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Track List
01) Ooh La La
02) Lovely 2 C U
03) Ride a White Horse
04) You Never Know
05) Let It Take You
06) Fly Me Away
07) Slide In
08) Koko
09) Satin Chic (Through the Mystic mix, Dimensio
10) Time Out From the World
11) Number 1
01) Ooh La La
02) Lovely 2 C U
03) Ride a White Horse
04) You Never Know
05) Let It Take You
06) Fly Me Away
07) Slide In
08) Koko
09) Satin Chic (Through the Mystic mix, Dimensio
10) Time Out From the World
11) Number 1
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First Released
2005
Electronic
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Rock/Pop
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Supernature is the third studio album by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp. It was released on 17 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. Supernature was a top five album in Goldfrapp's native United Kingdom, and its lead single "Ooh La La" was a top five single. In North America, where "Number 1" was promoted as the first single, the album was released on 7 March 2006, but did not perform well on the charts.
The album represented a change in Goldfrapp's musical style and featured pop and electronic dance music; inspirations were American disco artist Donna Summer and English New Wave band New Order. Supernature received a Grammy Award nomination in 2007 for Best Electronic/Dance Album. In January 2006, the album was certified platinum in the UK, and has sold one million copies worldwide as of early 2007. Supernature contains music in the same pop and electronic dance styles featured on Goldfrapp's 2003 album Black Cherry (especially Black Cherry's singles "Strict Machine" and "Twist"), but it focuses on subtle hooks instead of large choruses. Goldfrapp's lead singer Alison Goldfrapp called the album's writing process "an electronic, glam cross between Berlin, New York and north-east Somerset", and said that she was inspired by artists such as Donna Summer and New Order.
Goldfrapp and Will Gregory recorded the bulk of Supernature in late 2004 in the countryside of Bath, England—the same place they recorded Black Cherry. They had rented a small house and spent some months writing music; they later explained that the unpopulated location kept them from distractions and that the majority of the process was "very basic". Goldfrapp has said that the duo respect certain boundaries when writing lyrics, referring to their studio sessions as a "democratic affair". The lyrical content of the song "Number 1", which became the album's second single, is about the importance and meaning of relationships, even though they do not necessarily last.
In an interview with College Music Journal, Goldfrapp explained that they had never intended to create dance music. However, the singles released from Black Cherry were successes across nightclubs in North America, and as a result, they decided to write a more dance-oriented album. Although this made the duo nervous, "Ooh La La" was the group's first song to feature the electric guitar. Before its composition, the duo avoided the use of the guitar because of the guitar's overly recognisable rhythm. Four-on-the-floor bass drums are also present on several of the album's tracks, and the piano ballad "Let It Take You" features evening-effects composed on a synthesiser. "You Never Know" begins with Alison Goldfrapp executing a synthesised voice, supported by both pads and synthesisers. Goldfrapp and Gregory have cited "Satin Chic" as their favourite song on Supernature.
Alison Goldfrapp named the Roland String synth as one of her favourite keyboards. "Number 1" features an old synth and a bass arrangement that the group began to use frequently after recording the song. Another Roland String model, the SH-09, is another favourite; she played the duo's song "Train" (2003) on it and enjoys the sounds that it makes. Goldfrapp was also impressed by a Russian synth, enamored with its Russian-language writing.
User Album Review
It's OK Computer syndrome all over again. Just as that slightly disappointing album ended up reaping the rave reviews that rightfully belonged to the brilliant The Bends, so critics are falling over themselves to give Supernature the rabid praise that Black Cherry unfortunately failed to get at the time.
Understandable, given how gorgeous most of this record is, but those who relished the gleeful sexuality and lurching electronic oddity of Black Cherry may well find Goldfrapp's third album oddly polite and safe.
The perversity of old has been smoothed out. Whilst "Ooh La La" confidently struts its electro-glam stuff it still smacks of coy sauciness where once there was wantonness. That said, it's a gut punch of an opener, and followed by the similarly brilliant "Lovely 2 C U", all jabbing synths and the kind of ecstatic vocal acrobatics that underline how Alison Goldfrapp is the most assured and versatile pop vocalist of her time.
But it's beats song "Ride A White Horse" which troubles, with its airbrushed, fussy disco throb and studied references to dance floors and Studio 54 decadence. Like the later "Fly Me Away", it may sound like a big radio hit but it also sounds calculatedly designed to be so. And Goldfrapp always seemed too contrary for that.
The band are at their best when pursuing their more oddball instincts, as displayed on the demented "Satin Chic". Built on a polka rhythm, off kilter keyboards and a purring vocal, it's one of the oddest and most addictive things you'll hear this year.
Even a ballad as lovely as "U Never Know" is forged out of disjointed, unsettling synths that add to its mood of confusion and loss.
