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Head First
3/5
The Queen of Odd does the '80s
As a pop chameleon who can seemingly shape-shift into any genre of her choosing, it was surely only a matter of time before Alison Goldfrapp morphed back to the '80s. Goldfrapp being Goldfrapp, her approach is more oblique than the synth-pop nouveau of La Roux and Little Boots. But even if her fifth album made alongside reclusive pop svengali Will Gregory taps into the '80s of Italo Disco and The Kids From Fame rather than Eurythmics and Yazoo, it remains in danger of gatecrashing a party that's already over.
Goldfrapp and Gregory are now experts at this kind of reinvention, having been through at least three radical changes of direction since debuting with the eerie, ambient trip-hop of 2000's Felt Mountain. Variously reincarnated as a saucy electro strumpet, airbrushed disco diva and, for 2008's Seventh Tree, a kind of mystical folk sorceress, Goldfrapp has confounded expectations by making each manifestation more popular than the last - her outre live performances, mirrored horses' heads and all, now a fixture on the Euro festival circuit.
Not that the theatrics would be worth anything without the kind of songs that effortlessly bridge the gap between office party and crowded nightclub. Described by Goldfrapp as "up and jubilant," Head First once more confirms that she and Gregory are brilliant pop arrangers. Opener Rocket is a euphoric revenge fantasy that erupts into glittering Mediterranean disco ("I've got a rocket... you're going on it... and never coming back"), Dreaming invokes both Discovery-era Daft Punk and late-period Fleetwood Mac, while the multi-tracked vocals and gleeful pianos of the title track evoke a neon-lit, 21st-century ABBA.
Yet while Head First more than delivers on its title's promise of instant sensation, like an uncorked bottle of champagne, it inevitably loses its fizz. Whereas Seventh Tree discovered a near-perfect balance between melody and mystery, at times this sounds somewhat contrived. Shiny And Warm is the kind of stomping electro they've done better more than once before and I Wanna Life's rousing synth-rock veers disturbingly close to the back catalogue of Irene Cara - the original voice of air-punching '80s optimism as heard on the soundtracks to Flashdance and Fame.
The other problem is that take away the closing Voicething, itself the kind of wordless "experimental" electronica their previous albums rendered almost redundant, and the whole thing clocks in at a mere 33 minutes. Goldfrapp don't make long albums - and the best moments here easily measure up to their previous best. But especially at a time when charismatic new talents are emerging all around to challenge her supremacy as pop's Queen Of Odd, from Florence Welch to Natasha Khan, it's hard not to feel Alison Goldfrapp needed to deliver a little more. Rupert Howe
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Head First
3/5
The Queen of Odd does the '80s
As a pop chameleon who can seemingly shape-shift into any genre of her choosing, it was surely only a matter of time before Alison Goldfrapp morphed back to the '80s. Goldfrapp being Goldfrapp, her approach is more oblique than the synth-pop nouveau of La Roux and Little Boots. But even if her fifth album made alongside reclusive pop svengali Will Gregory taps into the '80s of Italo Disco and The Kids From Fame rather than Eurythmics and Yazoo, it remains in danger of gatecrashing a party that's already over.
Goldfrapp and Gregory are now experts at this kind of reinvention, having been through at least three radical changes of direction since debuting with the eerie, ambient trip-hop of 2000's Felt Mountain. Variously reincarnated as a saucy electro strumpet, airbrushed disco diva and, for 2008's Seventh Tree, a kind of mystical folk sorceress, Goldfrapp has confounded expectations by making each manifestation more popular than the last - her outre live performances, mirrored horses' heads and all, now a fixture on the Euro festival circuit.
Not that the theatrics would be worth anything without the kind of songs that effortlessly bridge the gap between office party and crowded nightclub. Described by Goldfrapp as "up and jubilant," Head First once more confirms that she and Gregory are brilliant pop arrangers. Opener Rocket is a euphoric revenge fantasy that erupts into glittering Mediterranean disco ("I've got a rocket... you're going on it... and never coming back"), Dreaming invokes both Discovery-era Daft Punk and late-period Fleetwood Mac, while the multi-tracked vocals and gleeful pianos of the title track evoke a neon-lit, 21st-century ABBA.
Yet while Head First more than delivers on its title's promise of instant sensation, like an uncorked bottle of champagne, it inevitably loses its fizz. Whereas Seventh Tree discovered a near-perfect balance between melody and mystery, at times this sounds somewhat contrived. Shiny And Warm is the kind of stomping electro they've done better more than once before and I Wanna Life's rousing synth-rock veers disturbingly close to the back catalogue of Irene Cara - the original voice of air-punching '80s optimism as heard on the soundtracks to Flashdance and Fame.
The other problem is that take away the closing Voicething, itself the kind of wordless "experimental" electronica their previous albums rendered almost redundant, and the whole thing clocks in at a mere 33 minutes. Goldfrapp don't make long albums - and the best moments here easily measure up to their previous best. But especially at a time when charismatic new talents are emerging all around to challenge her supremacy as pop's Queen Of Odd, from Florence Welch to Natasha Khan, it's hard not to feel Alison Goldfrapp needed to deliver a little more. Rupert Howe
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