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[[caption-width-right:350:Left - Will Gregory. Right - Alison Goldfrapp]]
->''"Before u go and leave this town,\\
I want to see you one more time,\\
Put your dirty angel face,\\
Between my legs and knicker lace."''
-->"Twist"

Goldfrapp are a British electronic duo formed in 1999 by Alison Goldfrapp (vocals/synthesizer) and Will Gregory (synthesizer).

Their style has changed over the years - [[NewSoundAlbum each album sounds very different to the one before]], but roughly speaking, ''Felt Mountain'' and ''Seventh Tree'' are more subdued (the former is mainly electronic, the latter picks up a Folktronica influence), ''Supernature'' and ''Head First'' are more danceable (the former being electropop, the latter disco and very 80s-influenced), and ''Black Cherry'' seems to split the last two somewhat equally. This can lead to a bit of a BrokenBase sometimes.

"Felt Mountain" is known for its trip-hop influences and movie-soundtrack sound, "Black Cherry" as the electro-clash album, "Supernature" as more straightforward electropop (and the first time they integrated electric guitar into their music), "Seventh Tree" as folktronica, "Head First" as 1980s revival disco pop, and ''Tales Of Us'' as a blend of ''Seventh Tree'' and ''Felt Mountain''.

They have quite a large worldwide fanbase, due to their various styles and frequent commercial usage.

Alison is also known for her work as a session vocalist with Music/{{Orbital}}, ''Tricky,'' and others. She made her solo debut in 2023 with the album ''The Love Invention''.
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!!Discography
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* ''Felt Mountain'' (2000)
* ''Black Cherry'' (2003)
* ''Supernature'' (2005)
* ''Seventh Tree'' (2008)
* ''Head First'' (2010)
* ''The Singles'' (2012)
* ''Tales Of Us'' (2013)
* ''Silver Eye'' (2017)

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[[folder: Other Goldfrapp works: ]]

* ''Wonderful Electric'' (DVD/CD, 2003)
* ''Film/MySummerOfLove'' (soundtrack, 2004)
* ''We Are Glitter'' (remix album, 2006)

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[[folder: Alison's solo albums: ]]

* ''The Love Invention'' (2023)

