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duo

Goldfrapp Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo from London, formed in 1999. The duo consists of Alison Goldfrapp (vocals, synthesiser) and Will Gregory (synthesiser). Despite favourable reviews and a short-listing for the Mercury Prize, their ...

have recorded songs for seven

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s, one

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and guest features. After signing a contract with record label

Mute Records Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Einstürzende Neubauten, Fad Gadget, Goldfrapp, Grinderm ...

in August 1999, Goldfrapp began to work on their debut studio album, ''

Felt Mountain ''Felt Mountain'' is the debut studio album by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp. It was released on 11 September 2000 by Mute Records. The album takes influence from a variety of music styles such as 1960s Pop music, pop, cabaret, Folk mus ...

'', which was released in 2000.

Alison Goldfrapp Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp (born 13 May 1966) is an English musician and record producer, known as the vocalist of English electronic music duo Goldfrapp. Early life Goldfrapp was born on 13 May 1966, in Enfield, London, the youngest o ...

and

Will Gregory William Owen Gregory (born 17 September 1959) is an English musician and record producer. He is best known as the lead keyboardist, producer, and composer of the electronic music duo Goldfrapp. Early life Gregory was born in Bristol, the son ...

wrote almost all of its songs, and would continue to do so for their later albums. The album's only collaboration was with Tim Norfolk and Bob Locke of the band

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on the album's third single "

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". The following year, Goldfrapp collaborated with

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on the song "End Titles" for the ''Accelerator'' soundtrack. Goldfrapp released their second studio album ''

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'' in 2003. The album's third single "

Strict Machine "Strict Machine" is an electronic dance song written by British electronic music duo Goldfrapp and Nick Batt for Goldfrapp's second studio album, ''Black Cherry (Goldfrapp album), Black Cherry'' (2003). It was produced by Goldfrapp and describes ...

" was co-written with Nick Batt and received an

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. '' Supernature'', their third studio album, was released in 2005. The album's lead single, " Ooh La La", received a

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nomination for

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. Batt also co-wrote the album's third single "

Ride a White Horse "Ride a White Horse" is a song by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp. The song was written by Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory and Nick Batt for Goldfrapp's third album '' Supernature'' (2005). The song was inspired by the disco era nightclub ...

". The duo also wrote and performed six songs for the ''My Summer of Love'' soundtrack. In 2008, Goldfrapp released their fourth studio album ''

Seventh Tree ''Seventh Tree'' is the fourth studio album by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp, released on 22 February 2008 by Mute Records. It was named after a dream Alison Goldfrapp had about a "very large tree". Taking inspiration from paganism and ...

''. The album received positive reviews and produced four singles: " A&E", "

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", "

Caravan Girl "Caravan Girl" is a song by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp from their fourth studio album, ''Seventh Tree'' (2008). Written and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, the song was released as the album's third single on 30 June 2008 ...

" and "

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". Their fifth studio album, ''

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'', followed in 2010. Its lead single "

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" earned the band another Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording. Other singles included "

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" and " Believer". In 2012, Goldfrapp recorded two songs, "Melancholy Sky" and "Yellow Halo", for their compilation album ''

The Singles The Singles may refer to: * ''The Singles'' (Basement Jaxx album) by Basement Jaxx * ''The Singles'' (Bikini Kill album) * ''The Singles'' (Blank & Jones album), 2006 * ''The Singles'' (The Bluetones album), 2002 * ''The Singles'' (Chisato Mor ...

''.

Songs

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