yes let me inhale some more of that. I recommend you do too.

A very fresh style to me...interesting to listen to.

Experimental soulful melancholic electro… v interesting if not as commercial successful as later stuff

A dark, moody album with gorgeous textures and beautiful melodies. I have listened to it twice through so far and I intend to do so again before finalizing my impressions, the first listen, a background distracted listen didn't yield much except fot a few moments of creepy (my daughters word) unease. Second listen in which my attention was undivided, allowed me to appreciate the subtle melodies and lush soundscapes. So far a beautiful album that bears further scrutiny. Well listen three did not go as planned. This album is one of mood and with little substance. No memorable SONGS! While the music is sometimes beautiful it is nowhere near enough to sustain a full album. 3 🌟 4th listen now; the Song Human caught my ear this time with a Portishead vibe that sounds slightly more organic. Her voice often reminds me Beth Orton<s just lacking that ethereal quality that Beth has in spades. Anyway not enough to change my original rating 3 stars

Very very impressive, I guess the nostalgia in 00 was not only in rock and pop music, I’ve always known the name Goldfrapp but I don’t think I’ve ever put attention to them. Nice to see records that are here even if nothing really ever made them popular like a hit song or something

Too high pitched, hurt my ears

Quite a bore

I enjoy Goldfrapp. Was this album #2 this month?

There was a time when Janey and I played this album almost every day. Incredible opening track.

Just a bit too creepy electronic for me

Mellow vibes, great vocals. Nothing overly exciting. Pretty ok.

A little too James Bond theme-songish

4.5/5. Very trippy, and def reminded me of Bjork. Neat listen 👍

Pretty sweet little record. Tons of nice grooves and different genres mixed together on this thing, but ends up making a really fun listen. 7/10

Interesting moody electrojazz. Sci fi film noir music.

Paired well with the rainy drive this morning. Doubtful I would listen to again

Reminds me so much of a great video game or movie soundtrack. Awesome background music, very atmospheric!

British trip-hop is for sure not my genre but this Goldfrapp album wasn't too shabby. They clearly went into this project intending to produce something sweeping and cinematic and they nailed it. The vocals are, by and large, beautifully performed and the production values are top-notch. It really is a pretty good album. The only reason this didn't get a 5-star review was that, like so many electronica albums, it got a little too deep into its own navel. Somewhere around the middle of the album, I got tired of the overly-dramatic presentation and started wondering when it would be over. It came back around but that feeling of "I'm over this" is enough to pull it down a star.

In eerste instantie klinkt het een beetje als een soundtrack van een Bond film. Helaas zijn veel nummers toch net iets te zweverig voor mij. Mijn favoriet is "Utopia" ***

Such a great album. Different!

Soundtrack to a creepy kids horror movie. Difficult to get inside this album

This was bad. Felt like they were trying really hard to be Bjork

3 1/2

Strangely ethereal warbling. Not unpleasant, but does nothing for me.

Space jazz. very good.

Not for me no thank you

I don't get this at all

dromerige, licht verteerbare muziek. Voor mij vooral achtergrondmuziek

3/02/22

Perfectly pitched retro-futuristic noir from electronic duo Goldfrapp, signalling all the alien uncertainty of a new millennium. "Felt Mountain" introduced Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory's project to the world as the work of two dark and brooding wizards of atmosphere. The songs often sound like soundtracks to Bond gone arthouse, and what a shame we don't live in that world. There's not the sharp focus, glam-tinged camp, or homely folktronica that showed up in Goldfrapp's later work: instead, "Felt Mountain" is a subtle, tasteful and very classy work of haunting solemnity. There's a compelling sense of drama to it, and a real otherworldliness. "Lovely Head" opens with a gentle brushed percussion line, low sustained strings and a whistled melody over a progression of unrelated chords. Although it leans into trip-hop with a lot of synths throughout, it's worth noting the production has a great deal of warmth. There's a pleasing amount of orchestral instruments being used as well, with string sections regularly padding out the sound and brass showing up to drive the sublime Latin-esque jam "Human". As well as unassuming, casually ethereal vocals, Alison Goldfrapp contributes some deliciously surreal lyrics ("when you laugh, I'm inside your mouth"; "are you human, or do you make it up?"; "my dog needs new ears, make his eyes see forever, make him live like me, again and again") The album really excels with these off-kilter musings set to music and it feels as though Goldfrapp have carved out a distinct corner of space to inhabit undisturbed. The rest of "Felt Mountain" floats in some ethereal space, never quite touching down and gliding happily above the Earth. "Pilots" and "Utopia" are two rare anthemic, triumphant cuts that feel like obvious single efforts. Neither of them are as subtle as some of the other tracks, with the latter actually getting an electric drumbeat and a brass-like fanfare countermelody. But they're the most tangible offerings, providing rare clear hooks to latch onto and sing along with. At its worst, "Felt Mountain" becomes a little too sparse and it comes over a bit like elevator music in space. "Deer Stop", with its intermittent marimba, filtered vocals and glacial pace, is barely conscious, while the title track relies on "dee dee"'s for lyrics and "Oompah Radar" is a disarming instrumental that is nowhere near as exciting as "trippy cabaret" might make it sound. If it's the kind of thing you're happy to have wash over you, then it's great, and it often works. But by the time "Horse Tears" comes along, there's the sense of having been on a cosmic journey without ever quite arriving anywhere. "Felt Mountain" possesses such a specific sound that it relies on its listeners being in a certain mood to get anything out of it. Today, I'm feeling generous and enjoyed the ride to nowhere, so it's getting a 4.

