Black Cherry (2003) "What's your sign?" sighs Alison Goldfrapp, as serrated synth lines zigzag across "Train." Her second album is one sultry pickup line after another, set to… Goldfrapp
Music Review

Black Cherry (2003)

Goldfrapp
Reviewed by Jonah Weiner | May 09, 2003

Details Release Date: May 06, 2003; Lead Performance: Goldfrapp

''What's your sign?'' sighs Alison Goldfrapp, as serrated synth lines zigzag across ''Train.'' Her second album is one sultry pickup line after another, set to sidekick Will Gregory's pulsing electro-pop: Slow, breathy singing massages the jagged ''Crystalline Green,'' while ''Tiptoe'' shimmies from bouncy strut to windswept epic. When backbeats disappear, though, boring dirges (''Deep Honey'') and space-age Muzak (''Hairy Trees'') ooze out. Rock the dance floor, Alison, but spare us the elevator music.

Originally posted May 09, 2003 Published in issue #709 May 09, 2003 Order article reprints