Editing Goldfrapp (section)

===2003–2004: ''Black Cherry''===
[[File:GoldfrappRideawhitehorse.jpg|alt=A woman wearing a horse tail and singing into a microphone and wearing|upright|right|thumb|Alison Goldfrapp wearing a horse tail while performing in October 2003]]
Goldfrapp's second album ''[[Black Cherry (Goldfrapp album)|Black Cherry]]'' was released in April 2003. The band recorded the album in a darkened studio in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], England. The album focused more heavily on [[dance music]] and [[glam rock]]-inspired [[synthesizer|synths]] than its predecessor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/goldfrapp-black/|title=Goldfrapp: Black Cherry|last=Hermann|first=Andy|work=[[PopMatters]]|date=2 May 2003|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> Alison Goldfrapp commented that the album differed from ''Felt Mountain'' because the band "felt that we really didn't want to repeat what we had done...we kind of wanted to do something that felt equally as fresh to us as the first one felt fresh to us, and we wanted to put more kind of "oomph" in it."<ref name="beats">{{cite web|url=http://goldfrapp.free.fr/php/home.php?N=2&id=814&year=03|title=Beats & Lust|work=New Beats|date=2 May 2003|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> The album received positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/black-cherry/goldfrapp|title=Black Cherry Reviews|publisher=[[Metacritic]]. [[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=26 March 2013}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' found it to be an "unexpected delight" and [[About.com]] called it a "rare electronica album of warmth and depth...the ultimate chillout pleasure".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/apr/18/popandrock.artsfeatures1|title=Goldfrapp: Black Cherry|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=18 April 2003|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/GoldBkCherRev.htm|title=Goldfrapp – Black Cherry|last=May|first=Wes|publisher=[[About.com]]. [[IAC (company)|IAC]]|access-date=25 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220140717/http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/GoldBkCherRev.htm|archive-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> ''Black Cherry'' peaked at number 19 on the UK Albums Chart and number four on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top Electronic Albums]] chart in the United States.<ref name="UKCharts"/><ref name="billboardalbums">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/goldfrapp-mn0000952786/awards|title=Goldfrapp – Awards|publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]]|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> It sold well, reaching platinum status in the UK and selling 52,000 copies in the U.S. as of August 2006.<ref name="UK-C"/><ref name="ussales">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57635/ask-billboard|title=Ask Billboard: Answers to readers' questions about the Pussycat Dolls, Goldfrapp and Jody Watley|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=3 August 2006|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref>

The first single released from the album was "[[Train (Goldfrapp song)|Train]]", which reached number 23 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="UKCharts"/> The song's lyrics discuss obsession and overindulgence and were inspired by Goldfrapp's visit to [[Los Angeles]] while touring in support of ''Felt Mountain''.<ref name="beats"/> "[[Strict Machine]]" was released as the album's second single. The song proved successful on several formats, and reached number one on the US [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]] chart.<ref name="billboardalbums"/> In 2004, "Strict Machine" won an [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award]] for "Best Dance Single".<ref name="Ivor">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3755007.stm|title=Ivor Novellos 2004: The Winners|date=27 May 2004|access-date=25 March 2013|publisher=BBC}}</ref> The third single released from ''Black Cherry'' was "[[Twist (Goldfrapp song)|Twist]]", a song inspired by a fantasy that Goldfrapp had about a boy who worked in a fairground.<ref name="beats"/> The [[Black Cherry (Goldfrapp song)|title track]] was released as the album's fourth single and reached number 28 in the UK.<ref name="UKCharts"/>

In 2003, Alison Goldfrapp modified her image, from a sophisticated [[Marlene Dietrich]] inspired look to that of a [[New wave music|new wave]] [[diva]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/859|title=Girls Gone Wild|last=Neate|first=Wilson|work=Dusted Magazine|date=15 July 2003|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> The reinvented image included false eyelashes, customised T-shirts, military uniforms and fishnet stockings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goldfrapp.free.fr/php/home.php?N=2&id=285&year=03|title=Strange Fruit|last=O'Connell|first=Sharon|work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|publisher=[[Time Out (company)|Time Out Group Limited]]|date=16 August 2003|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> Starting in March 2003, the band toured the album, with a concert series entitled [[Black Cherry Tour]]. In 2004, the band further toured Australia, Japan, Europe and North America and embarked on the Wonderful Electric Tour. Sections of the stage show featured Goldfrapp in a white dress wearing a horse tail and dancers with deer heads, and were inspired by Goldfrapp's interest in animals and mythology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goldfrapp.free.fr/php/home.php?N=2&id=820&year=04|title=Interview with Alison Goldfrapp|publisher=[[BBC Manchester]]|date=29 June 2004|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref>