Seventh Tree

Infobox Album
Name = Seventh Tree
Type = studio
Artist = Goldfrapp


Released = Start date|2008|2|22 (Germany, Ireland)
Start date|2008|2|25 (UK)
Start date|2008|2|26 (North America)
Recorded = October 2006-October 2007, Bath, England
Genre = Acoustic
Ambient
Electronica
Folk/Folktronica
Length = 41:32
Label = Mute - STUMM280
Producer = Alison Goldfrapp,
Will Gregory, Flood
Reviews =
* "Allmusic" Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:39fqxzqjldae link]
* "Art Nouveau Magazine" (Positive) [http://www.artnouveaumagazine.com/March-April/tree.html link]
* "The Guardian" Rating|4|5 [http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/reviews/story/0,,2258646,00.html link]
* "LAUNCHcast" (9/10) [http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/080226/33/21y4o.html link]
* "NME" (6/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/goldfrapp/9485 link]
* "The Observer" Rating|5|5 [http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2256115,00.html link]
* "Pitchfork Media" (4.6/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/48449-seventh-tree link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/18396429/review/18691489/seventh_tree link]
* "The Times" Rating|4|5 [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article3411000.ece link]
* "Uncut" Rating|4|5 [http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/goldfrapp/reviews/11098 link]
Last album = "We Are Glitter"
(2006)
This album = "Seventh Tree"
(2008)
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = Seventh Tree
Type = album
single 1 = A&E
single 1 date = Start date|2008|2|11
single 2 = Happiness
single 2 date = Start date|2008|4|14
single 3 = Caravan Girl
single 3 date = Start date|2008|6|10

"Seventh Tree" is the fourth studio album by the British electronic duo Goldfrapp. It was released by Mute Records on February 25 2008 in the United Kingdom and the day after in the United States [http://www.last.fm/group/Alison+Goldfrapp/journal/2007/10/26/558929 "Last.FM: Alison Goldfrapp's Journal > "Seventh Tree" - 25 Feb 08 Album Release"] . Last.FM. October 26 2007]

Goldfrapp have described the album as a "sensual counterpoint to the glitterball glamour of "Supernature", their last studio album from 2005. They claimed that the inspiration came from paganism and surreal English children's books. [ [http://curveofsound.wildhunt.org/2008/02/15/inspired-by-paganism-and-surreal-childrens-books/ A Sweeping Curve of Sound » Blog Archive » Inspired by Paganism and Surreal Children’s Books ] ] The album's first single, "A&E", was released on February 11 2008 and peaked inside the top 10 in the UK. [ [http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=10&storycode=1032212 "Goldfrapp Seventh Tree (Mute)"] . "Music Week". November 5 2007. Retrieved November 10 2007. ]

The album leaked onto file sharing websites in November 2007, three months before its official release. [Administrator. [http://www.goldfrapp.com/msgboard/showthread.php?t=12710 "Mute response to illegal downloads of Goldfrapp"] . Goldfrapp.com. November 23 2007. Retrieved December 8 2007.]

Critical response

"Seventh Tree" received mostly favorable reviews from pop music critics. In a review for Allmusic, Heather Phares wrote that the album's "electro hippie-chic is the duo's most polished and luxe work yet" and named "Caravan Girl" as its best song.Phares, Heather. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39fqxzqjldae~T1 "Seventh Tree > Review"] . Allmusic. Retrieved March 4 2008.] MusicOMH.com reviewer John Murphy called "Seventh Tree" Goldfrapp's "most subtle, affecting and rewarding album to date" and compared it to Kate Bush and the Cocteau Twins.Murphy, John. [http://www.musicomh.com/albums/goldfrapp-4_0208.htm "Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree (Mute)"] . MusicOMH.com. Retrieved March 3 2009.] However, Pitchfork Media reviewer Nate Patrin was less impressed, and wrote that the album is "so subtle and slow-moving it doesn't seem to go anywhere" and that its songs "coast on some frothy sense of pleasantness that evaporates the moment [they] end".Patrin, Nate. [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/48449-seventh-tree "Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree: Pitchfork Record Review"] . Pitchfork Media. February 25 2008. Retrieved March 3 2008.]

