Product Details
Artist : Goldfrapp
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0724596913529
Label : EMI Music Canada
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 2004-01-12
UPC : 724596913529
ASIN : B00004XSS2
Track Listings for
Disc-1
1. Lovely Head
2. Paper Bag
3. Human
4. Pilots
5. Deer Stop
6. Felt Mountain
7. Oompa Radar
8. Utopia
9. Horse Tears
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Editorial Reviews
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You might expect the debut album from a woman who has collaborated extensively with Tricky and Orbital to be both wondrous and strange--and you'd be right to. What you might not expect is the depth of Alison Goldfrapp's beguiling, distracting 21st-century noir visions on Felt Mountain. She and her fellow composer Will Gregory can mix in Brechtian cabaret; classical instrumentation; left-of-field electronics; decadent, Gainsbourg-style French pop; and the odd piece of whistling on just one track ("Felt Mountain"). "Oompa Radar" almost reaches Tom Waits heights of infamy from the way familiar instruments come together in such a simultaneously comforting and alienating style. The baroque "Paper Bag," meanwhile, uncannily recalls Joe Meek's toy-town visions of 1960s grandeur. All this and a seductive vocal to die for. --Everett True
Customer Reviews
Don't Work Backwards (2006-04-15)  I really liked this CD. alot, but it's not as good as i expected. Supernature and Black Cherry are just wonderful. so if you happen to want to get into Goldfrapp don't work backwards or else this won't be appreciated for how good it really is.
My Utopia includes Goldfrapp (2004-10-01)  Alison's Goldfrapp's voice is just amazing. Nice collection of smooth, entrancing songs, just don't expect anything upbeat like the "Black Cherry" CD. Highlights for me include Lovely Head and Utopia (Lovely Head is featured in the film "My Summer of Love" and is where I was introduced to Goldfrapp). If you like more upbeat danceable tunes, go for their next CD (Black Cherry). This is an amazing CD to lounge back and enjoy.
Truly an amazing experience (2004-06-27)  I had been EXTREMELY into Goldfrapp's singles Twist and Strict Machine for about 9 months before I even considered checking this CD out. People told me this album was really really strange - and while that's not a reason to avoid it, I did. However, I listened to Utopia which had originally been just ok in my opinion, and it COMPLETELY envloped me in it's beauty. I watched the video for Human and fell in love with Human. I had to buy this CD - so I did. I must say, in my opinion this CD is one of the best CD's out there. It's truly amazing. Lovely Head (9/10) - The first single with a very strange video (it has 2 videos, both very strange). Great opening track. The whistling in the beginning really does add to the song. Overrall a great chill song. Paper Bag (10/10) - Absolutely gorgeous song with a genius intro. This is probably tied with Horse Tears for the most emotional song on the CD. Very very chill song that could easily induce tears. One of the best on this CD. Human (10/10) - Another genius intro (GREAT video too!) - This track really builds up over the entire course of the song, climaxing at the last chorus. It's the most upbeat song on the CD with a mix of electronica and big band sounds. The big band sounds have a very James Bond quality to them, mixed with the violins of course. It sounds like it could actually BE IN a James Bond movie. An AWESOME track and one of the best songs on this CD. Pilots (10/10) - At first I didn't really like Pilots but now Pilots is seriously one of my favorite Goldfrapp songs. Accompanied by a very original (and great, of course) video, this song has strange lyrics that fit extremely well. Very, very chill song. The chorus on Pilots is beautiful. The violins in this song are eerie, alluring, and gorgeous all at once. Also one of the best on this CD. Deer Stop (6/10) - One of the weirdest songs on this CD. Possibly THE weirdest on this CD. The vocals here are very... different, specifically near the end of the song. The violins here are very very nice but the rest of the song is just ok. This song is strange and not exactly in the best way... I mean the whole CD is strange but this song is strange in a VERY different way... Felt Mountain (6/10) - This song is even weirder than Deer Stop. Yet again, strange in a VERY different way, and not exactly the best. Allison is singing on this track but it's either in a different language, or she's using her vocals as an instrument. At some parts it sounds like a different language, but during the verses it sounds more like she's using them as an instrument. Oompa Radar (5/10) - Easily ties with Deer Stop as the weirdest song on the CD. Or maybe this one is the weirdest song by itself. Deer Stop is actually very pretty whereas this song is... very drug-induced sounding. So eclectic you may actually look at your speakers with that "wtf?" facial expression for the entire duration of the song. At least Allisons vocals are great as usual. The end of the song is actually pretty trippy too. Utopia (10/10) - My absolute favorite song on the CD, and my favorite Goldfrapp song pretty much. This song is so AMAZINGLY gorgeous, genius, and unique. Also it has a beautiful video. Try driving around in nature during the twilight hours when the sun is setting and blast this song. It's literally an experience - a wonderful one at that. SERIOUSLY one of the BEST songs on the CD, and one of the best Goldfrapp has ever made. This song is reason enough to buy the CD in my opinion. Horse Tears (8/10) - A piano-driven ballad that makes a great closing track. It's a really good song with a very lovely chorus. Great song - the violins make the song along with Allison's vocals. Basically... BUY THIS CD! (if this is your kind of music that is). It's an amazing experience. This CD will continue to be constantly played in my CD player for many many many years to come.
mediocrity at its best! (2004-05-24) Sorry to be the dissenting opinion here, but this album is not that great. Allison Goldfrapp is unconvincing, and lacks the charisma to be heard over this overproduced and highly derivative mess. High-tech glitchery and slick production (yes, even horn sections and strings) can never make up for weak songs and a weak performance. Must I remind you all of some of the formerly successful members of this lame music genre; Deep Forest, Enigma, Dead Can Dance, Enya, and Portishead, to name a few. This is commercial pop music for the middle-aged. Yawn. Skip this and go strait to Bjork's album Vespertine.
Talk About Your Androids' Dream... (2004-05-11) I got this album after hearing one of her tracks on a TV commercial. At the first listen, I thought, "This is a nice enough album. A little eccentric in spots, but I like that." At the second listen, I already had gotten hooked on certain parts of some of the tracks. By the third listen, I was completely addicted. Now I can't stop listening to it! It's mellow *and* dramatic without being >ahem< melodramatic. The vocals range from extremely intimate, for-your-ears-only, and childlike, to operatic and machine-filtered. The lyrics are somehow very affecting despite (or because of?) their frequent nonsensical quality. There is a nice blend of organic and generated sound in the instrumental layers. (It's often difficult to tell which is which.) There's probably nothing that would have prepared me for the eclectic mix of styles, such as the tuba/polka sounds of "Oompa Radar." Overall, a perfect album for summer listening.
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