Seventh Tree

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Seventh Tree
Seventh Tree cover
Studio album by Goldfrapp
Released February 22, 2008 (2008-02-22) (Germany, Ireland)
February 25, 2008 (2008-02-25) (UK)
February 26, 2008 (2008-02-26) (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
Professional reviews
Goldfrapp chronology
We Are Glitter
(2006)		 Seventh Tree
(2008)
Singles from Seventh Tree
  1. "A&E"
    Released: February 11, 2008 (2008-02-11)
  2. "Happiness"
    Released: April 14, 2008 (2008-04-14)
  3. "Caravan Girl"
    Released: June 30, 2008 (2008-06-30)

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[1]

Goldfrapp have described the album as a "sensual counterpoint to the glitterball glamour of Supernature", their last studio album from 2005.[1] They claimed that the inspiration came from paganism and surreal English children's books. [2] The album's first single, "A&E", was released on February 11, 2008 and peaked inside the top 10 in the UK.[3]

The album leaked onto file sharing websites in November 2007, three months before its official release.[4]

Contents

[edit] Critical response

Seventh Tree received mostly favorable reviews from pop music critics. In a review for All Music Guide, 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.[5] 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.[6] 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".[7]

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".[8] Rolling Stone said that the "slow pace can be a snooze", but that the album "still makes for good post-party chill-out music".[9] John Lewis of Uncut called it "brave, bonkers, often beautiful, sometimes haunting and occasionally ridiculous".[10]

[edit] Chart performance and sales

Seventh Tree debuted on the UK albums chart at number two on March 4, 2008.[11] It remained in the top 5 for 3 weeks. As of June 1, 2008, Seventh Tree had sold around 138,000 copies in the UK, where it was also award 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.[12]

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.[13] It reached number four on the Tastemakers chart,[14] number seventeen on the Top Internet Albums chart,[15] and number fourteen on the Top Rock Albums chart.[16] In Canada, the album reached number twenty-nine.[12].

[edit] Track listing

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

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

[edit] Bonus tracks

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

  1. "You Never Know" (Live in London)
  2. "Clowns" (Instrumental) (Pre-Order, Australia only)

[edit] Bonus DVD

  1. Goldfrapp Documentary
  2. "A&E" music video

[edit] 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.

Release format Country Cat. no. Release date
Regular CD album[17] Europe CDSTUMM280 February 25, 2008
Deluxe Boxset CD album[18] Europe LCDSTUMM280 February 25, 2008
Gatefold Vinyl album[19] Europe STUMM280 February 25, 2008
Japanese CD album[20] Japan TOCP-66759 February 27, 2008

[edit] Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position[12]
Australian Albums Chart 11
Austrian Albums Chart 37
Belgian Albums Chart 10
Canadian Albums Chart 29
Dutch Albums Chart 24
French Albums Chart 37
German Albums Chart 21
Irish Albums Chart 9
Chart (2008) Peak
position[12][13]
Italian Albums Chart 57
New Zealand Albums Chart 39
Norwegian Albums Chart 18
Portuguese Albums Chart 18
Swiss Albums Chart 11
UK Albums Chart 2
United World Chart 8
U.S. Billboard 200 48

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Last.FM: Alison Goldfrapp's Journal > Seventh Tree - 25 Feb 08 Album Release". Last.FM. October 26, 2007
  2. ^ A Sweeping Curve of Sound » Blog Archive » Inspired by Paganism and Surreal Children’s Books
  3. ^ "Goldfrapp Seventh Tree (Mute)". Music Week. November 5, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
  4. ^ Administrator. "Mute response to illegal downloads of Goldfrapp". Goldfrapp.com. November 23, 2007. Retrieved December 8, 2007.
  5. ^ Phares, Heather. "Seventh Tree > Review". All Music Guide. Retrieved March 4, 2008.
  6. ^ Murphy, John. "Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree (Mute)". MusicOMH.com. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
  7. ^ Patrin, Nate. "Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree: Pitchfork Record Review". Pitchfork Media. February 25, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2008.
  8. ^ Webb, Adam. "Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree Album Review". Yahoo! Music. February 27, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2008.
  9. ^ Hoard, Christian. "Seventh Tree: Goldfrapp: Review". Rolling Stone. March 6, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2008.
  10. ^ Lewis, John. "Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree - Review". Uncut. Retrieved March 5, 2008.
  11. ^ "UK Albums Top 75 (Tuesday March 4th, 2008)". aCharts.us. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
  12. ^ a b c d "Seventh Tree World Charts". aCharts.us. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
  13. ^ a b Hasty, Kathy. "Janet Dethrones Jack To Top Billboard 200". Billboard.com. March 5, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2008.
  14. ^ "Tastemakers (The Week of March 15, 2008)". Billboard.com. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
  15. ^ "Top Internet Albums (The Week of March 15, 2008)". Billboard.com. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
  16. ^ "Top Rock Albums (The Week of March 15, 2008)". Billboard.com. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
  17. ^ "Goldfrapp Seventh Tree UK CD album". Eil.com. Retrieved January 27, 2008.
  18. ^ "Goldfrapp Seventh Tree UK CD/DVD Set". Eil.com. Retrieved January 27, 2008.
  19. ^ "Goldfrapp Seventh Tree UK LP Records". Eil.com. Retrieved January 27, 2008.
  20. ^ "Goldfrapp Seventh Tree Japan CD album". Eil.com. Retrieved January 27, 2008.

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Goldfrapp
Related articles – Alison Goldfrapp – Will Gregory – Goldfrapp discography
Studio albums
Felt Mountain – Black Cherry – Supernature – Seventh Tree
Compilations
Singles
"Lovely Head" – "Utopia" – "Human" – "Utopia (Genetically Enriched)" – "Pilots" – "Train" – "Strict Machine" – "Twist" – "Black Cherry" – "Ooh La La" – "Number 1" – "Ride a White Horse" – "Fly Me Away" – "Satin Boys, Flaming Chic" – "A&E" – "Happiness" – "Caravan Girl"
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