Supernature (Goldfrapp album)

• The use of evening-effects is augmented over Goldfrapp's vocals throughout this ballad.

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• A top-five single in the UK, it became Goldfrapp's first song to concentrate on the electric guitar.

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• Strongly influenced by synthesizers, Goldfrapp has cited this song as their favourite on Supernature.

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[edit] Critical response

Upon release, the album received different responses from international music-critics. In a review for PopMatters, Adrien Begrand said that "although Supernature lacks the imagination of Felt Mountain and the saucy brilliance of Black Cherry, it doesn't pander to the pop crowd".<ref>Begrand, Adrien. PopMatters. Goldfrapp – Supernature. September 19 2005. Retrieved March 24 2006.</ref> Rolling Stone referred to the album as "toxic and delicious" and added "Supernature will make you do bad things — and like it".<ref>Gitlin, Lauren. Rolling Stone. Goldfrapp, Supernature (U.S. edition). March 6 2006. Retrieved March 24 2006.</ref> However, Pitchfork Media reviewer Nitsuh Abebe was less impressed with the album and wrote that the songs "keep feeling like exercises: too thick and melodic to work like dance music, but with melodies that refuse to stick as satisfyingly as pop."<ref>Abebe, Nitsuh. Pitchfork Media. Supernature by Goldfrapp. September 1 2005. Retrieved October 26 2006.</ref> Michael Hubbard of MusicOMH.com wrote a review for every song on Supernature, and although he felt that it was a "curious, rather than classic, record", he criticized it for "fading out early on, with poor, low quality songs at the end which leave the listener feeling cheated".<ref>Hubbard, Michael. MusicOMH.com. Goldfrapp – Supernature (Mute). August 22 2005. Retrieved March 24 2006.</ref> All Music Guide reviewer Heather Phares called Supernature "Goldfrapp's most accessible album" and cited "Ooh La La" as the best song.<ref>Phares, Heather. All Music Guide. Supernature (Goldfrapp). March 7 2006. Retrieved March 26 2006.</ref>

In a review for Canadian-based Jam Canoe, Andrew Carver praised the different sounds on Supernature which range from "a blend of future noise" to "crushed velvet corruption", and described it as "one sharp recording".<ref>Carver, Andrew. Jam Canoe. CD review: Goldfrapp: Supernature. Retrieved March 27 2006.</ref> Jessica Suarez of Spin magazine provided comparison between "Ooh La La" and Black Cherry's "Strict Machine"; she called it Goldfrapp's biggest weakness and "so simplistic that [its] minimalist repetition occasionally teeters over into redundancy". She praised "Ride a White Horse" and "Fly Me Away" for Alison Goldfrapp's "velvet-soft vocals, which stay that way even when heavily processed".<ref>Suarez, Jessica. Spin magazine. Goldfrapp, Supernature. Retrieved March 27 2005.</ref> However, less favourable reception came from Stylus magazine reviewer Edward Oculicz, who stated "Supernature is not a great album", and criticized several of the tracks for being too "dull".<ref>Oculicz, Edward. Stylus magazine. Goldfrapp; Supernature. Retrieved March 27 2006.</ref>

[edit] Singles

"Ooh La La", the lead single from the album, became Goldfrapp's most successful release, where it reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. It was also promoted in U.S. dance clubs, and peaked within the top ten of the Billboard Dance Chart. The second single "Number 1" is based around a synth and bass arrangement, which also reached the top-ten in the UK and number one on the U.S. Dance Chart. It also reached number seven in Canada. "Ride a White Horse" became the third release and continued the album's string of top-twenty singles. Released as the fourth single in May 2006, "Fly Me Away" debuted at number twenty-six on the UK Singles Chart, remaining in the top seventy-five for two weeks.

The album was released in two versions: a single disc version, which used Opendisc technology to offer extras via a website, and a double disc version which included the album in surround sound on both discs. The first disc is a hybrid SACD with 5.1 multichannel SACD audio, stereo SACD audio and stereo CD audio. The second disc, a DVD-Video, contains the multichannel version of the album in DTS 96/24 as well as a documentary.

[edit] Chart performance

Supernature debuted at number two on the UK albums chart, where it sold 53,000 copies in its first week. Since its release it has achieved platinum certification in the UK, where after fourteen weeks, it descended from the top-seventy-five. It has since recharted for a total of thirty-one non-consecutive weeks. In Australia the album became Goldfrapp's first release to chart at number twenty-three, although it received limited promotion. The album became the duo's first to be released in Canada, where it entered at number eighty-eight and the United States, where it debuted at number one-hundred thirty-eight. It sold 1,000 copies in its first week of release in Canada and 7,000 copies in its first week in the United States. It has since gone to sell 49,000 copies <ref>Caulfield, Keith. Ask Billboard. Billboard.com. Retrieved August 3, 2006. </ref>

[edit] Charts

[edit] Chart trajectories

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Goldfrapp and Gregory.

1. "Ooh La La" – 3:23
2. "Lovely 2 C U" – 3:25
3. "Ride a White Horse" – 4:42
4. "You Never Know" – 3:27
5. "Let It Take You" – 4:30
6. "Fly Me Away" – 4:25
7. "Slide In" – 4:17
8. "Koko Nights" – 3:23
9. "Satin Chic" – 3:28
10. "Time Out from the World" – 4:47
11. "Number 1" – 3:25

[edit] Bonus tracks and footage

All bonus tracks and footage appear on the Japanese and North American editon of Supernature.

1. "Beautiful" – 4:51
2. Little bits of Goldfrapp: documentary
3. Jakko and the poet in Frappworld
4. Music videos of Ooh La La, Number 1, and a live video of Ride a White Horse
5. Photo gallery of Goldfrapp

[edit] Release details

All editions released by Mute/Virgin Records unless otherwise stated.

• ¹ released as a deluxe CD set in Hong Kong by Sony Records. This release is unofficial and contains songs from Felt Mountain and Black Cherry.
• ² released as a deluxe CD set in China by Universal Records. This release is unofficial and contains songs from Felt Mountain and Black Cherry.

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Goldfrapp.co.uk — official website.
• Mute.com — official website for Mute Records.
• Opendisc — exclusive content.