Editing Goldfrapp (section)

===2009–2012: ''Head First'' and ''The Singles''===
Goldfrapp's fifth album, ''[[Head First (Goldfrapp album)|Head First]]'', was released in March 2010. Recorded over a six-month period, it was a return to the dance oriented sound on previous albums.<ref name="happyplace"/> The album took inspiration from [[1980s in music|1980s pop music]] and bands such as [[Van Halen]] and [[The Pointer Sisters]].<ref name="SydneyStar">{{cite web|url=http://goldfrapp.free.fr/php/home.php?N=2&id=2584&year=10|title=The Man Behind the Music|last=Bond|first=Nick|work=[[Sydney Star Observer]]|publisher=Gay and Lesbian Community Publishing Limited|date=23 March 2010|access-date=25 March 2013|archive-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821145704/http://goldfrapp.free.fr/php/home.php?N=2&id=2584&year=10|url-status=dead}}</ref> Alison Goldfrapp described its sound as "optimistic and vibrant."<ref name="happyplace">{{cite web|url=http://goldfrapp.free.fr/php/home.php?N=2&id=2586&year=10|title=Goldfrapp's Moving to a Happy Place|work=[[Western Mail (Wales)|Western Mail]]|publisher=[[Media Wales]]|date=23 March 2010|access-date=24 March 2013}}</ref> The album received positive reviews from critics, with Allmusic describing it as "a love letter to the frothy, fleeting, but very vital joys of pop music."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/head-first|title=Head First Reviews|publisher=[[Metacritic]]. [[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> ''Head First'' peaked at number six on the UK Albums Chart and number 45 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name="UKCharts"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=goldfrapp|chart=Billboard 200}}|title=Chart History: Goldfrapp (Billboard 200)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> The album earned Goldfrapp a Grammy Award nomination in 2011 for Best Electronic/Dance Album and "[[Rocket (Goldfrapp song)|Rocket]]" was nominated for Best Dance Recording.<ref name="Grammy2">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list,0,7436758.htmlstory|title=Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=21 March 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Alison Goldfrapp 2010.jpg|alt=A woman holding a microphone stand in her hand.|thumb|upright|Goldfrapp performing live in 2010]]
The album's first single was "Rocket", a song about an unfaithful lover. Musically, ''[[The Times]]'' and ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' have compared the song to "[[Jump (Van Halen song)|Jump]]" by American [[Rock music|rock]] band Van Halen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goldfrapp.free.fr/php/home.php?N=2&id=2564&year=10|title=Goldfrapp: Head First|last=Paphides|first=Pete|work=[[The Times]]|publisher=[[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]]|date=12 March 2010|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://goldfrapp.free.fr/php/home.php?N=2&id=2561&year=10|title=Nightclub chameleon flaunts '80s shimmer|last=Thomas|first=Lindsey|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=9 March 2010|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> In the US, "Rocket" peaked at number one on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart.<ref name="billboardalbums"/> "[[Alive (Goldfrapp song)|Alive]]" was released as the album's second single. The song's music video featured Alison Goldfrapp as a 1980s inspired [[aerobics]] instructor who leads a group of [[black metal]] fans and [[vampire]]s through a fitness routine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/39120-directors-cut-goldfrapp-alive/|title=Director's Cut: Goldfrapp: "Alive"|last=Dombal|first=Ryan|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=11 June 2010|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> The album's third single "[[Believer (Goldfrapp song)|Believer]]" featured remixes by [[Vince Clarke]] and [[Davide Rossi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/believer-ep/id387492348|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110070251/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/believer-ep/id387492348|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 November 2012|title=Believer – EP by Goldfrapp|access-date=25 March 2013|publisher=[[iTunes]]. [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]}}</ref>

In February 2012, Goldfrapp released the [[compilation album]] ''[[The Singles (Goldfrapp album)|The Singles]]''. The album contained previously released material as well as two newly recorded songs.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=25 March 2013|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-singles-mw0002285795|title=The Singles – Goldfrapp|last=Phares|first=Heather|publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>