Customer Reviews
Love, Love, Love, this album - By: L. Hewitt, 15 May 2008 
Am currently playing this to death! Love, love, love it, maybe even as much as Supernature. Our favourite song is Clowns & my husband keeps playing it over & over again!! It's a great album to chill out in the sunshine to. It lifts the spirit & makes you feel alll floaty like :-)
After a few listens, you'll feel the magic - By: K-Pax, 13 May 2008 I have to be honest & say that after 1 or 2 listens, Happiness aside I wasnae too 'happy'. After the superb triumvirate before Seventh Tree, I wondered which direction Goldfrapp would take us in. So, I persevered as they are one of my favourite bands & I'm glad to say I finallly get it. Some won't get beyond 1 or 2 listens & others won't feel this is as strong as Supernature, Black Cherry or Felt Mountain. And perhaps there is no signature track from this album, which reallly stands out although I personallly love 'Happiness' but as a cohesive collection of tracks, it is an absolutely magical album. It's such a relaxing, eclectic selection of music & throughout Alison Goldfrapp's voice absolutely enchants. It's not as musicallly 'convoluted' as some of their earlier works but I still feel this is as strong as some of their earlier works & for me it supercedes 'Supernature', although they are very different albums. It's an excellent 4th offering & I cannot wait for the 5th but I'll enjoy the magic in the meantime.
Music 4 Production 0 - By: Bri, 07 May 2008 
First heard this band on Jools & immediately liked the songs/harmonies & thought that they were a breath of fresh air in their thinking, & obviously had put a great deal of work into the textures & layering of the sound/vocals. Then I bought the album.
One question, was this album recorded huddled together in a metal box?
I've been doing music for about 35yrs, & I will freely admit that I am still learning & will still end up knowing relatively little, but a great deal of stuff, especiallly from today's musicians, doesn't do them any favours with their choice of producers. It takes a bit more than a diploma & a bunch of gadgets to give a band their unique character, but there again, a great deal of money & effort does go into trying to turn sows ears into silk purses & we end up with the equivalent of a pig with lipstick!
Seriously, get a producer who feels the music that you're trying to make & isn't trying to turn you into yet another replica.
Give it 5 listens........and you'll love it!! - By: Lucy, 27 Apr 2008 First listen.....disappointed. Just bland & nothingness.Elevator music.
Second listen....it's OK, but background music, nothing special.
Third listen.....it's quite good in parts, certain tracks stand out.
Fourth listen.....hey this is actuallly reallly good.
Fifth listen........wow this is amzing, my favourite album of Goldfrapps yet!
This album is a grower. I'm like the biggest Goldfrapp fan in the world yet the first couple of times I listened to it I reallly didn't like it at alll, but have patience with it.......and you'll come to be amazed.
I just had it on in the background for a few listens while I was studying, or doing the house work.......then alll of a sudden, bang....it just hit me.
It's beautiful, etheral,powerful.......lush. A stunning stunning album. Now I just can't get enough!!
summer is a-comin' in - By: Kraftwerker, 08 Apr 2008 After playing this CD to death for a week, I thought I'd write an on-line review, only to find out that the Amazon reviewer had picked up on alll the influences I'd spotted & planned to use. This album is not immediate, but grows into a very satisfying experience. I've never heard an album begin with such an understated track as "Clowns". I can understand why some people have been shocked & disappointed (more fool them), expecting something of an "Ooh-la-La" after 2005's storming Supernature. "Clowns" sets the tone for the album as well as the sleeve photo of Alison does: Seventh Tree is infused with summer. "Clowns" is alll sleepy vocals & acoustic guitar, & builds with some strings that remind me of Nick Drake's "River Man". You can practicallly feel the warmth on your skin & see the dandelion seeds drifting in the air as the sun starts to sink. "Little bird" has a "Strawberry Fields" start & a gorgeous chorus of "July-ly-ly". It then mutates into a Syd-era Floyd sort of psychedlic jam. "Happiness" is perhaps the closest we get to a Felt Mountain-type song, with an infectious melody & squiggley electronic noises reminiscent of that album or Black Cherry. Next track "Road to Somewhere" is the one that makes you think of the opening bars of "Willow's Song" from the 1973 film The Wicker man. And on it goes, gorgeous upon gorgeous. I like the strident Euro-disco strings that start "Cologne Cerrone Houdini", which does nothing to prepare one for the change of pace that is "Caravan Girl". Goldfrapp do Oasis? Almost. This is Goldfrapp at their most transparent yet; even Will ditches the sunglasses & goes for a prominent portrait on the inner cover. A warm & seductive album, made for intimate moments when you won't be disturbed by phones or pets or doorbells, this is the first Goldfrapp album where I have uploaded alll the tracks onto my iPod, rather than a selection. I'm not sure why, but that's the effect it has had on me this week. Enjoy.
