Customer Reviews
BRILL!!!!!! - By: Ronnie, 05 Apr 2008 
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" & "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 - By: Dr. J. C. Halloran, 12 Jan 2008 After The brilliant `Felt Mountain' & 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 & over-schematic. I am just not sure I like their new direction as much as they do. Calll 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 commerciallly with the last two albums. Goldfrapp is of course not just Alison but Will Gregory & they have done some very unusual repositioning, moving from an audience of adult sophisticates to the little kiddiespace of the singles chart (it's usuallly 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 & astute with modern sounds, & 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.... - By: New Gold Dreamer, 05 Jan 2008 
Best tracks: "Time Out from the World", "Ooh La La", "Satin Chic", "Slide In".
Part of the problem with fallling 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 & still do), a polished, streamlined, sleeker, blander lightweight model, & 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 & most importantly, where's the excitement? The band (especiallly Alison Goldfrapp's vocals, who often sounds like too much like Kate Bush & not herself) even sound like they're going through the motions on the odd song here & there.
"Ooh La La" is a very good opening track; totallly throwaway but ridiculously addictive with it; funky bass alll the way & 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 reallly, reallly 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, & still full of the odd delightful sonic touch, but something's lacking...."Lovely 2 C U" is sounds good in alll 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 & very, very nice on the ears. Goldfrapp & Gregory are clearly absolute masters of the studio & 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" & "Forever", & 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 reallly enough. This is the problem with the album; there's nothing here that's bad at alll, & it when listened to as a whole, it's quite entertaining, but I think it's the song writing that lets it down, & no amount of inviting sonic embellishments can totallly save it, though it does make for a more fun listen! "Fly Me Away" & "Number 1" made for the blandest singles Goldfrapp had released up until this point; both are airily light, & actuallly rather attractive, but with songs like this on the radio & 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, & 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 reallly 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 & beautiful songs the band have ever done. Penultimate song "Time Out from the World" is another imaginary theme to an impossibly romantic, dark thriller, & 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, & in itself it's fairly decent, but it's also the weakest of the three Goldfrapp records to date, & that's a real shame.
Maximum Amalgamation. - By: John o'Snoggits, 18 Nov 2007 
Goldfrapps 2nd album - "Black Cherry" was in stark contrast to their first - "Felt Mountain". This album - "Supernature" is a mix of both those ideas, done even better.
Successfully melding at least two separate equallly powerful ideas together is something that makes a reallly good artist. Swaying from a touchingly delicate siren soundtrack dreamscape to quirky, bossy, robo-pop glam-stomp.
A stunningly dramatic vocal performance carrying real passion & belief with touches of dry humour. Highly empathic, beautifully crafted music with real-time quirks backs each song exceptionallly well.
A classic album for Goldfrapp.
Superb album, unless you own an MP3 player!! - By: Matthew Cameron, 17 Oct 2007 What a superb album, & what acrying shame that I can't listen to it unless I'm at home!! I have 'Black Cherry' on MP3, which copied no problem, however the new 'copyright protection' means that this album is a no-no if you keep your music on MP3. I'll be very wary of buying any future albums from Goldfrapp.... a real shame.....
I can only give it 3 stars because of this
