Black Cherry

Second album by unique and slightly sinister indie-dance duo, following 2000's 'Felt Mountain'. Eerily hypnotic and occasionally menacing, their sound combines folk, jazz, 60s pop, Weimar cabaret and trip-hop and tops off the eclectic mix with Alison Goldfrapp's otherwordly vocals. Includes the single 'Train'.

Rolling Stone (5/15/03, p.134)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Both retro and futuristic, like vintage synth pop heard through a wall of disortion..."

Spin (5/03, p.116)
- "...Singer Alison Goldfrapp still wails like Kate Bush haunting a fog-soaked moor..." - Grade: B

Mojo (5/03, p.91)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...[Goldfrapp] possess a masterful ear for stirring melodies, a healthy carnality and a furtive sense of humour that makes for rich, three-dimensional, six-sensual pop music that raises them high above many contemporaries..."

Uncut (6/03, p.98)
- 5 stars out of 5 - "...Electro-funky and headily lovely, 'Crystalline Green' is just one of the album's several masterpieces..."

Magnet (4/03, p.88)
- "...The synths are dank and gloomy, and Goldfrapp's sad-girl voice sounds suitably disembodied and ethereal..."

CMJ (5/503, p.10)
- "...The mesmerizing arctic chill of FELT MOUNTAIN is gone, replaced instead with the leather, mascara, beats and muscle of BLACK CHERRY..."