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===2005β2006: ''Supernature''=== {{Listen |filename = GoldfrappSatinChic.ogg |title = "Satin Chic" |description = Goldfrapp cited this song as their favourite on ''Supernature''.<ref name="SupernatureLinerNotes"/> }} ''[[Supernature (Goldfrapp album)|Supernature]]'', Goldfrapp's third album, was released in August 2005. The album comprises pop and [[electronic dance music]] prominently featured on ''Black Cherry'',<ref name="AMBIO"/> but focuses more on subtle hooks instead of the large choruses that made up its predecessor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/goldfrapp-supernature/|title=Goldfrapp: Supernature|last=Begrand|first=Adrien|work=[[PopMatters]]|date=19 December 2005|access-date=26 March 2013}}</ref> The band never intended to create dance music, however, previous releases were popular across nightclubs in North America and as a result,<ref name="billboardalbums"/> they decided to write a more dance-oriented album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3645730/Blonde-ambition.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3645730/Blonde-ambition.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Blonde Ambition|last=McNulty|first=Bernadette|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=11 August 2005|access-date=26 March 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''Supernature'' dΓ©buted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum in the UK.<ref name="UKCharts"/><ref name="UK-C"/> As of February 2008, it had sold one million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a90000/goldfrapp-seventh-tree.html|title=Goldfrapp: 'Seventh Tree'|last=Levine|first=Nick|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]. [[Hearst Corporation]]|date=22 February 2008|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> The album received a [[Grammy Award]] nomination in 2007 for [[Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album|Best Electronic/Dance Album]] and "[[Ooh La La (Goldfrapp song)|Ooh La La]]" was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording|Best Dance Recording]].<ref name="Grammy1">{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2007/01/2007-grammy-awards-winner-predictions/|title=2007 Grammy Awards: Winner Predictions|publisher=[[Slant Magazine]]|date=29 January 2007|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> The song was used for the iPhone 5S's commercial in 2013. "Ooh La La", the album's [[lead single]], became Goldfrapp's first UK top five single.<ref name="UKCharts"/> The song was chosen as the lead single "because it was up and in your face and carried on the theme of the glammy, discoey beat from the last album".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goldfrapp.free.fr/php/home.php?N=2&id=1132&year=05|title=Ooh La La!|last=Van den Boogert|first=Kate|publisher=GoGo β Paris in English|date=6 July 2005|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> "Ooh La La" became the first song performed by the band to feature the [[electric guitar]] and was cited as a highlight of the album by [[Allmusic]].<ref name="TimeSiren">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1096437,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920023425/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1096437,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 September 2010|title=The Siren's Call|last=Porter|first=Hugh|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.|Time Inc]]|date=21 August 2005|access-date=26 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/supernature-mw0000765019|title=Supernature β Goldfrapp|last=Phares|first=Heather|publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]]|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> "[[Number 1 (Goldfrapp song)|Number 1]]" was released as the album's second single. Constructed around a synthesiser and [[Bass guitar|bass]] arrangement, it was written about the importance of relationships.<ref name=rollingstone>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/goldfrapp-unleash-supernature-20060307|title=Goldfrapp Unleash "Supernature"|last=Lash|first=Jolie|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=7 March 2006|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> The album's third single "[[Ride a White Horse]]" was inspired by the [[disco]] era and reached number 15 in the UK.<ref name="UKCharts"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arjanwrites.com/arjanwrites/2005/12/meeting_goldfra.html|title=Interview with Goldfrapp|last=Timmermans|first=Arjan|publisher=arjanwrites.com|date=9 December 2005|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> "[[Fly Me Away (song)|Fly Me Away]]" was released as the album's fourth single, but did not perform as well as its predecessors.<ref name="UKCharts"/> In 2006, Goldfrapp released ''[[We Are Glitter]]'', a North American-only compilation of [[remix]]es from ''Supernature''. It included a [[The Flaming Lips|Flaming Lips]] remix of "[[Satin Boys, Flaming Chic|Satin Chic]]", the band's favourite song from the album.<ref name="SupernatureLinerNotes">{{cite AV media notes|others=Goldfrapp|title=Supernature|type=liner notes|publisher=[[Mute Records]] (US Deluxe CD album β 9312-2) North American DVD β "Little bits of Goldfrapp". Information about the recording of "Supernature"|year=March 2006}}</ref>
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