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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
  • All Music Guide 4/5 stars link
  • Art Nouveau Magazine (Positive) link
  • Bloomberg L.P. 4/4 stars link
  • Crawdaddy! (favorable) link
  • Digital Spy 4/5 stars link
  • The Guardian 4/5 stars link
  • The Independent 4/5 stars link
  • LAUNCHcast (9/10) link
  • NME (6/10) link
  • The Observer 5/5 stars link
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  • Prefix (8. A prefix is a type of Affix attached to a stem which modifies the meaning of that stem 5/10) link
  • Rolling Stone 3/5 stars link
  • The Sun 5/5 stars link
  • This Is Fake DIY' 4.5/5 stars link
  • The Times 4/5 stars link
  • TMM 8/10 stars link
  • Uncut 4/5 stars link
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. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published The Sun is a Tabloid daily newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Ireland with the highest circulation of any daily English-language This Is Fake DIY (or DIY) is a United Kingdom -based music Webzine dedicated to alternative music The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. Uncut magazine trademarked as UNCUT, is a popular monthly publication based in London. Goldfrapp are a British Electronic music group known for their visual theatrics and contribution to the popularization of Electronic dance music. We Are Glitter is a Remix album by British electronic duo Goldfrapp. " A&E " (short for "Accident and Emergency" is a folk - tronica song performed by British duo Goldfrapp. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common " Happiness " is a Folktronica song performed by British duo Goldfrapp. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common " Caravan Girl " is a Folktronica song performed by British duo Goldfrapp. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist 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 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. Mute Records is a Record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single "T Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 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 United States of America —commonly referred to as the Supernature is the third Album by British electronic duo Goldfrapp. [1] They claimed that the inspiration came from paganism and surreal English children's books. Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "country dweller rustic" is a word used to refer to various religions and religious beliefs from across the world [2] The album's first single, "A&E", was released on February 11, 2008 and peaked inside the top 10 in the UK. " A&E " (short for "Accident and Emergency" is a folk - tronica song performed by British duo Goldfrapp. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [3]

The album leaked onto file sharing websites in November 2007, three months before its official release. An Internet leak occurs when a party's confidential Intellectual property is released to the public on the Internet. See Shared resource for the conventional meaning of file sharing File sharing refers to the providing and receiving of digital files over a [4]

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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. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. " Caravan Girl " is a Folktronica song performed by British duo Goldfrapp. [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. Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 is an English singer songwriter musician and Record producer. Cocteau Twins were a Scottish Alternative rock band active from 1979 to 1997 [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". Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a Chicago -based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary [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". Yahoo! Music, owned by Yahoo!, is the provider of a variety of music services including Internet radio music videos news artist information and original programming Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English Musician and Songwriter. [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". Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published [9] John Lewis of Uncut called it "brave, bonkers, often beautiful, sometimes haunting and occasionally ridiculous". Uncut magazine trademarked as UNCUT, is a popular monthly publication based in London. [10]

Chart performance and sales

Seventh Tree debuted on the UK albums chart at number two on March 4, 2008. The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [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. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The album reached the top twenty in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation [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. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [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. The Billboard charts are music sales airplay and digital ranking reports distributed to the general public by Billboard magazine The Billboard charts are music sales airplay and digital ranking reports distributed to the general public by Billboard magazine The Billboard charts are music sales airplay and digital ranking reports distributed to the general public by Billboard magazine [16] In Canada, the album reached number twenty-nine. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page [12].

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory. Alison Goldfrapp (born Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrap on May 13 1966, in Enfield, London) is an English Singer William Owen Gregory (Born 17 September 1959 in Bristol) is best known as the lead keyboards and Synthesizer player of electronic

  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

Bonus tracks

All bonus tracks appear on some iTunes Store editions of Seventh Tree. " Happiness " is a Folktronica song performed by British duo Goldfrapp. " A&E " (short for "Accident and Emergency" is a folk - tronica song performed by British duo Goldfrapp. " Caravan Girl " is a Folktronica song performed by British duo Goldfrapp. The iTunes Store is a software-based online Digital media store operated by Apple Inc

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

Bonus DVD

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

Release History

The album was released in four different formats:

These are the formats of major album releases of Seventh Tree. A gramophone

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

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. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. The official Music Charts in Germany are collected and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband der phonographischen Wirtschaft (Federal The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ is a non-profit trade association of Record producers, distributors and recording artists in New The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. S. Billboard 200 48

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