Seventh Tree
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Seventh Tree is the fourth studio album
by English electronic
duo Goldfrapp
, released in the United Kingdom on 25 February 2008 by Mute Records
and the day after in the United States.
Goldfrapp described the album as a "sensual counterpoint to the glitterball glamour of Supernature
", their previous studio album from 2005. They claimed that the inspiration came from paganism
and surreal
English children's books. The album received rave reviews and became the band's most critically acclaimed album since their 2000 debut Felt Mountain
, with critics praising their new sound and the band's bravery for abandoning the dance atmosphere of the previous two albums.
The album's first single
, "A&E
", was released on 11 February 2008, charting inside the top ten in the UK. The album also charted high in the UK, peaking at number two, despite having leaked
onto file-sharing
websites in November 2007, three months before its official release.
, which assigns a normalised
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
score of 78, based on 32 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". John Murphy of musicOMH
called it Goldfrapp's "most subtle, affecting and rewarding album to date" and compared it to albums by Kate Bush
and the Cocteau Twins
. In a review for Allmusic, Heather Phares wrote that the album's "electro hippie-chic is the duo's most polished and luxe work yet" and named "Caravan Girl" as its best song. However, Pitchfork Media
reviewer Nate Patrin was less impressed, and wrote that the album is "so subtle and slow-moving it doesn't seem to go anywhere" and that its songs "coast on some frothy sense of pleasantness that evaporates the moment [they] end". Adam Webb of Yahoo! Music
wrote that Seventh Tree "marks convincing evidence that Alison Goldfrapp now exists on the same artistic plane as PJ Harvey
or Kate Bush". Rolling Stone
s Christian Hoard said that the "slow pace can be a snooze", but that the album "still makes for good post-party chill-out music". John Lewis of Uncut
called it "brave, bonkers, often beautiful, sometimes haunting and occasionally ridiculous".
Q
magazine ranked the album at number nineteen on its list of The 50 Best Albums of 2008. PopMatters
placed it at number fifty-four on its list of The Best Albums of 2008. Ben Rayner of the Toronto Star
included the album on his list of "rock music that stuck in 2008".
at number two, and sold 46,945 copies in its first week of release. It remained on the chart for thirteen weeks and was certified
gold by the British Phonographic Industry
within four days or release, on 29 February 2008. It finished 2008 as the eighty-sixth best-selling album of the year in the UK, with sales of 177,000. As of 20 March 2010, the album had sold 200,062 copies in the UK. The album reached the top twenty in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland. Seventh Tree became Goldfrapp's second release to chart on the Billboard 200
albums chart in the United States, where it debuted at number forty-eight with first-week sales of 15,000 copies. Additionally, the album reached number four on the Tastemakers chart, number seventeen on the Top Internet Albums chart, number twelve on the Top Alternative Albums and number fourteen on the Top Rock Albums chart. In Canada, the album reached number twenty-eight.
of Seventh Tree was released on 27 October 2008. The release featured new album artwork, photographs and a DVD. The album artwork depicted Goldfrapp dressed as a clown and hugging a tree, as well as Gregory dressed as an owl. The DVD contained music videos, behind-the-scenes footage and several live performances filmed at The De La Warr Pavilion
in Bexhill-on-Sea
in June 2008.
and Will Gregory
.
iTunes bonus tracks
Limited edition bonus DVD
Special edition bonus DVD
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by English electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
duo Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo, formed in 1999 in London, England, that consists of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory ....
, released in the United Kingdom on 25 February 2008 by Mute Records
Mute Records
Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...
and the day after in the United States.
Goldfrapp described the album as a "sensual counterpoint to the glitterball glamour of Supernature
Supernature (Goldfrapp album)
Supernature is the third studio album by English electronic duo Goldfrapp. It was released in the United Kingdom on 22 August 2005 by Mute Records, and received mostly favourable reviews. Most critics complimented its blend of pop and electronic music, while others called it uninspiring...
