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UncutI doubt there'll be many better albums released this year. [Jun 2003, p.98]
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MojoGlazed soul music that's both lucid and ambiguous, that chimes simultaneously with Donna Summer, John Barry and Suicide, beautifully schizophrenic and poised on the edge of ruin. [May 2003, p.91]
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Q MagazineA record of jerky, twilit, hard-edged electro.... But for all its experiment and inconsistency, Black Cherry is still a thoroughly likeable album. [May 2003, p.101]
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Rolling StoneBlack Cherry is both retro and futuristic, like vintage synth pop heard through a wall of distortion. [15 May 2003, p.134]
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SpinGoldfrapp downplay the "cinematic" strings in favor of buzzing live-wire synths. [May 2003, p.116]
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Jul 24, 2012Goldfrapp know how to draw you in and, more importantly, hook you.
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While Goldfrapp's new sound calls to mind the likes of the Human League, Donna Summer, and Soft Cell, it's more than the sum of those parts and benefits from much heavier beats than many of its apparent influences.
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Alternative PressA menacingly sweet and sweetly menacing set of electro pop. [June 2003, p.109]
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BlenderAlthough a few tracks retain Felt Mountain's eerie beauty, Black Cherry's natural habitat is less supper club than strip club, and Goldfrapp sound right at home. [May 2003, p.119]
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'Black Cherry' is a record that, like Lemon Jelly's sophomore effort, 'Lost Horizons', consolidates rather than defines but, when Alison gets her honeyed tonsils into the warm duvet-textures of the title track, the world can happily stand still for 5 minutes and we'll gladly give them another bite.
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If you can imagine Gary Numan, Prince and William Orbit teaming up to write and produce a record for Donna Summer, little on Black Cherry will surprise you.
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Ultimately, Black Cherry lacks the unified flow of Felt Mountain, primarily because the band hasn't divorced itself completely from its past sound.
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Delightfully pushes boundaries.
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Black Cherry strips away almost all of the film score drama of Felt Mountain. This would be a bigger disappointment than it is if the album's dance-oriented, neo-new wave were less successful than it is.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 33 out of 39
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Mixed: 4 out of 39
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Negative: 2 out of 39
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AlexUMay 6, 2008
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Sep 25, 2017
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Apr 18, 2014