Goldfrapp/Alison Goldfrapp S/D

I quite like Goldfrapp but come the fuck on. Not even Liberace would package an album like that.

tbh i can't blame any band for rinsing whatever obsessive, wealthy fans they might have these days

i mean yeah £99.99 is a bit lol but it's not like the music isn't being downloaded for free every day - overpriced live tickets are far more egregious imo

It's the same problem I had with the deluxe vinyl release of Bowie's 'Station To Station' (although that package had even more bumpf in the form of extra tracks that you'd only be interested in hearing if you were on as much cocaine as DB was at the time).
Heavyweight vinyl. Fine.
Bonus tracks that only appear on the LP version. Fine.
A bit of velvet, pics of Alison and Will looking grumpy, and what sounds like one of Dame Barbara Cartland's hat boxes? No. Thanks.

By coincidence I just jumped from the 2 Bears thread to this and was wondering whether the former's deluxe box set (with tea towel and ping pong bats) was supposed to be a joke at the expense of the ludicrousness of everything coming in a deluxe box.

If I was ever successful enough to have a 'singles/greatest hits' collection then I'd include a kitchen sink in the deluxe edition. Then I'd retire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9L0jD35TKI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_exjjrVCws

That Strict Machine performance is fantastic.

Essential b-sides: "White Soft Rope" and Pale 3 feat. Goldfrapp - "Bodo".

periodic reminder that tales of us is a masterpiece

I just played Tales Of Us last week. It really is a stunning record that's perfect for this time of year. I'm more than ready for a follow up.

true say, still one of my favourite albums this century.

btw all of the 5 films that were made to accompany 'Tales.. ' are on YouTube on GoldfrappTV and are very lovely. Originally they were a mini-movie (shown only once on a big screen and for some reason never released as a separate film on DVD).

to replicate the experience of the film, the clips should be watched in this order; Stranger, Laurel, Jo, Drew and Annabel.
it's worth doing if you like the record!

http://www.youtube.com/user/GoldfrappTV

I hope their next one is a synthpop record a la Supernature

I tried to write about the minimovie, failed

the collab with dave gahan was pretty cool

Cannot muster any enthusiasm for this solo album. First single is utterly forgettable

trying to explain the difference between "Goldfrapp" and "Alison Goldfrapp" is going to be a fun few weeks

New single does remind me of 'Somewhere Near Marseilles'

Came here to say how pleasant I found So Hot So Hard (even if the first seconds soound like a McCartney sample) despite never really being a big fan of Goldfrapp.

Probably because it’s more dancefloor friendly than the band ever was and more my thing.

I'd missed that this was happening, but listening now it sounds like the goal here is to be Róisín Murphy with none of the risk or effort.