"Felt Mountain" has its moments, but I wouldn't say it's a necessary
pickup. She seems to focus on the cabaret style a little too much, and the
album has a number of slow spots. Some of the stuff sounds derivative (if
you've heard "Human" I think you know what I mean). She also reuses this
same melody a few times on the album. I guess you could say it's a theme
for her album, but it mostly just irritates me.
That said, I think she has a lot of potential. I saw her last week in New
York (went to see Plaid open for her), and I was rather impressed by her
vocal abilities (it's one thing to sing on a recording... another to mirror
that live). Her backing band gave her songs a lot more flair, and "Utopia"
sounded wonderful. She covered Olivia Newton John's "Physical" that night, too.
If she could grow stronger in the songwriting department, Ms. Goldfrapp
could be a real talent.
-Ryan
p.s. - she wore the combat gear and beret in NYC, too :)
At 05:34 PM 5/10/2001 -0400, you wrote:
quoted 19 lines On Thu, 10 May 2001, Ryan Schilling wrote:>On Thu, 10 May 2001, Ryan Schilling wrote:
>
> > Yeah, I got the Goldfrapp album last year; that was on Mute and it was a
> > domestic release.
>
>How was the album? The impression that I got from their live show was of
>reheated French cabaret music (ou est-il, Jacques Brel?) in a vaguely
>Portishead style. The Francophile influence seems to be so pervasive as to
>manifest itself in Ms. Goldfrapp's wardrobe (I mean, what's more French
>than wearing military gear with no obvious intention of ever using it in a
>combat situation?). On the other hand, reviews of the album seem
>consistently positive, so you never know.
>
> -rob
>
>
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