", their previous studio album from 2005. They claimed that the inspiration came from paganism
Paganism
Paganism is a blanket term, typically used to refer to non-Abrahamic, indigenous polytheistic religious traditions....
and surreal
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
English children's books. The album received rave reviews and became the band's most critically acclaimed album since their 2000 debut Felt Mountain
Felt Mountain
Felt Mountain is the debut album by English electronic duo Goldfrapp. It was released in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2000 by Mute Records...
, with critics praising their new sound and the band's bravery for abandoning the dance atmosphere of the previous two albums.
The album's first single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, "A&E
A&E (song)
"A&E" is a song performed by British duo Goldfrapp. The song was written and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory for the duo's fourth album Seventh Tree...
", was released on 11 February 2008, charting inside the top ten in the UK. The album also charted high in the UK, peaking at number two, despite having leaked
Internet leak
An Internet leak occurs when a party's confidential information is released to the public on the Internet. Various types of information and data can be, and have been, "leaked" to the Internet, the most common being personal information, computer software and source code, and artistic works such...
onto file-sharing
File sharing
File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information, such as computer programs, multimedia , documents, or electronic books. It may be implemented through a variety of ways...
websites in November 2007, three months before its official release.
Critical reception
Seventh Tree received generally positive reviews from music critics. At MetacriticMetacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
, which assigns a normalised
Standard score
In statistics, a standard score indicates how many standard deviations an observation or datum is above or below the mean. It is a dimensionless quantity derived by subtracting the population mean from an individual raw score and then dividing the difference by the population standard deviation...
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
Weighted mean
The weighted mean is similar to an arithmetic mean , where instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others...
score of 78, based on 32 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". John Murphy of musicOMH
MusicOMH
musicOMH is a United Kingdom-based website which publishes independent reviews, featues and interviews from across all musical genres including classical, metal, rock and R&B.-History:...
called it Goldfrapp's "most subtle, affecting and rewarding album to date" and compared it to albums by Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years.In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart...
and the Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins were a Scottish alternative rock band active from 1979 to 1997, known for innovative instrumentation and atmospheric, non-lyrical vocals...
. In a review for Allmusic, Heather Phares wrote that the album's "electro hippie-chic is the duo's most polished and luxe work yet" and named "Caravan Girl" as its best song. However, Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
reviewer Nate Patrin was less impressed, and wrote that the album is "so subtle and slow-moving it doesn't seem to go anywhere" and that its songs "coast on some frothy sense of pleasantness that evaporates the moment [they] end". Adam Webb of Yahoo! Music
Yahoo! Music
Yahoo! Music, owned by Yahoo!, is the provider of a variety of music services, including Internet radio, music videos, news, artist information, and original programming...
wrote that Seventh Tree "marks convincing evidence that Alison Goldfrapp now exists on the same artistic plane as PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey
Polly Jean Harvey is an English musician, singer-songwriter, composer and occasional artist. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, and most recently, the autoharp.Harvey began her career in...
or Kate Bush". Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
s Christian Hoard said that the "slow pace can be a snooze", but that the album "still makes for good post-party chill-out music". John Lewis of Uncut
UNCUT (magazine)
Uncut magazine, trademarked as UNCUT, is a monthly publication based in London. It is available across the English-speaking world, and focuses on music, but also includes film and books sections...
called it "brave, bonkers, often beautiful, sometimes haunting and occasionally ridiculous".
Q
Q (magazine)
Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...
magazine ranked the album at number nineteen on its list of The 50 Best Albums of 2008. PopMatters
PopMatters
PopMatters is an international webzine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture. PopMatters publishes reviews, interviews, and detailed essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater,...
placed it at number fifty-four on its list of The Best Albums of 2008. Ben Rayner of the Toronto Star
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
included the album on his list of "rock music that stuck in 2008".
