Goldfrapp
Felt Mountain
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
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Lovely Head full track | 3:49 | 147,791 | ||
| 2 |
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Paper Bag full track | 4:04 | 90,609 | ||
| 3 |
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Human full track | 4:35 | 86,860 | ||
| 4 |
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Pilots full track | 4:28 | 109,042 | ||
| 5 |
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Deer Stop full track | 4:05 | 93,902 | ||
| 6 |
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Felt Mountain full track | 4:16 | 87,578 | ||
| 7 |
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Oompah Radar full track | 4:41 | 6,393 | ||
| 8 |
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Utopia full track | 4:17 | 133,193 | ||
| 9 |
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Horse Tears full track | 5:09 | 85,151 |
About this album
Felt Mountain is the debut album by English electronic duo Goldfrapp. It was released by Mute Records on 11 September 2000 in the United Kingdom. The album features Alison Goldfrapp’s synthesized vocals in cinematic scope, and takes influence from a variety of music styles such as 1960s pop, cabaret, folk, and electronica.
Felt Mountain was a top seventy-five album in Goldfrapp’s native United Kingdom, and was certified gold in October 2001. It was generally well received by music critics, and it was described as “simultaneously smarmy and seductive, yet elegant and graceful”. 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.
Recording and production
Goldfrapp signed a recording contract with London-based record label Mute Records in August 1999.The pair began recording their debut album over a six-month period, beginning in September 1999, in a rented bungalow in the Wiltshire countryside. The recording process was difficult for Alison Goldfrapp, who was often alone and disturbed by the mice and insects in the bungalow.Gregory described their recording sessions as intense because he was unaccustomed to composing with others. Goldfrapp contributed the album’s lyrics, and Gregory and Goldfrapp composed the music together. The lyrics are abstract obsessional tales inspired by films, Goldfrapp’s childhood, and the loneliness she felt while recording the album.Musically, the album takes influence from a variety of styles including 1960s pop, cabaret, folk, and electronica.
Felt Mountain was a top seventy-five album in Goldfrapp’s native United Kingdom, and was certified gold in October 2001. It was generally well received by music critics, and it was described as “simultaneously smarmy and seductive, yet elegant and graceful”. 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.
Recording and production
Goldfrapp signed a recording contract with London-based record label Mute Records in August 1999.The pair began recording their debut album over a six-month period, beginning in September 1999, in a rented bungalow in the Wiltshire countryside. The recording process was difficult for Alison Goldfrapp, who was often alone and disturbed by the mice and insects in the bungalow.Gregory described their recording sessions as intense because he was unaccustomed to composing with others. Goldfrapp contributed the album’s lyrics, and Gregory and Goldfrapp composed the music together. The lyrics are abstract obsessional tales inspired by films, Goldfrapp’s childhood, and the loneliness she felt while recording the album.Musically, the album takes influence from a variety of styles including 1960s pop, cabaret, folk, and electronica.
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Shouts
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v-o-g-u-e wrote:
I found a brilliant, written at large, self-interpretation of Felt Mountain in the web - it's gorgeous: http://sourduck.blogspot.com/2006/02/s-felt-mountain.html
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Nezumi2001 wrote:
Too bad Goldfrapp never came close to the raw perfection of Felt Mountain with her other albums. But I'm very thankful she gave us this masterpiece.
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PhoenixBloom wrote:
This has to be one of the most beautiful albums I've ever heard!
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OneWhiteDuck wrote:
Listened to this for the the first time today and it knocked me out in a way that few albums can. Damn, damn shame there isn't more like this from them.
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TreesCanBeGreen wrote:
loving this. I would say its a classic james bond soundtrack meets björk and some weird ambient tunes, great!!
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al-columbato wrote:
best album!
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Warrior_Bard wrote:
Amazing, so atmospheric.
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photon_man62 wrote:
255 plays in your library. Whoa. WHOA. (for me, it's a very large number)
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Terrasidius wrote:
great
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SupernovaJuice wrote:
I'm so in love! I absolutely love every single track!
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AFMLopes wrote:
So freaking good.
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Isaac160690 wrote:
their best album! fantastic! [2] Humaaaan *-*
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renatamenezes wrote:
O meu preferido! E Pilots é a melhor.
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VietRebel wrote:
This album made me like them so much more.
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rubelzar wrote:
their best album! fantastic!
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enchant wrote:
This album and Radiohead's "Amnesiac" are tied so closely together in my mind. This was my nocturnal music for so many nights and mornings of feeling lost. Their best album.
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MadamKerrington wrote:
Haven't listened to it in a while. It's great.
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yinxianghecheng wrote:
One of the best albums ever. It's simply amazing...
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omgesteban wrote:
this is one of my favorite albums of all time. one of the only i listen from start to finish and do not skip a track. a masterpiece.
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huoh wrote:
their best by far.
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