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Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain Revamped Audio CD

A fair review of the Goldfrapp "Felt Mountain Revamped" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Goldfrapp reviews here, or go back to the Goldfrapp tabs.

Goldfrapp Band: Goldfrapp
Title: Felt Mountain Revamped
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Release Date: 2001-10-08
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Lovely Head 2: Paper Bag 3: Human 4: Pilots 5: Deer Stop 6: Felt Mountain 7: Oompa Radar 8: Utopia 9: Horse Tears 10: Pilots (On A Star) 11: U.K. Girls (Physical) 12: Lovely Head (Miss World Mix) 13: Utopia (New Ears Mix) 14: Human (Calexico Vocal) 15: Human (Masseys Cro-Magnon Mix) 16: Utopia (Tom Middletons Cosmos Vocal Mix)

Haunting
The film-noir/trip-hop/classical feel is all here. This revamped edition really doesn't improve that much on the already excellent original edition of Felt Mountain. Instrumental versions of Lovely Head and Utopia are haunting and dream-like, but the real surprise is a cover of Olivia Newton-John's Physical, which signals the departure from their original sound to the more dance-oriented Black Cherry and Supernature, their second and third albums, respectively. A few remixes and the enhanced content are really inconsequential, since you can't improve on a masterpiece.


Awww, it's like flying over ice capped mountains...hee hee
The only way I can describe it is relaxing and unique. I loved this album as soon as my ears heard its first note. The music is light and mystical (as cheesy as that sounds) and her voice is beautiful. They picked the perfect images on their album because their music really conveys a feeling of being far away from Texas (where I live) and somewhere calm and quiet in a forest. To really not think I am just a big happy flowerchild, you need to listen to the album and I am pretty sure you will get what I am saying. It is one of those albums you won't regret buying; I even bought it on vinyl and cd. And who can resist a remake of "Let's Get Physical. ".


lasting
Alison Goldfrapp has one of the best voices we could never have. my friend and musical geru played this for me one time while we were playing chess and I was so fascinated by it that he won. I won't be one of those that claim to have found "the best" album ever. i'll just say that it's one of my favorites. I've heard alot of people say that it's sort of like sixties trip hop, and I think they're right, but i wouldn't know on a scientific level or anything.


Worth it for the bonus CD alone....
But I'm glad I did. Until early 2002, my musical tastes had been quite limited - broadway tunes and (some) top forty!! So it was with trepidation that I bought 'Felt Mountain' by Goldfrapp on the recommendation of a friend. . .

Felt Mountain was my first foray into 'non mainstream' music. From the very first seconds of the first track 'lovely head', with it's solo brass and sombre whistle intro, I knew I was in for a wonderful aural treat. . .

I don't want to catorgorise Felt Mountain into a particular musical style, but I suppose it could be best described as 'chill out' music, but that description hardly gives it justice. What we have is a wonderful aural soundscape that incorporates traditional classical instruments along side modern synthesisers to create wonderful mellow music, that is not only relaxing, but also creates the most wonderful visual imagery inside.

The special edition CD included contains remixes of various songs in which a concerted effort has been made to create markedly different versions of the songs, including having a male vocalist on the Human calexico mix singing in a non-english language. Also here is an excellent version of 'Physical' (originally by Olivia Newtown John) and a 7+minute mpeg movie called a 'Trip To Felt Mountain'. It is in this movie where we get to spend some time with the duo that is Goldfrapp and discover how they created this wonderful CD and to view some spectacular nature imagery.

A special mention should be made of the cover design and photography - all designed by singer Alison Golfrapp herself. We get wonderful, thought proking and peace - inducing imagery of nature and mountains that sits so well with the music. So we actually get music and imagery that complement each other beautifully.

How does one truely define Goldfrapp and their debut CD Felt Mountain?? I would use words like creative, original, innovative, fresh - the list could go on and on. But if you are someone who can appreciate music other than top 40, give Felt mountain a listen and enter a world of inner reflection where music and imagery combine together perfectly .


Beautiful, crystalline vocal talent
I wanted to deviate from electronica and trekk towards more opera, classical, or loungy beats. Alison Goldfrapp is a new buy for me. It's weird how I read that this CD is compared to Bjork's 'Vespertine', that I bought that CD a year ago. Bjork is by far my favorite artist, but I like this CD much more than 'Vespertine'. Whether you like the soft, jazzy, bass lines of 'Lovely Head', or the ethereal yet upbeat sounds of 'Utopia', this CD is a must for those who love electronica, jazz, or lounge music.


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