Chart performance
Seventh Tree debuted on the UK Albums ChartUK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
at number two, and sold 46,945 copies in its first week of release. It remained on the chart for thirteen weeks and was certified
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
gold by the British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
within four days or release, on 29 February 2008. It finished 2008 as the eighty-sixth best-selling album of the year in the UK, with sales of 177,000. As of 20 March 2010, the album had sold 200,062 copies in the UK. The album reached the top twenty in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland. Seventh Tree became Goldfrapp's second release to chart on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
albums chart in the United States, where it debuted at number forty-eight with first-week sales of 15,000 copies. Additionally, the album reached number four on the Tastemakers chart, number seventeen on the Top Internet Albums chart, number twelve on the Top Alternative Albums and number fourteen on the Top Rock Albums chart. In Canada, the album reached number twenty-eight.
Special edition
A special editionSpecial edition
The terms special edition, limited edition and variants such as deluxe edition, collector's edition and others, are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as books, prints or recorded music and films, but now including...
of Seventh Tree was released on 27 October 2008. The release featured new album artwork, photographs and a DVD. The album artwork depicted Goldfrapp dressed as a clown and hugging a tree, as well as Gregory dressed as an owl. The DVD contained music videos, behind-the-scenes footage and several live performances filmed at The De La Warr Pavilion
The De La Warr Pavilion
The De La Warr Pavilion is an International Style building constructed in 1935 and designed by the architects Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff; considered by some to be in an Art Deco style. Some claim it to be the first major Modernist public building in Britain, although in fact it was...
in Bexhill-on-Sea
Bexhill-on-Sea
Bexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000...
in June 2008.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Alison GoldfrappAlison Goldfrapp
Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp is an English singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as the lead singer of the electronic music duo Goldfrapp. Goldfrapp has a soprano vocal range.-Early life:...
and Will Gregory
Will Gregory
William Owen Gregory is best known as a songwriter, and the lead keyboards/synthesizer player & producer of the electronic music group Goldfrapp. Originally a classical music student at the University of York, Gregory is the son of an actress and an opera chorus-line singer...
.
- "ClownsClowns (song)"Clowns" is a folktronica song performed by British duo Goldfrapp. The song was written and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory for the duo's fourth album Seventh Tree . It was released as the album's fourth single in October 2008....
" – 4:08 - "Little Bird" – 4:25
- "HappinessHappiness (Goldfrapp song)"Happiness" is a folktronica song by the English duo Goldfrapp from their fourth studio album, Seventh Tree . Written and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, the song was released as the album's second single on 14 April 2008...
" – 4:17 - "Road to Somewhere" – 3:52
- "Eat Yourself" – 4:06
- "Some People" – 4:40
- "A&EA&E (song)"A&E" is a song performed by British duo Goldfrapp. The song was written and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory for the duo's fourth album Seventh Tree...
" – 3:18 - "Cologne Cerrone Houdini" – 4:26
- "Caravan GirlCaravan Girl"Caravan Girl" is a folktronica song performed by British duo Goldfrapp. The song was written and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory for the duo's fourth album Seventh Tree...
" – 4:05 - "Monster Love" – 4:23
iTunes bonus tracks
- "You Never Know" (Live in London)
- "Clowns" (Instrumental) (pre-order)
Limited edition bonus DVD
- A Short Film
- "A&E" music video
Special edition bonus DVD
- Live at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea
- "Clowns" (Instrumental) / Behind the Scenes
- "Happiness"
- "You Never Know"
- "Caravan Girl"
- "Monster Love"
- "Little Bird"
- Videos
- "A&E"
- "Happiness"
- "Caravan Girl"
- TV performances
- "Clowns"
- "Road to Somewhere"
Personnel
The following people contributed to Seventh Tree:- Alison Goldfrapp – lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, backing vocals, mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may... - Will Gregory – mixing
- Nick Batt, Max Dingle – programmingProgramming (music)Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...
- Flood – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
s, mixing - Damon Reece – drumDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
s, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Denny Weston Jr. – drums
- Chris Goulstone – drums, guitar
- Justin Meldal-JohnsenJustin Meldal-JohnsenJustin Meldal-Johnsen is an American musician and bassist, best known for his work with Grammy Award-winning artist Beck. He served as the touring bassist for Nine Inch Nails during their final tours.-Recording career:...
– bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Alex LeeAlex LeeAlex Lee is an English musician. Lee is a multi-instrumentalist who has played guitar and keyboards for Goldfrapp, Strangelove, Suede, Placebo and The Blue Aeroplanes amongst others...
– guitar, bass guitar - Andrew Murphy, Kit Morgan, Steve Evans, Simon Rogers, Richard Evans – guitar
- Charlie JonesCharlie Jones (musician)Charlie Jones is a British bassist, songwriter and record producer. He has toured and recorded with Robert Plant, Page and Plant, The Strange Sensation, Goldfrapp and many others. He was married to Robert Plant's daughter Carmen Plant, they divorced in 2010....
– bass guitar - Tony Hoffer – bass guitar, engineerAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
, mixing - Adrian UtleyAdrian UtleyAdrian Francis Utley is an English musician and a member of the band Portishead.-Biography:Utley is self-taught on guitar, bass and keyboards, and played professionally from the age of 18 in working men's clubs, night clubs, holiday camps, and in cabaret, backing soul artists...
– bass guitar, guitar - Aidan Love – keyboards, programming
- Nick IngmanNick IngmanNicholas Ingman is an orchestra conductor and composer.Early recordings include:*'Big Beat' *'The Love Album' *'Terminator'...
– string arrangementsString sectionThe string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...
, orchestra conductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble... - The Metro Voices – choirChoirA choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
- Jenny O'Grady – choir master
- Cathy Giles, Chris Worsey, David Daniels, Melissa Phelps, Paul Kegg, Robin Firman – celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Andy Parker, Chris Pitsilides, Katie Wilkinson, Peter Lale – violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
- Alexander Balanescu, Ann Morfee, Boguslaw Kostecki, Cathy Thompson, Chris Clad, Chris Tombling, Debbie Widdup, Dermot Crehan, Everton Nelson, Jackie Shave, Joanathan Rees, Mark Berrow, Patrick Kiernan, Sonia Slany, Stephen Morris, Tom Pigott-Smith – violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
- Mary Scully, Paddy Lannigan – double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
- Ruth Wall – harpHarpThe harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
- Bill Mims – engineer, mixing
- Tim Oliver – engineer
- Stephen Marcussen – masteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
Peak positions
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
11 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 37 |
| Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995... (Flanders) |
10 |
| Belgian Albums Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995... (Wallonia) |
36 |
| Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
28 |
| Dutch Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
24 |
| European Top 100 Albums European Top 100 Albums The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100... |
5 |
| French Albums Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
37 |
| German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
21 |
| Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
9 |
| Italian Albums Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy.... |
57 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
39 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
18 |
| Portuguese Albums Chart Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa The Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa is currently the only recording industry association in Portugal. Created in 1989, it succeeded GPPFV and UNEVA .... |
18 |
| Spanish Albums Chart | 72 |
| Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
11 |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
2 |
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
48 |
| US Top Rock Albums | 14 |
| US Top Alternative Albums | 12 |
Certifications
| Country | Certification |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... |
Gold |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2008) | Position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart | 86 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format(s) | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 25 February 2008 | Mute Records Mute Records Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:... |
CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
CDSTUMM280 |
| Limited edition CD | LCDSTUMM280 | |||
| LP LP record The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... |
STUMM280 | |||
| Global | Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
iSTUMM280 | ||
| iTunes exclusive digital download | LiSTUMM280 | |||
| North America | 26 February 2008 | CD | MUT 9381 | |
| Limited edition CD | MUT 9382 | |||
| Japan | 27 February 2008 | CD | TOCP66759 | |
| Europe | 3 November 2008 | Special edition CD+DVD | TCDSTUMM280 | |
| North America | 25 November 2008 | 9404-2 |
External links
- Seventh Tree at MetacriticMetacriticMetacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...