In a review for Yahoo! Music, Adam Webb wrote that "Seventh Tree" "marks convincing evidence that Alison Goldfrapp now exists on the same artistic plane as PJ Harvey or Kate Bush".Webb, Adam. [http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/080226/33/21y4o.html "Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree Album Review"] . Yahoo! Music. February 27 2008. Retrieved March 5 2008.] "Rolling Stone" said that the "slow pace can be a snooze", but that the album "still makes for good post-party chill-out music".Hoard, Christian. [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/18396429/review/18691489/seventh_tree "Seventh Tree: Goldfrapp: Review"] . "Rolling Stone". March 6 2008. Retrieved March 5 2008.] John Lewis of "Uncut" called it "brave, bonkers, often beautiful, sometimes haunting and occasionally ridiculous".Lewis, John. [http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/goldfrapp/reviews/11098 "Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree - Review"] . "Uncut". Retrieved March 5 2008.]

Chart performance and sales

"Seventh Tree" debuted on the UK albums chart at number two on March 4 2008. [ [http://acharts.us/uk_albums_top_75/2008/10 "UK Albums Top 75 (Tuesday March 4th, 2008)"] . aCharts.us. Retrieved March 8 2008.] It remained in the top 5 for 3 weeks. As of August 3, 2008, "Seventh Tree" had sold around 149,000 copies in the UK, where it was also awarded a Gold Certification (100,000 copies) one week after its release. The album reached the top twenty in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland.

"Seventh Tree" became Goldfrapp's second release to chart on the "Billboard" 200 albums chart in the United States, where it debuted at number forty-eight and sold 15,000 copies. It reached number four on the Tastemakers chart, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=407&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Tastemakers&ci=3092251&cdi=9691476&cid=03%2F15%2F2008 "Tastemakers (The Week of March 15, 2008)"] . Billboard.com. Retrieved March 8 2008.] number seventeen on the Top Internet Albums chart, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=327&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Top+Internet+Albums&ci=3092225&cdi=9690686&cid=03%2F15%2F2008 "Top Internet Albums (The Week of March 15, 2008)"] . Billboard.com. Retrieved March 8 2008.] and number fourteen on the Top Rock Albums chart. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=408&cfgn=Albums&cfn=Top+Rock+Albums&ci=3092245&cdi=9691073&cid=03%2F15%2F2008 "Top Rock Albums (The Week of March 15, 2008)"] . Billboard.com. Retrieved March 8 2008.] In Canada, the album reached number twenty-nine..

pecial Edition

On the 17th of September 2008 it was announced that the band planned to release a special tour edition of the album on the 3rd of November that year. It will feature a CD of the album, a brand new bonus DVD disc and all-new album artwork and photographs.

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

#"Clowns" - 4:10
#"Little Bird" - 4:26
#"Happiness" - 4:18
#"Road to Somewhere" - 3:53
#"Eat Yourself" - 4:08
#"Some People" - 4:42
#"A&E" - 3:15
#"Cologne Cerrone Houdini" - 4:27
#"Caravan Girl" - 4:07
#"Monster Love" - 4:22

Bonus tracks

All bonus tracks appear on some iTunes Store editions of "Seventh Tree".
#

"You Never Know" (Live in London)
#"Clowns" (Instrumental) (Pre-Order)

Bonus DVD

#Goldfrapp Documentary
#"A&E" music video

pecial Tour Edition Bonus DVD

#"Clowns (Instrumental)/Backstage Footage (Live at Bexhill on Sea)"
#"Happiness (Live at Bexhill on Sea)"
#"You Never Know (Live at Bexhill on Sea)"
#"Caravan Girl (Live at Bexhill on Sea)"
#"Monster Love (Live at Bexhill on Sea)"
#"Little Bird (Live at Bexhill on Sea)"
#"A&E (Promo Video)"
#"Happiness (Promo Video)"
#"Caravan Girl (Promo Video)"
#"Clowns (TV Performance)"
#"Road to Somewhere (TV Performance)"

Release History

The album was released in four different formats:

*CD format CDSTUMM280: the album on CD
*Deluxe format LCDSTUMM280: the album on CD, four art cards, a large foldout poster, a lyric booklet, and a bonus DVD
*Vinyl format STUMM280: the album on a vinyl gramophone record, and a large foldout poster
*Digital format iSTUMM280: the album as a digital download

These are the formats of major album releases of "Seventh Tree".

References

External links

* [http://www.last.fm/group/Seventh+Tree Last.FM: Seventh Tree group]
* [http://www.goldfrapp.co.uk/ Goldfrapp.co.uk] – official website