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Black Cherry by Goldfrapp

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Black Cherry (Single Mix) 3:53 2,016
2 Gone to Earth 3:22 3,769
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Mute Records (2004) Released: 1 Jul 2004 2 tracks (7:15)
Goldfrapp’s Black Cherry inhabits a dark alley, bristling with urban menace and throbbing with a deep electronic pulse—a far cry from their breezy debut, which gently led the listener to a fairytale aural utopia occupied by Parisian pop, whistling divas and baroque masters. Having given up the countryside for a neon-lit studio, Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory have infused Black Cherry with an intensity and brooding claustrophobia that’s both exuberant and sensual. Simultaneously mellifluous and mechanical, tracks such as “Train,” with its fiery industrial rhythm, steer Goldfrapp dangerously close to the ailing electro-clash scene, before veering back to more familiar territory with the likes of the sultry, downbeat “Black Cherry” and languid dreamy ambience of “Forever.” Elsewhere our Hampshire-bred heroine gets deep down and dirty on “Twist,” an ode to oral that finds Goldfrapp waxing lyrical to a fierce driving Kraftewerk-esque synth. No Felt Mountain to get lost in, but at least there’s “Hairy Trees” to make up for it. —Christopher Barrett

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2003 album follows their debut Felt Mountain, Black Cherry is a Moroder meets Morricone affair, sexually explicit with a dancefloor electro flavor. 10 tracks.
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  • jacoo90

    rediscovering the album and wondering why I didnt pay the album entirely deserved attention. Slippage is just jaw-dropping

    March 2012

  • Batabid

    The whole cover is a collage. I don't understand what is so odd about that.

    December 2011

  • SynthMonster

    One thing that bothers me about this cover is how photoshopped Alison's right arm looks...[2]

    November 2011

  • GonzPilsen

    @edwinfry: oh god, I never noticed that before. so creepy.

    October 2011

  • edwinfry

    One thing that bothers me about this cover is how photoshopped Alison's right arm looks...

    October 2011

  • PartySanCTG

    Yeah, I'm going to stick to FM and 7T from now on.

    August 2011

  • PartySanCTG

    ... as a Felt Mountainite, I must admit this doesn't start promisingly. I just hope it turns out good by the end.

    August 2011

  • airwickhaze

    This, and Pure Reason Revolution's Amor Vincit Omnia are totally my sex albums.

    March 2011

  • Batabid

    one of my top 10 of all time. they will probably NEVER top this album. the atmosphere they created on this album - the grande orchestral arrangements set over the backdrop of warm, yet groovy synthesizers. Alison also nailed the art direction, it was spot on. there is not one weak track on this album. such a creative peak. don't even mention 'head first'... I loved their first three albums, was 'meh' about 'seventh tree' (apart from 'clowns' and 'eat youreself') and it's not like they are making it easier by releasing 'head first'. I hope, they have been my favourite band for 7 or 8 years now, that they will redeem themselves with the next one...

    January 2011

  • igottrouble

    :love: :love: :love:

    October 2010

  • subrussian

    hot, sexy and epic album. Their best among electronic-ones (Black Cherry, Supernature and Head First)

    October 2010

  • electrophile888

    This ranks at #3 in my best albums of all time. Tune after tune after tune.

    July 2010

  • bryancao

    love it, love it, and love it...

    April 2010

  • Astro-Cannon

    Listening to this album again, and it remains my favourite Goldfrapp album. I cannot see how ANYBODY can call this their worst album. I thought Supernature was a mess tbh, some decent songs but most of it was pretty forgettable. I think the arrangements in this album are beautiful and fantastic, especially in Deep Honey.

    March 2010

  • ReMyky22

    I just started getting into this album, I'm starting to love it more and more with every listen. I think that I'll love it as much as others after few more listens

    February 2010

  • lillithfirefox

    cristalline green awesome¡¡¡¡¡¡

    February 2010

  • cmishot

    @Swuey you're insane, Black Cherry is one of the best albums of all time - let alone their best! ... @higginist you couldn't be more correct

    January 2010

  • Swuey

    Probably their worst album IMO. I love Goldfrapp, but apart from Black Cherry, Tiptoe, Twist, Strict Machine and Forever, it's pretty much an experimental mess. Felt Mountain and Seventh Tree, followed by Supernature, are all much better IMO.

    January 2010

  • MagicLemur

    It is - very weird but excellent track...

    December 2009

  • egzystencjal

    Crystalline Green is incredible!

    November 2009
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