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The official Goldfrapp thread; New album "Silver Eye"
Topic Started: Nov 21 2010, 07:13 AM (4,458 Views)
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Hmmm. Not feeling any of those :(


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Yeah, they're all so lacklustre. Really banal. It all seemed so promising with the gorgeous "Drew", but it's now looking like this is the first album where they're really dropped the ball. :sadalexz:
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Oh dear. I guess news of the partial leakage hasn't gone down well. :confused:

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It's a bloody shame isn't it... when you trust someone and then they go & blow it

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Yep you got what I meant.....I guess it was likely to happen but you just hope that the people who were entrusted with it would respect that

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I guess it makes them feel powerful/ special maybe?!
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oh Alison just write a song about it and release this one early
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I keep reading that the whole album has leaked, but I can't find any links ANYWHERE.
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Maybe it's for the better. :chuckle:
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Listening to the HQ full album now. Let's hope it all comes together...
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Such a slog to get through. One of the most boring albums I've ever heard by an act that I love. Yes, there's the very occasional lovely moment(Drew, Stranger), but overall it's profoundly dull.

It's probably one of those albums that you have to really be in the mood for, but I highly doubt I'll ever be in that mood.
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FUCK ME SIDEWAYS, Annabel is just as gorgeous as Drew. :drama:
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Yeah, they lost me after track #4, goes downhill from there.
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Jul 26 2013, 10:34 PM
FUCK ME SIDEWAYS, Annabel is just as gorgeous as Drew. :drama:
I love that one too. A lovely melody. Drew is still my favourite by quite a distance though.

I just can't cope with these kind of one-tempo, one-style albums. It's all so samey. Lovely background music, but that's not exactly a compliment.
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Jul 27 2013, 11:29 AM
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Jul 26 2013, 10:34 PM
FUCK ME SIDEWAYS, Annabel is just as gorgeous as Drew. :drama:
I love that one too. A lovely melody. Drew is still my favourite by quite a distance though.

I just can't cope with these kind of one-tempo, one-style albums. It's all so samey. Lovely background music, but that's not exactly a compliment.
Agreed. It's not the samey, one-tempo style of the album that bothers me, but rather the muddled and weak melodies of most songs.

I wouldn't mind an album of 10 gorgeous ballads but this one isn't it. :(
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I don't know what you all bitching about, I love this :drama:
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Jul 27 2013, 06:09 PM
I don't know what you all bitching about, I love this :drama:
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Jul 27 2013, 03:07 PM
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Jul 27 2013, 11:29 AM
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Jul 26 2013, 10:34 PM
FUCK ME SIDEWAYS, Annabel is just as gorgeous as Drew. :drama:
I love that one too. A lovely melody. Drew is still my favourite by quite a distance though.

I just can't cope with these kind of one-tempo, one-style albums. It's all so samey. Lovely background music, but that's not exactly a compliment.
Agreed. It's not the samey, one-tempo style of the album that bothers me, but rather the muddled and weak melodies of most songs.

I wouldn't mind an album of 10 gorgeous ballads but this one isn't it. :(
That's true actually. If all the songs were of the quality of Drew, I'd have no issues. Alas, they aren't. Too many subpar melodies. It's also difficult to make out what she's saying a lot of the time.
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Well it's clear to see why they released "Drew" first as its by far the strongest track. The rest is fair to middling, but this is their weakest album by some distance. I guess the critical response to "Head First" really did damage their "mojo" :(

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Yeah, that's how I feel too. Nothing on the album is bad, but aside from Drew, nothing lives up to what we all know they're capable of.

I'm really quite shocked by how lacklustre it is.
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I didn't realise Head First was badly received? I must have been under a rock.. I love it.
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Jul 27 2013, 09:27 PM
I didn't realise Head First was badly received? I must have been under a rock.. I love it.
I love it too, but yeah I think it was generally poorly received. It's in a different league to the new one, but I bet 'Tales of Us' will garner vastly superior reviews because it's moody and not pop.
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Shame :(
Don't get me wrong though I love some of their other more 'difficult' music too - but there is difficult and there is bland :/
Edited by thesmu, Jul 27 2013, 10:43 PM.
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