Stylish and accomplished though Supernature undoubtedly is, these moments of gasp inducing surprise are rarer than they used to be in Goldfrapp. Hopefully the mainstream fame this album seems designed to deliver will give the band the confidence they need to get back to what they do best: discovering new, bizarre and beautiful musical worlds.
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Supernature is the third studio album by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp. It was released on 17 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. Supernature was a top five album in Goldfrapp's native United Kingdom, and its lead single "Ooh La La" was a top five single. In North America, where "Number 1" was promoted as the first single, the album was released on 7 March 2006, but did not perform well on the charts.
The album represented a change in Goldfrapp's musical style and featured pop and electronic dance music; inspirations were American disco artist Donna Summer and English New Wave band New Order. Supernature received a Grammy Award nomination in 2007 for Best Electronic/Dance Album. In January 2006, the album was certified platinum in the UK, and has sold one million copies worldwide as of early 2007. Supernature contains music in the same pop and electronic dance styles featured on Goldfrapp's 2003 album Black Cherry (especially Black Cherry's singles "Strict Machine" and "Twist"), but it focuses on subtle hooks instead of large choruses. Goldfrapp's lead singer Alison Goldfrapp called the album's writing process "an electronic, glam cross between Berlin, New York and north-east Somerset", and said that she was inspired by artists such as Donna Summer and New Order.
Goldfrapp and Will Gregory recorded the bulk of Supernature in late 2004 in the countryside of Bath, England—the same place they recorded Black Cherry. They had rented a small house and spent some months writing music; they later explained that the unpopulated location kept them from distractions and that the majority of the process was "very basic". Goldfrapp has said that the duo respect certain boundaries when writing lyrics, referring to their studio sessions as a "democratic affair". The lyrical content of the song "Number 1", which became the album's second single, is about the importance and meaning of relationships, even though they do not necessarily last.
In an interview with College Music Journal, Goldfrapp explained that they had never intended to create dance music. However, the singles released from Black Cherry were successes across nightclubs in North America, and as a result, they decided to write a more dance-oriented album. Although this made the duo nervous, "Ooh La La" was the group's first song to feature the electric guitar. Before its composition, the duo avoided the use of the guitar because of the guitar's overly recognisable rhythm. Four-on-the-floor bass drums are also present on several of the album's tracks, and the piano ballad "Let It Take You" features evening-effects composed on a synthesiser. "You Never Know" begins with Alison Goldfrapp executing a synthesised voice, supported by both pads and synthesisers. Goldfrapp and Gregory have cited "Satin Chic" as their favourite song on Supernature.
Alison Goldfrapp named the Roland String synth as one of her favourite keyboards. "Number 1" features an old synth and a bass arrangement that the group began to use frequently after recording the song. Another Roland String model, the SH-09, is another favourite; she played the duo's song "Train" (2003) on it and enjoys the sounds that it makes. Goldfrapp was also impressed by a Russian synth, enamored with its Russian-language writing.
User Album Review
It's OK Computer syndrome all over again. Just as that slightly disappointing album ended up reaping the rave reviews that rightfully belonged to the brilliant The Bends, so critics are falling over themselves to give Supernature the rabid praise that Black Cherry unfortunately failed to get at the time.
Understandable, given how gorgeous most of this record is, but those who relished the gleeful sexuality and lurching electronic oddity of Black Cherry may well find Goldfrapp's third album oddly polite and safe.
The perversity of old has been smoothed out. Whilst "Ooh La La" confidently struts its electro-glam stuff it still smacks of coy sauciness where once there was wantonness. That said, it's a gut punch of an opener, and followed by the similarly brilliant "Lovely 2 C U", all jabbing synths and the kind of ecstatic vocal acrobatics that underline how Alison Goldfrapp is the most assured and versatile pop vocalist of her time.
But it's beats song "Ride A White Horse" which troubles, with its airbrushed, fussy disco throb and studied references to dance floors and Studio 54 decadence. Like the later "Fly Me Away", it may sound like a big radio hit but it also sounds calculatedly designed to be so. And Goldfrapp always seemed too contrary for that.
The band are at their best when pursuing their more oddball instincts, as displayed on the demented "Satin Chic". Built on a polka rhythm, off kilter keyboards and a purring vocal, it's one of the oddest and most addictive things you'll hear this year.
Even a ballad as lovely as "U Never Know" is forged out of disjointed, unsettling synths that add to its mood of confusion and loss.
Stylish and accomplished though Supernature undoubtedly is, these moments of gasp inducing surprise are rarer than they used to be in Goldfrapp. Hopefully the mainstream fame this album seems designed to deliver will give the band the confidence they need to get back to what they do best: discovering new, bizarre and beautiful musical worlds.
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