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Rating: It's early September last year when Miss Alison comes to visit us for the third time, adding the final piece to her ascending path towards the mainstream. Those who were disappointed by the decidedly electro-pop turn of the previous "Black Cherry" might find themselves completely baffled this time; there is no turning back on what has been, in fact, the path the beauty seems to be on is increasingly that of the '80s glam clubs, which is why it all boils down to the usual crossroads: you either hate it or love it.
Forget the enchanted and cinematic landscapes of "Felt Mountain", at first glance here everything seems colder and more detached; supported by electroclash and trip-hop bases, the melodies are submerged by filters and synthesizers until they recreate a lively and sensual atmosphere which, thanks to Alison's voice, becomes increasingly sexy and aggressive. There is something mechanical about the references to sex and transgression that punctually reappear... the porno chic of the single "Ride A White Horse" (an easily interpreted metaphor), the lustful and hypnotic tune of "Oh La La", or the kitsch glam of "Lovely 2 C U". Even the splendid atmospheres of "Time Out From The World" and "Let It Take You", in their successful attempt to make us soar above this glossy and dazzling world, don't escape some suggestive parentheses ("I want to feel you here").
With "You Never Know", however, Goldfrapp takes us back to the times of their first work, offering the highest moment of the album: her voice reaches really remarkable peaks, mixing mysterious melancholy and mystical exaltation not devoid of touching femininity. This is followed by tracks like "Satic Chic" (certainly designed for a duet), the romantic "Fly Me Away", the fervent "Koko", and the electro anthems "Number 1" and "Slide In".
You must have understood by now, with a few exceptions you navigate a sea of electronics that's decidedly captivating and intriguing, certainly very revival and heavily influenced by pop, but also reasonably original considering the times (house and techno more or less dominate the "serious" electronic sector), and capable of capturing you even if you never considered yourself a fan of glam.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Ooh La La (03:24)
Dial up my number now
Weaving it through the wire
Switch me on
Turn me up
Don't want it Baudelaire
Just glitter lust
Switch me on
Turn me up
I want to touch you
You're just made for love
I need la la la la la la
I need ooh la la la la
I need la la la la la la
I need ooh la la la la...
Coils up and round me
Teasing your poetry
Switch me on
Turn me up
Oh child of Venus
You're just made for love
I need la la la la la la
I need ooh la la la la
I need la la la la la la
I need ooh la la la la...
You know I walk for days
I wanna waste some time
You wanna be so mean
You know I love to watch
I wanna love some more
It'll never be the same
A broken heel like a heart
I'll never walk again
Yeah!
I need la la la la la la
I need ooh la la la la
I need la la la la la la
I need ooh la la la la...
03 Ride a White Horse (04:41)
Now take me dancing
At the Disco
Where you buy your
Winniebago
I wanna ride on a white horse
I want to ride on a white horse
When the light turns into darkness
Will he turn up to explain us?
I wanna ride on a white horse
I want to ride on a white horse
Lend me a whole new world
All night
Feel life
When is there ever sense
To love
This world
In the whirlpool
We'll go deeper
In this world that's
Getting cheaper
I wanna ride on a white horse
I want to ride on a white horse
I like dancing
At the disco
I want blisters
You're my leader
I wanna ride on a white horse
I want to ride on a white horse
Oh I love this feeling
Feels like forever
Oh I love this feeling
Feels like real
Leather
04 You Never Know (03:27)
How long now
How long now
I love you
Steel painted eyes
Feels like snow
Change my head
Days so long
You never know, you never know
You never know
You never know, you never know
You never know
Just how long it will be
Here we go again
We're going round and round
Here we go again
We're going round and round
Today I know
It's too long dare
We'll see
Feels like snow
Chained myself to me
You never know, you never know
You never know
You never know, you never know
You never know
Just how long it will be
Here we go again
We're going round and round
Here we go again
We're going round and round
How long now
Longest story...
