Supernature

Supernature is the third studio album by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp, consisting producers Alison Goldfrapp (vocals, synthesizer) and Will Gregory (synthesizer), and their biggest commercial success to date, selling over 1 million copies worldwide, due to the hit single “Ooh La La”. Instead of doing a radical shift in sound like they did in their previous album (2003’s Black Cherry), here the band builds on that sound.

Prior to the album’s release, The duo told MOJO Magazine:

“We had fun with that [glam-rock sound] on the second record, so we’ve explored it a bit more with lots of cheeky, fuzzy, synth sounds and lots of synthesizers that probably sound like guitars on first hearing. You know, there are so many guitar bands around, we don’t need to join in on that one.

There are a few things on the album that, in a weird kind of way, take on Felt Mountain, but in a different way, things like “White Horse” and “You Never Know”. They’re sort of desolate but at the same time positive, sort of gloomily euphoric."

About the album title, Alison Goldfrapp told Elegy:

Supernature as a title was inspired by a 70s book that talks about the world of supernatural concepts, telekinesis, telepathy and other phenomenons. The author also talks about man versus nature, man versus machine, the paranormal. The term ‘Supernature’ englobes and sums up the idea we have of our music."

According to an interview with TribuMove, the album was originally going to be titled Ooh La La, like the lead single.