Silver Eye

Silver Eye
Studio album by Goldfrapp
Released 31 March 2017 (2017-03-31)
Recorded July 2015 – December 2016
Venue Dallas, Texas, and London[1]
Genre
Length 44:49
Label Mute
Producer
Goldfrapp chronology
Tales of Us
(2013)Tales of Us2013		 Silver Eye
(2017)
Singles from Silver Eye
  1. "Anymore"
    Released: 23 January 2017
  2. "Systemagic"
    Released: 12 May 2017
  3. "Everything Is Never Enough"
    Released: 7 September 2017
  4. "Ocean"
    Released: 21 May 2018
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Clash7/10[6]
Exclaim!7/10[7]
Record Collector[8]
Mixmag7/10[9]
Consequence of SoundB+[10]
The A.V. ClubC+[11]
musicOMH[12]
DIY[13]
Under the Radar[14]
Pitchfork7.4/10[15]

Silver Eye is the seventh studio album by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp, released on 31 March 2017 by Mute Records.[16][1] The album's first single, "Anymore", was released to digital music retailers on 23 January 2017 after its premiere on Lauren Laverne's BBC Radio 6 show.

Background and release

In July 2015, Alison Goldfrapp announced on Twitter that the group had returned to the studio to work on music for the forthcoming seventh album, but was mum as to a release date, stating she could only generalize it to be "sometime in 2017".[17] This came after finishing their tour to promote their last album, Tales of Us, and scoring a Royal National Theatre production of Medea. Goldfrapp noted their desire to do something different from previous albums Supernature and Head First, eventually bringing in John Congleton (Blondie, St Vincent, Swans) and The Haxan Cloak to produce on the strength of his work on Björk's 2015 album Vulnicura.[18]

In early December 2016, Goldfrapp posted on their Instagram page the covers of their first six studio albums, and later that month, the band posted an image of two topless figures with bleached blonde hair holding each other's heads with arms slicked with a black, oil-like substance. The social media upload was hashtagged '#goldfrapp7', implying it was a piece born from the album's creative and marketing campaign.[19] The title of the album, Silver Eye, was accidentally leaked with the posting of a pre-order link on the HMV website on 21 January 2017,[20] and was later confirmed in a press release by the band on 23 January.[16][1][21]

The press release also announced the release of the album's opening track, "Anymore", as the album's lead single. Released on 9 February, the official music video for "Anymore" was directed by Alison Goldfrapp, produced by Mary Calderwood, and filmed in Fuerteventura.[22] Two further tracks were released ahead of the album. On 9 March 2017, Goldfrapp premiered the album's closing track, "Ocean", through Billboard and released to digital music retailers on 10 March.[23] "Moon in Your Mouth" was released on 24 March 2017.[24]

The music video for the second single "Systemagic" premiered on 24 April 2017.[25] The music video for the third single "Everything Is Never Enough" premiered on Nowness on 7 September 2017.

On 19 May 2018 it was announced on the band's social media pages that an announcement and video were to be unveiled over the weekend. On May 21, 2018, a remix of “Ocean” featuring Dave Gahan was released worldwide, along with the news that it would be the lead single from a deluxe edition of Silver Eye.

Critical reception

Silver Eye received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 21 reviews.[4]

Commercial performance

Silver Eye debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart, selling 11,733 copies in its first week.[26]

Track listing

All tracks written by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, except where noted.

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Anymore"
3:54
2."Systemagic"
  • Goldfrapp
  • Gregory
  • Congleton[b]
3:38
3."Tigerman"
  • Goldfrapp
  • Gregory
  • The Haxan Cloak[a]
  • Congleton[a]
4:14
4."Become the One"
  • Goldfrapp
  • Gregory
  • The Haxan Cloak[a]
  • Congleton[a]
4:44
5."Faux Suede Drifter" (writers: Goldfrapp, Gregory, Bobby Krlic)
  • Goldfrapp
  • Gregory
  • The Haxan Cloak[b]
5:02
6."Zodiac Black"
  • Goldfrapp
  • Gregory
  • The Haxan Cloak[b]
5:04
7."Beast That Never Was"
4:38
8."Everything Is Never Enough"
  • Goldfrapp
  • Gregory
  • Andy Savours[a]
5:06
9."Moon in Your Mouth"
4:03
10."Ocean"
  • Goldfrapp
  • Gregory
  • The Haxan Cloak[b]
  • Congleton[b]
4:26
Total length:44:49

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer.
  • ^[b] signifies a co-producer.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Silver Eye.[27]

Goldfrapp

Additional personnel

  • Charlie Jones – bass (tracks 5, 8)
  • David Wrench – programming, mixing
  • The Haxan Cloak – co-production (tracks 5, 6, 10), additional production (tracks 1, 3, 4, 9)
  • John Congleton – co-production (tracks 2, 10), additional production (tracks 1, 3, 4, 9), drum programming (tracks 8, 10)
  • Leo Abrahams – guitar (tracks 2, 7), additional production (tracks 7)
  • Andy Savours – additional production (tracks 8)
  • Sebastian Sternberg – live drum loops (tracks 1, 2, 3, 9)
  • Robert Brian – drums (tracks 8)
  • Marta Salogni – engineering
  • Ted Jensen – mastering (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
  • Matt Colton – mastering (tracks 2, 9, 10)

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[28] 20
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[29] 27
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[30] 25
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[31] 36
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[32] 52
French Albums (SNEP)[33] 57
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[34] 31
Irish Albums (IRMA)[35] 19
Italian Albums (FIMI)[36] 55
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[37] 3
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[38] 29
Scottish Albums (OCC)[39] 5
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[40] 37
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[41] 24
UK Albums (OCC)[42] 6
US Billboard 200[43] 118
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[44] 8
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[45] 10
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[46] 16

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