Voting Clowns because it’s such a great start to the album and it’s been stuck in my head for nigh on a decade
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 7 January 2018 06:09 (six years ago) link
I love that album so much, it might be my favorite of theirs. "A&E" could be it, but I will re-listen before deciding.
― LeRooLeRoo, Sunday, 7 January 2018 07:10 (six years ago) link
Clowns
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 7 January 2018 07:15 (six years ago) link
Yeah Clowns in gorgeous.
This is my least favourite of what I think of as their 'quiet trilogy' (completed by Felt Mountain and Tales of Us)
― chap, Sunday, 7 January 2018 10:57 (six years ago) link
Some People is very beautiful as well.
― chap, Sunday, 7 January 2018 10:58 (six years ago) link
― piscesx, Sunday, 7 January 2018 13:30 (six years ago) link
CLOWNS
― nashwan, Sunday, 7 January 2018 14:45 (six years ago) link
'Caravan Girl' is all-time, but this is far from my favourite Goldfrapp album.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Monday, 8 January 2018 17:02 (six years ago) link
I've got a vague memory of starting a Best Goldfrapp Album poll, but search isn't turning anything up.
― chap, Monday, 8 January 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
Tales of us stands out to me as their finest, and this comes from someone who never thought felt mountain would be bettered
― kolakube (Ross), Monday, 8 January 2018 21:11 (six years ago) link
xp yeah we seem to have had a 'best album' type discussion on every Goldfrapp thread but no actual dedicated one. weird. there are A LOT of threads too.
― piscesx, Monday, 8 January 2018 22:10 (six years ago) link
Happy to start one after this poll runs its course. I really couldn't predict the winner.
― chap, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 11:06 (six years ago) link
For me, it would be Supernature all the way!
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 17:04 (six years ago) link
No need to hold the poll now.
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 17:38 (six years ago) link
the two answers here are actually "Happiness" and "Cologne Cerrone Houdini" though
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 18:43 (six years ago) link
"Clowns" would be in contention were it not impossible to take serious a floaty meditative pastoral song whose central lyric is "only clowns would play with those balloons"
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 18:45 (six years ago) link
I loved their stage presentation during this era.
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link
The swirls and swipes around "Cologne Cerrone Houdini"'s chorus gets my vote.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 18:54 (six years ago) link
In a video interview with Blender, Alison Goldfrapp explained the lyrics (for Clowns):
Its about tits, basically. Fake tits. (…) I just happened to be watching a lot of trashy TV at the time and it seemed like every programme had a lady with huge, fake tits, and it’s slightly disturbing.
On Vanity Fair, she clarified:
It’s not a criticism. It’s just an observation.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 19:41 (six years ago) link
the electric proms performances from this era are great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_5kEuKbA2U
also, yeah don't hold the poll!
― kolakube (Ross), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 19:46 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 18 January 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link