Very cool. Have not been following the series. Which Bond Movie is this for?

Felt like soaring through a dreamy but slightly eerie spacescape. Loved the mix of influences here.

Interesting sound. Sounds like Lana Del Rey mixed with David Bowie, but not as good as that might sound. Most songs sound like they could be the opening credits to an HBO show or Bond movie.

Prefs: Lovely Head, Human, Felt Mountain, Oompah Radar, Utopia Moins pref: Deer Stop

3.5!

Todella tunnelmallinen jos kuuntelisi paloissa, mutta levyllisenä painuu tylsän puolelle. Kolmonen yläkanttiin.

Ei lähteny

Was hooked when I heard "Human." Remind me of Portishead in their slow, deliberate, seriousness. Makes a person pay attention and groove along.

I was going to say Portishead did it better, but as this thing goes on, it just gets more and more odd, in a way that Portishead isn't. It's definitely got its own thing going on, but it's a thing that I frequently found irritating.

Every song here could be a song in a James Bond film. Overall I like it. I like the vocal delivery as well as the theremine-like synth that wavers up and down across the album. My only qualm would be that the album is a bit static. But overall, a very seductive yet elegant album.

Boring

Goldfrapp has a way of bypassing my “defences” and getting right through me. And I love it P.S. It’s a pity women are so underrepresented here.

A really weird and rather dull album. Don’t feel like this one appealed much to me. Could never get into it. 1.6/10

Rather pleasant.

Another artist new to me. Enjoyable and clear echoes of others.

I'd heard samples but not listened to before. Enjoyable and will relisten for background music.

in love from the first track

I had heard of Goldfrapp before, and thought I enjoyed it more than this. This was some jazz-fusionesque slightly radioheadish scat nonsense.

Amazing. Really enjoyed this unique sound.

N O I A

Absolutely loved this and reminded me I should listen to Goldfrapp more often

Never heard of them. I was expecting a heavy metal album based on name and album cover. uh, yeah, just the opposite. I really liked it. This is something I would love to hear more and more of. This is really nice!

No ty

Not my thing.

I felt the mountains move

It sounds a bit like portishead and other trip-hop which is a sound I like, but it still sounds original and not just copied from that. I really like the vocals and chord progressions

Finstämt, melodiöst men också lite menlöst. Tog sig andra genomlyssningen och Oompah Radar har ngt härligt Tim Burton flum skimmer över sig vilket jag gillar. Många av låtarna passar sig som filmmusik för att ingjuta en viss stämning men att lyssna på den rakt av kommer jag inte göra igen

Nej

Not a fan

Not bad album very cinematic and the vocals are really nice

Never heard of this band before but I love the mix of pop, orchestral music, and electronic

I forgot how good this album is. Full of dreamy vocals, space-soaked theramin weirdness and pulsing beats. I’ve heard Lovely Head just a little too much, but the rest of the album feels really fresh Top tracks: Utopia, Felt Mountain, Human

6/10

Nice ambient songs, not a big fan of her voice, creepy vibe

A dark, moody album with gorgeous textures and beautiful melodies. I have listened to it twice through so far and I intend to do so again before finalizing my impressions, the first listen, a background distracted listen didn't yield much except fot a few moments of creepy (my daughters word) unease. Second listen in which my attention was undivided, allowed me to appreciate the subtle melodies and lush soundscapes. So far a beautiful album that bears further scrutiny. Well listen three did not go as planned. This album is one of mood andut with little substance. No memorable SONGS! While the music is sometimes beautiful it is nowhere near enough to sustain a full album. 3 🌟