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Name .:. Alison Goldfrapp - The Love Invention
Genre : Electronic
Source : CDDA
Type .:. Album
Artist : Alison Goldfrapp
Label : Skint
Titel : The Love Invention
Tracks : 10
Playtime : 42:22
Size : 80,67 MB
Encoder : VBRNEW - LAME3.100 - V0
Quality : VBR kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo
Bitrate : avg. 266kbps
[ Tracklist ]
01.NeverStop 04:19
02.Love Invention 04:17
03.Digging Deeper Now 03:20
04.In Electric Blue 05:10
05.The Beat Divine 04:43
06.Fever 04:35
07.Hotel (Suite 23) 03:13
08.Subterfuge 04:37
09.Gatto Gelato 04:28
10.So Hard So Hot 03:40
Total 42:22 Min
For her first album sans-Will Gregory, Alison
Goldfrapp is full of disco sparkle û but it's the
more melancholy numbers where it gets interesting,
finds Siobhan Kane
Alison Goldfrapp has talked of finding the beauty in
the intense environs of a club, and this, her solo
debut, is certainly aimed at the dancefloor. Created
with co-producers Richard X and James Greenwood,
there is obvious ambition in terms of the scale of
the sound û but sometimes revealing a paucity of
nuance.
ôHow do you see yourself?ö she asks on the wheezy,
bright-as-a-button æNeverStopÆ, filling a somewhat
poppier space between Grace Jones and Roisin Murphy,
yet conjuring their spirits nonetheless. Title track
æLove InventionÆ continues to push this colourful
pop juggernaut with its exploration of ôwellnessö
culture, and there are a few songs in this louder
kind of vein û painted with the broader brushstrokes
of disco and house, with varying degrees of success,
such as on the slight æSo Hard So HotÆ with its
squelchy synths and obvious anthemic tone, and
æHotel (Suite 23)Æ and its talk of ôhotel wonÆt
tellö duplicity. The messy thumping æSubterfugeÆ
mirrors the grimy generic disco of æGatto GelatoÆ,
which is at least elevated by her elegant vocal.
In truth it is GoldfrappÆs vocal that anchors this
record, and things take a more interesting turn when
the melancholy sets in (as is so often the way). Her
voice has always lent itself to a more subtle,
interrogating impulse, where she pulls at threads
and ideas, twisting them, teasing them. It is there
on æDigging Deeper NowÆ, with its glitchy moody
soundscape û this is where she not only lives, but
thrives û embodying a pleasing swagger, and a sense
of personal freedom. æFeverÆ has some of the albumÆs
nicest and wonkiest beats, and æIn Electric BlueÆ is
a weird electro ballad about loss. ôI know itÆs kind
of crazy, but itÆs trueö she sings, persuading us.
æThe Beat DivineÆ continues this pleasing weirdness,
with its sideways, sloping, and crab-like approach,
and GoldfrappÆs breathy vocal sounds imperious and
in control û a compelling duality.
æSLoFLoÆ is a strange gem and an album highlight
that sounds like Goldfrapp is truly slipping the
skin of any previous incarnations or collaborations.
It emerges unexpectedly, accompanied by a pared back
grace that brings to mind James Blake. The song
serves to remind us that sometimes less is not only
more, but more interesting û there is a sweetness
and delicacy which otherwise isnÆt present on the
record, and it provides a different, leavening, and
more intriguing texture. With its gorgeous wash of
sound, and a strange kind of beauty, it is perhaps a
signpost to where Goldfrapp might go next.
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