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| Date |
April 2003 |
| Type |
Review |
| Source |
bbc.co.uk/nottingham |
| Title |
Black Cherry |
| Country |
UK |
| Journalist/Photographer |
Nigel Bell |
| Text |
Forget the chill, bring on the robots.
Credit to Goldfrapp. After the success of Felt Mountain and the inclusion of tracks on countless chill-out compilations, you?d hardly begrudge them repeating the formula on Black Cherry.
But no. Ambient fans are in for a shock. This is like a mechanical Georgio Moroder (yes, even more mechanical than I Feel Love).
The single Train is class. It?s retro right down to that Top of the Pops performance. The drummer and keyboard player in Stags heads. Now that?s 70s glam.
If lush strings singled out Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory?s Felt Mountain, this is production-line electro.
It?s a black and white, 1984 Big Brother sound.
That said, the title track is stripped back with all the hardness taken out. It?s almost haunting, very filmic.
So too is Deep Honey. If you had a vinyl copy you?d swear you?d got a bad pressing, the keyboard seemingly out of key.
Tiptoe on the other hand has that Kraftwerk "Pocket Calculator" hook. It builds and builds before heading in another direction completely.
This is an album which mixes dark, metallic days with forbidden lusty nights.
It doesn?t always work, it may alienate as many fans as it draws in, but in an age when formula seems to be the music watchword, Goldfrapp have taken a brave step forward. |
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