Product Description

Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory's follow up to 2003's 'Black Cherry' goes even further into the electro inspired territory they entered on that release. This, their third album,is described by the duo as "glam noir" and features a plethora of knowing nods and winks to 70s glam rock and 80s synthpop, while Goldfrapp's seductive vocals shine through the thumping electronic beats. Includes the single 'Ooh La La'.

Track Listing

1. Ooh La La
2. Lovely 2 C U
3. Ride A White Horse
4. U Never Know
5. Let It Take U
6. Fly Me Away
7. Slide In
8. Koko
9. Satin Chic
10. Time Out From The World
11. Number 1

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #707 in Music
• Released on: 2005-08-22
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
With their Black Cherry album, the duo of vocalist Alison Goldfrapp and composer Will Gregory moved emphatically away from the folky, filmic forays of their debut Felt Mountain to explore edgier, sexier themes. Supernature, their third long-player, continues to probe this more "adult" world, lashing together lascivious electro, cascading synths and the exhumed spirits of artists like Gary Numan and Giorgio Moroder. Lead single "Ooh La La", with its cosmetic sheen and hedonistic pop feel, is a good indicator for the rest of the album. The aphotic, flirtatious pulse of tracks like "Ride A White Horse" and "Koko" contrast subtly with spectral dream-pieces such as "Let It Take U" and "U Never Know", while Goldfrapp’s vocals--dripping here with a digitized sensuality--and Gregory’s arching soundscapes provide textural continuity. Occasionally vampish and consistently visceral, this is a classy excursion into Goldfrappian gothic dance-pop.

Customer Reviews

BRILL!!!!!!
Ooh La La. 10/10
Lovely 2 C U. 10/10
Ride a White Horse. 10/10
You Never Know. 9/10
Let It Take You. 7/10
Fly Me Away. 10/10
Slide In. 9.5/10
Koko. 8/10
Satin Chic. 9.5/10
Time Out From the World. 9/10
Number 1. 9/10

This album at 11 tracks long, 43 minutes, is extremely short, could've been longer but the musical quality of this album is astonishing, perfectly flawless dance music. Though beware of "Time Out From the World" and "Let It Take You" because they are nothing like the rest of the album, "Time Out From the World" is the better of the 2.

OVERALL GRADE: 10/10!

'ave it
After The brilliant `Felt Mountain' and slightly less brilliant `Black Cherry', this is a disappointment, containing Goldfrapp's first out-and-out blooper, `Satin Chic', which takes the 70's Top Ten referencing too far: it's a Lieutenant Pigeon/Mungo Jerry pastiche. Anyone old enough to know will concur with me that Yes, the 70s were epochal, but there was a lot of crap around, too. OK it's funny like the Mixtures' `Pushbike Song' was funny, but that's about it. Other tracks are good although increasingly flimsy and over-schematic. I am just not sure I like their new direction as much as they do. Call me a sentimental old fool, but I prefer the dreamy, romantic Alison Goldfrapp of `Felt Mountain' to the disco-stomping `Weimar nutjob' (Mojo) that's caught on commercially with the last two albums. Goldfrapp is of course not just Alison but Will Gregory and they have done some very unusual repositioning, moving from an audience of adult sophisticates to the little kiddiespace of the singles chart (it's usually the other way round). Their current chart-tastic 70s electro-perv styling may be selling more records but the loss of `Felt Mountain' is the price to pay. Will Gregory is careful and astute with modern sounds, and Supernature has some gorgeous moments, but Goldfrapp are in danger of losing forever the more transcendental spiritual/sexual spaces they can so easily access, riding into the ether on the back of Alison's voice, *that* voice, one of the *great* voices.

Decent, but the weakest Goldfrapp album....

Best tracks: "Time Out from the World", "Ooh La La", "Satin Chic", "Slide In".

Part of the problem with falling head over heels for a band is that they can always let you down....Supernature, Goldfrapp's third album, did disappoint me. I just felt it was a lesser version of Black Cherry (which I absolutely adored and still do), a polished, streamlined, sleeker, blander lightweight model, and considering the last album was also a startling change of direction from its predecessor, I was hoping the band would try something just as entirely different third time around. It wasn't to be. Where's the mystery, the sexiness and most importantly, where's the excitement? The band (especially Alison Goldfrapp's vocals, who often sounds like too much like Kate Bush and not herself) even sound like they're going through the motions on the odd song here and there.

"Ooh La La" is a very good opening track; totally throwaway but ridiculously addictive with it; funky bass all the way and a fun chorus makes it a hit from start to finish....yet right from this opening track, the music doesn't sound as individual or unique as before. The band doesn't sound like they're really, really feeling it this time round. Maybe they were as involved as before, maybe I'm wrong, but that's just the impression I got. It's immaculately performed, arranged, and still full of the odd delightful sonic touch, but something's lacking...."Lovely 2 C U" is sounds good in all the right places, it's well done, as is "Ride a White Horse", which is much better, though still not up to the level of former glories; still, the tune's sleek, pretty sexy and very, very nice on the ears. Goldfrapp and Gregory are clearly absolute masters of the studio and on headphones in particular, this album`s great to admire, but to be honest, they've become a little TOO slick here. The vaguely Kate Bush (in regards to vocals) -inspired "You Never Know" is like a more clipped, direct version of warmer synth-drenched songs like "Deep Honey" and "Forever", and it's not bad....I didn't like this one very much when I first heard the album years back, but I quite like it now. The solemn, piano-led "Let it Take You" doesn`t leave too much of an impression, though again it's still rather decent....it's the sort of thing that would make for an acceptable B-side, but on an album that's in need of standout tunes, it's not really enough. This is the problem with the album; there's nothing here that's bad at all, and it when listened to as a whole, it's quite entertaining, but I think it's the song writing that lets it down, and no amount of inviting sonic embellishments can totally save it, though it does make for a more fun listen! "Fly Me Away" and "Number 1" made for the blandest singles Goldfrapp had released up until this point; both are airily light, and actually rather attractive, but with songs like this on the radio and on the telly, this once-distinctive band were fading into the background like a pleasant air freshener. "Slide In" is quite fun, definitely one of the better things here; it's got a groovy, kinky beat (plus some more Kate Bush-isms in the vocals), "Koko" has some nice moments, but like most of what's here, it's close to being filler. The lively, entertaining "Satin Chic" is a standout song as it doesn't sound like anything Goldfrapp had done up until this point...again, it's nothing special as a composition, but at least it's trying something else, and the jaunty piano in the chorus is a little highlight.

Okay, here's where my trying to make a point of being annoyed at Goldfrapp not really progressing on this album turns out to be a lost cause, as the absolute best thing here is an unashamed throwback to their past; yet it's also one of the most painfully lovely, erotic and beautiful songs the band have ever done. Penultimate song "Time Out from the World" is another imaginary theme to an impossibly romantic, dark thriller, and it has gorgeous, swooning choruses, delicious touches everywhere, amazing orchestration and....oh god, it feels good to be saying something truly positive about this band again! Phew!

So, there you go....Supernature is clearly a popular album, and in itself it's fairly decent, but it's also the weakest of the three Goldfrapp records to date, and that's a real shame.