!!I'm in love with the trope machine...:
* TheEighties: All of "Head First" sounds extremely 80s. If you played it for someone without telling them when it was made they would probably think it was real 80s music.
* AlbumTitleDrop: "Black Cherry".
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: From "Fondue Knights": "Feel so small/underneath these skies/this dirty porn star/isn't big enough." Wait, ''what?!''
* CallBack: Whether intentional or not, "Caravan Girl" (''We'll run away, run away, you and me.'') seems to reference "Twist" (''I want to run away with you, your caravan and rabbit stew.'')
* TheCameo: Appeared on an episode of ''Series/TheLWord'' performing "Ride A White Horse" live.
* CarefulWithThatAxe: "Slippage"
* DarkerAndEdgier: "Black Cherry". [[http://youtu.be/bYFuwKfd2EA Their remix for]] Music/LadyGaga's "Judas" does this for the original song, up to eleven.
* DeadpanSnarker: Alison does this occasionally. For example:
-->'''Interviewer''': On "Clowns", you're singing about people who deliberately put themselves in the spotlight. What was your direct inspiration for that song?
-->'''Alison''': [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Boobs!]]
-->'''Interviewer''': Excuse me?
-->'''Alison''': [[DontExplainTheJoke You know, those lacteal glands that women have hanging from their chests that are often called 'breasts'.]]
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Most of the music videos and album cover for "Tales of Us" are shot in black and white. The exceptions are "Jo" in full color and the ending of "Annabel" transitioning to color.
%%* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Felt Mountain'' is quite surprising for fans introduced through their [[HotterAndSexier later work.]]
* EyeScream: "Little Bird": "Though much to her surprise, [[{{Squick}} he had two mouths for eyes.]]" Way to freak us all out there, guys...
** Perhaps a reference to the Corinthian from Creator/NeilGaiman's ''ComicBook/TheSandman''?
** Or to the last few seconds of Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Bedtime Story" video?
* TheFaceless: Will Gregory doesn't appear in promotional materials or their album covers, and in fact it's easy to forget he's the other member of the band at all (see IAmTheBand).
* FightFurYourRightToParty: As mentioned below, a ''lot'' of their videos (and live performances) involve people in animal costumes (also related to SurrealMusicVideo).
* FurryConfusion: The video for ''Strict Machine'' involves dog-headed people, at the end shown to be walking normal dogs.
* HotterAndSexier: ''Black Cherry'' as compared to ''Felt Mountain''.
** "Twist" is pretty explicitly about cunnilingus, for example: "Put your dirty angel face / Between my legs and knicker lace". [[IntercourseWithYou Yeah.]]
* IAmTheBand: Subverted. Because she is the singer and the band takes her last name, many people assume Alison is a solo artist.
* TheImmodestOrgasm: "Twist" has one of them, and it almost equals the one from "Love To Love You" by Music/DonnaSummer.
** "Slippage" has one too.
* IncrediblyLongNote: "Slippage". That scream is long, drawn out, and utterly ecstatic.
* IndecipherableLyrics: "Clowns".
* IntercourseWithYou: By the truckload (Probably every song on ''Black Cherry'') - "Crystalline Green", "Train", "Twist", "Slippage", "Strict Machine", "Ooh La La", "Little Death", "Hairy Trees"...
** "Strict Machine" is probably [[CargoShip Intercourse With Marital Aids]].
* InTheStyleOf: The song "I Wanna Life" was criticized for sounding like Creator/IreneCara (of Flashdance fame).
* [[invoked]]KeepCirculatingTheTapes: There are a few tracks that are very hard to find since they were never released on an album. The most well known- "Little Death", "Sartorius" and "Fondue Knights"- were played during the ''Felt Mountain'' era, since Goldfrapp only had the songs from ''Felt Mountain'' to play and needed other songs to play at concerts. It's also quite hard to find songs like "White Soft Rope" and "Gone To Earth", which only appeared on singles.
* LastNoteNightmare: "Deer Stop".
* LighterAndSofter: ''Seventh Tree'' was ''much'' lighter compared to ''Supernature''.
* LyricalDissonance: Every song on ''Seventh Tree.''
** Notably A&E, which is actually about waking up in the hospital after a drug overdose born of desperation and being ignored by a lover.
** A version of this appears in the video for "Alive". The video is entirely dark and creepy ''because'' the song and lyrics are so bright and happy.
** "Hairy Trees" is a beautiful, downtempo song with a weird, nonsensical name.
** "I Wanna Life" is an upbeat disco-y 80s sounding song about someone with a really lonely and unsatisfying life."
* LyricalShoehorn: "Train", "Deer Stop", "You Never Know"
* MindScrew: The videos for "Ride A White Horse" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSdZAkA4VpA Alive]]", the last appearing to be a cross between ''Film/{{Xanadu|1980}}'', an exercise video and a Satanic ritual.
* MsFanservice: Alison. Look at any of their music videos and get impressed.
* NewSoundAlbum: Every single one. From cinematic, spy-film ambience (''Felt Mountain''), to poppy electroclash (''Black Cherry''), to 70's glam (''Supernature''), to soothing folktronica (''Seventh Tree''), to 80's synthpop (''Head First''), to atmospheric baroque pop (''Tales of Us''), and glitchy synthpop (''Silver Eye'').
* NonAppearingTitle: "Hairy Trees", "Koko", "Deep Honey", and others.
* ObligatoryBondageSong: One interpretation of "Strict Machine".
* OneWomanSong: Of the tracks on ''Tales Of Us'', half of them fall under this trope ("Annabel", "Ulla", "Thea", "Simone", "Laurel"), several are instead a SpearCounterpart ("Alvar", "Clay"), some are unisex names ("Drew", "Jo", "Lee" in the deluxe edition) and only one isn't someone's name ("Stranger").
* TheOner: The music video for "Happiness."
* PepTalkSong: "Happiness", big time.
--> ''Join our group and you will find\\
Harmony and peace of mind\\
Make you better\\
We're here to welcome you\\
We're all on a journey to\\
Finding the real inner you\\
Make you better (make you better)\\
We're here to welcome you\\
Happiness, how did you get to be\\
Happiness, how did you get to find\\
Love, real love\\
Love, love, love''
** however, Alison [[WordOfGod has mentioned it being about finding self-help movements unsettling]], and a few troubling lines like "give us all your money" suggest the darker interpretation that it's sung by an UnreliableNarrator who just wants you to join their ScamReligion.
* PrecisionFStrike: Paper Bag from Felt Mountain opens with the lyric "No time to fuck / But you love the rush".
* PrettyInMink: Alison wears a lot of furs.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "How? Long? Now? Honestly, how? Long? Now?" from "You Never Know"
** To an extent, "Koko".
* RepriseMedley: "Forever", the second-last track on ''Black Cherry'', has elements of "Crystalline Green" and the TitleTrack, from the beginning of the album.
* {{Retraux}}: The entirety of ''Head First'' is very [[TheEighties 80s sounding]]. "Alive" and "I Wanna Life", in particular.
* RuleOfSymbolism: The music video for "Annabel" is in black and white but the color returns after the titular Annabel -- an intersex child who is raised as a boy -- receives a sparkling dress from her mother, which signifies that she can be herself.
* SanitySlippageSong: "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Slippage]]"
* [[invoked]][[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]:
** Alison has done guest vocals for ''Tricky'''s song "Pumpkin", and quite a few Music/{{Orbital}} songs.
** They made the soundtrack for Creator/PawelPawlikowski's lesbian romance film ''Film/MySummerOfLove'', incorporating ''Felt Mountain'''s "Lovely Head" in it and shaping the rest around the song.
* ShoutOut: In "I Wanna Life" - "A nowhere bar that's like a TARDIS".
* SingingSimlish: "Oompa Radar", "Felt Mountain", "Slippage", "Voicething" and "Gone To Earth".
** Also "Clowns" and "Eat Yourself," which do have lyrics but are barely decipherable.
* SopranoAndGravel: One of the reason why Goldfrapp is so acclaimed by critics and listeners alike. Alison is able to shift between a low, sonorous, purring croon, to a sexy, high-pitched falsetto.
* SurrealMusicVideo: The videos for "Ride A White Horse", "Alive" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2OL3CdIGlg Number 1]]".
* TextlessAlbumCover: Silver Eye is their first album to not have the Goldfrapp logo on the actual artwork. (A removable sticker on the CD case has that information)
* TrainSong: "Train", obviously, though it's more about being a ''trainwreck''.
* UnusualEuphemism: "Touch my garden" from "Hairy Trees".
* WordSaladLyrics
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