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| Studio album by Goldfrapp | |||||
| Released | September 19, 2000 | ||||
| Recorded | September 1999 – February 2000 in Wiltshire, England | ||||
| Genre | Ambient Electronic Trip hop |
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| Length | 39:32 | ||||
| Label | Mute, EMI, Everlasting | ||||
| Producer | Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory | ||||
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Felt Mountain is the debut album by English electronic duo Goldfrapp. Goldfrapp are a British Electronic music group known for their visual theatrics and contribution to the popularization of Electronic dance music. Black Cherry is the second Album by British electronic duo Goldfrapp. " Lovely Head " is an electronic song performed by British group Goldfrapp. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. " Utopia " is an electronic song performed by British group Goldfrapp. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. " Human " is an electronic song performed by British group Goldfrapp. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. " Utopia (Genetically Enriched " is an electronic song performed by British group Goldfrapp. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Goldfrapp are a British Electronic music group known for their visual theatrics and contribution to the popularization of Electronic dance music. It was released by Mute Records on September 11, 2000 in the United Kingdom. Mute Records is a Record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single "T Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The album featured Alison Goldfrapp's synthesized vocals over cinematic soundscapes[1], and takes influence from a variety of music styles such as cabaret, folk, and electronica. Alison Goldfrapp (born Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrap on May 13 1966, in Enfield, London) is an English Singer A soundscape is a Sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an immersive environment. Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring Comedy, Song, Dance, and Theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue &mdash a Restaurant Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range [2]
Felt Mountain was a top seventy-five album in Goldfrapp's native United Kingdom, and was certified gold in October 2001. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located [3] It was well received by music critics, and it was described as "simultaneously smarmy and seductive, yet elegant and graceful". [4] In 2001, the album was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, an annual music prize awarded for the best British or Irish album from the previous year. The Mercury Prize, formerly the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Nationwide Mercury Prize for Sponsorship reasons is an annual music prize Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world [5]
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Chart performance and sales
Felt Mountain debuted on the UK albums chart at number hundred and forty-four, and sold 914 copies in its first week. The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. [6] On September 22, 2001, the album peaked at number fifty-seven, before exiting the albums chart two weeks later. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. [7] In October 2001, Felt Mountain was certified gold for sales of 100,000 copies. [3] In France, the album reached number forty-eight, and remained on the albums chart for eleven weeks. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. [8] The album reached the top fifty in Australia, Austria and Germany. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. [7][9]
Felt Mountain received limited promotion in North America, and did not appear on any major album charts. The album, however, has sold 52,000 copies in the United States since its release in September 2000. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [10]
Track listing
All tracks written and composed by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, except where noted.
- "Lovely Head" – 3:49
- "Paper Bag" – 4:07
- "Human" (Goldfrapp, Gregory, Locke, Norfolk) – 4:34
- "Pilots" – 4:27
- "Deer Stop" – 4:04
- "Felt Mountain" – 4:15
- "Oompa Radar" – 4:44
- "Utopia" – 4:16
- "Horse Tears" – 5:10
Bonus tracks
All bonus tracks and footage appear on the UK and Spanish special editions of Felt Mountain. " Lovely Head " is an electronic song performed by British group Goldfrapp. " Human " is an electronic song performed by British group Goldfrapp. " Utopia " is an electronic song performed by British group Goldfrapp.
- "Pilots (On a Star)" – 3:57
- "UK Girls (Physical)" (Olivia Newton-John cover) – 4:51
- "Lovely Head" (Miss World mix) – 3:51
- "Utopia" (New Ears mix) – 3:10
- "Human" (Calexico vocal) – 4:49
- "Human" (Masseys Cro-Magnon mix) – 5:55
- "Utopia" (Tom Middleton's Cosmos vocal mix) – 8:17
- "A Trip to Felt Mountain"
Personnel
The following people contributed to Felt Mountain:[11]
- Alison Goldfrapp – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Nick Batt – synthesizer, bass, percussion, programming, mixing, engineering
- Will Gregory – synthesizer, keyboard, string arrangements, brass arrangements
- Adrian Utley – bass
- Tony Orrell, John Parish – drums
- Rowen Oliver – percussion
- Andy Bush – flugelhorn
- John Cornick – trombone
- Stuart Gordon – violin, viola
- B. " Physical " is a 1981 song written by Steve Kipner and Terry Shaddick and performed by Olivia Newton-John. Olivia Newton-John, AO, OBE (born September 26 1948) is a Grammy Award -winning and Golden Globe -nominated English-born Calexico is a rock band based in Tucson Arizona, known for playing an eclectic variety of music Tom Middleton (born 18 August 1971) is a British recording artist music producer remixer and DJ Alison Goldfrapp (born Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrap on May 13 1966, in Enfield, London) is an English Singer The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Audio mixing is the process by which a multitude of sound sources are combined into one or more channels Audio engineering is a part of audio science dealing with the recording and reproduction of Sound through mechanical and electronic means William Owen Gregory (Born 17 September 1959 in Bristol) is best known as the lead keyboards and Synthesizer player of electronic A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a Musical instrument, particularly the piano A brass instrument is a Musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a tubular Resonator. Adrian Francis Utley (born 27 April 1957) is a jazz guitarist from Bristol, England who is most widely known for his musical direction guitar John Parish is an English musician and producer best known for his work with singer and songwriter PJ Harvey, though he has also worked with Eels, The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone. The flugelhorn (also spelled fluegelhorn or flügelhorn) is a Brass instrument resembling a Trumpet but with a wider conical bore The trombone is a Musical instrument in the brass family Like all brass instruments it is a lip-reed Aerophone: sound is produced when the player’s The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member The viola is a bowed String instrument. It is the middle voice of the Violin family, Waghorn – saxophone
- Rowen Oliver – string ensemble
- Dave Bascombe, Kevin Paul – mixing
- David Lord, Kevin Paul – engineering
- John Dent – mastering
Release History
These are the formats of major album releases of Felt Mountain:
| Release format | Country | Cat. The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a Musical instrument that produces Sound by means of Vibrating strings In the Hornbostel-Sachs John Dent may refer to John H Dent (1782&ndash1823 officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War and the First Barbary War John Mastering, a form of audio Post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a Data storage device no. | Release date |
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| UK Edition CD[12] | United Kingdom | cdstumm188 | September 2000 |
| UK Digipak[13] | United Kingdom | lcdstumm188 | September 2000 |
| UK vinyl album[14] | United Kingdom | stumm188 | September 2000 |
| Spanish Special Edition[15] | Spain | evercd150l | October 2001 |
Charts
| Charts (2000) | Peak position[7][8][9] |
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| Australian Albums Chart | 44 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 44 |
| French Albums Chart | 48 |
| German Albums Chart | 36 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 98 |
| UK Albums Chart | 57 |
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