05 Let It Take You (04:29)
They sail light, ocean
Sail this night, ocean
Filling my sleep so gently
Just let it take you
Just let it steer
They sail light, ocean
Sail this night, ocean
Shimmer like gold,
They're singing
Filling my sleep so gently
Just let it take you
Just let it steer
Just let it take you
This is easy
06 Fly Me Away (04:25)
Drifting out of time
Something on your mind
And I wanna be the
One that you call
When you get down
No matter where you
Are in the world I'll be around
Fly me away on an Aeroplane
High in the sky
Wanna see you again
Wanna know this time,
Gonna tell you what I'm feeling
Gonna know this time,
Gonna get it back that feeling
Miles and miles of sun
Endless roads
twist on
Don't wanna live a life
In a world that's all the same
The crazy little things
That you do are magical
This crazy life
This crazy world
We're living in is
Magical
07 Slide In (04:17)
You send me just colours
I'm waiting, don't hold back
Trees bow to the wind
And I'm falling inside you
Slide in
Feel the future
Rushing Slowly
Right now
So close I could
touch it
I'm dreaming
Don't wake up
Slide in
Feel the future
Rushing slowly
Light now
Nothing makes me
Feel like
Show me real love
Right now
08 Koko (03:23)
Sharp as teeth and stars
I can't give you up
Like a moth to light
Move like caramel
Til dawn
You glow
Soon be nothing of this world
Soon be nothing
Breathe back into life
Stabs at happiness
Now we're having fun
Hold tight, don't look down
Til dawn
You glow
09 Satin Chic (03:28)
You're so satin chic
Look rich, talking cheap
On your telephone
Won't be coming home
He's my man
Yeah he's my man
You don't understand
Dressed up lizard green
Celluloid seventeen
Lip gloss bold as blood
You got em linin' up
He's my man
Yeah he's my man
You don't understand
Ne Na Na Na Na Na Na
Racing through the stars
You killed me awhile
My smile synchronized
For every one tonight
He's my man
Yeah he's my man
You don't understand
Ne Na Na Na Na Na Na
10 Time Out From the World (04:47)
Breathing in your sip of gold
I follow all your little lines
I like to watch a thousand times
I want to feel you here
I like to watch a thousands times
I make a shrine for you
Time out from the world
Leaving it all
Just for a day
You like there's a down
Hold me and round
Take us a day?
Here I go, I'm going back
On every world you ever said
I'm dreaming of another time
Yesterday was my alibi
We changed the world, just you and I
I make a shrine for you
11 Number 1 (03:24)
Walk out into velvet
Nothing more to say
You're my favourite moment
You're my Saturday
Cos you're my Number 1
I'm like a dog to get you
I want it up and on
I'm like a dog to get you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Sunset only seconds
Just ripe then it's gone
Got no new intentions
Just right then it's gone
Cos you're my Number 1
I'm like a dog to get you
I want it up and on
I'm like a dog to get you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll be there to meet you
Getting down to greet you
Walk out into velvet
Nothing more to say
You're my favourite moment
You're my Saturday
Cos you're my Number 1
I'm like a dog to get you
I want it up and on
I'm like a dog to get you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cos you're my Number 1
I'm like a dog to get you
I want it up and on
I'm like a dog to get you
Howl under the moon
Howl under the moon
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Howl under the moon
Howl under the moon
12 Beautiful (04:48)
Magic maker, wish me one wish
Hold me to your light and maybe
Oh what if I say
Why don't we play
I'll wear your star
I shiver, you shake it
To me I, I can't help it
Don't know, am I dreaming
Or have you, you haven't
Stop for awhile
Why don't we play
I'll wear your star
Oh, love make me
Oh, love tasted beautiful
Oh, love make me
Oh, love tasted critical
Turn me onto your star show me
One night, slowly
Aching, make me
Oh, what if I say
Why don't we play
I'll wear your star.
I'm goin right under
Your spell has taken over
I'm feelin, your passion
Oh there's no need for
The place where I'll wait
Why don't we play
I'll wear your star
Oh, love make me
Oh, love tasted beautiful
Oh, love make me
Oh, love tasted critical
Turn me onto your star show me
One night, slowly
Aching, make me
Oh, what if I say
Why don't we play
I'll wear your star
Oh, love make me
Oh, love tasted beautiful
Oh, love make me
Oh, love tasted critical
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