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* OneWomanSong: Of the tracks on ''Tales Of Us'', half of them fall under this trope ("Annabel", "Ulla", "Thea", "Simone", "Laurel"), several are the SpearCounterparts ("Alvar", "Clay"), some are unisex names ("Drew", "Jo") and only one isn't someone's name ("Stranger").

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* OneWomanSong: Of the tracks on ''Tales Of Us'', half of them fall under this trope ("Annabel", "Ulla", "Thea", "Simone", "Laurel"), several are the SpearCounterparts instead a SpearCounterpart ("Alvar", "Clay"), some are unisex names ("Drew", "Jo") and only one isn't someone's name ("Stranger").

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* IndecipherableLyrics: "Clowns".



* ShoutOut: In "I Wanna Life" - "A nowhere bar that's like a TARDIS"
* SignatureSong: "Ooh La La" or "Strict Machine"

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* ShoutOut: In "I Wanna Life" - "A nowhere bar that's like a TARDIS"
TARDIS".
* SignatureSong: "Ooh La La" or "Strict Machine"Machine".



* TheImmodestOrgasm: "Twist" has one of them, and it goes near to the one of that song by DonnaSummer. '''YES. REALLY.'''
* UnusualEuphemism: "Touch my garden" from "Hairy Trees"

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* TheImmodestOrgasm: "Twist" has one of them, and it goes near to almost equals the one of that song from "Love To Love You" by DonnaSummer. '''YES. REALLY.'''
DonnaSummer.
** "Slippage" has one too.
* UnusualEuphemism: "Touch my garden" from "Hairy Trees"Trees".
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* IncrediblyLongNote: "Slippage"

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* IncrediblyLongNote: "Slippage""Slippage". That scream is long, drawn out, and utterly ecstatic.



* LastNoteNightmare: "Deer Stop"

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* LastNoteNightmare: "Deer Stop"Stop".



* One Woman Song: Half of the tracks on ''Tales Of Us'' are girls's name, the other half are boys.

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* One Woman Song: Half of OneWomanSong: Of the tracks on ''Tales Of Us'' are girls's name, the other Us'', half of them fall under this trope ("Annabel", "Ulla", "Thea", "Simone", "Laurel"), several are boys.the SpearCounterparts ("Alvar", "Clay"), some are unisex names ("Drew", "Jo") and only one isn't someone's name ("Stranger").



* Retraux: "Alive", in particular.

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* Retraux: {{Retraux}}: "Alive", in particular.
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* DreamTeam: Worked with ChristinaAguilera on her "Bionic" album/

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* DreamTeam: Worked with ChristinaAguilera on her "Bionic" album/album.
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"Felt Mountain" is known for its trip-hop influences and movie-soundtrack sound, "Black Cherry" as the eletro-clash album, "Supernature" as more straightforward electropop (and the first time they integrated electric guitar into their music), "Seventh Tree" as folktronica, and "Head First" as 1980s revival disco pop.

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









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* DreamTeam: Worked with ChristinaAguilera on her "Bionic" albumalbum/

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* NotSafeForWork: The music video for "Train". [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHnYe5Nj0F0 See to believe.]]

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* NotSafeForWork: The music video videos for "Train". [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHnYe5Nj0F0 See to believe.]]"Train" and "Drew".
* One Woman Song: Half of the tracks on ''Tales Of Us'' are girls's name, the other half are boys.
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* Retreaux: "Alive", in particular.

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* Retreaux: Retraux: "Alive", in particular.
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** Or to the last few seconds of Music/{{Madonna}}'s "Bedtime Story" video?
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Felt Mountain'' is quite surprising for fans introduced through their [[HotterAndSexier later work.]] However, it is still often cited as their masterpiece, for perhaps the same reasons.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Felt Mountain'' is quite surprising for fans introduced through their [[HotterAndSexier later work.]] However, [[MagnumOpus it is still often cited as their masterpiece, masterpiece]], [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible for perhaps the same reasons.]]
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* ''Tales Of Us'' (2013)

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* SurrealMusicVideo: The videoes for "Ride A White Horse", "Alive" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2OL3CdIGlg Number 1]]".

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* 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 videoes videos for "Ride A White Horse", "Alive" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2OL3CdIGlg Number 1]]".



** T. Raumschmiere's remix of "Train" has also a quite subtle one.

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* MsFanservice: Alison.

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* MsFanservice: Alison. Look at any of their music videos and get impressed.


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* NotSafeForWork: The music video for "Train". [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHnYe5Nj0F0 See to believe.]]


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* TheImmodestOrgasm: "Twist" has one of them, and it goes near to the one of that song by DonnaSummer. '''YES. REALLY.'''
** T. Raumschmiere's remix of "Train" has also a quite subtle one.
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* AGoodNameForARockBand: The band was named after the lead's last name.
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* Retreaux: "Alive Again".

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* Retreaux: "Alive Again"."Alive", in particular.
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* Retreaux: "Alive Again".
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* IAmTheBand: Subverted. Because she is the singer and the band takes her last name, many people assume Alison is a solo artist.
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* ShoutOut: In "I Wanna Life" - "A nowhere bar that's like a TARDIS"


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**Also "Clowns" and "Eat Yourself," which do have lyrics but are barely decipherable.
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** 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.

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More in-depth on the albums


Their style has changed over the years - 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 FolkRock influence), ''Supernature'' and ''Head First'' are more danceable (the former being pop-rock, the latter disco), and ''Black Cherry'' seems to split the last two somewhat equally. This can lead to a bit of a BrokenBase sometimes.

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Their style has changed over the years - 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 FolkRock Folktronica influence), ''Supernature'' and ''Head First'' are more danceable (the former being pop-rock, electropop, the latter disco), 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.
sometimes.

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

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Discographies are listed in chronological order, not alphabetical order.


* ''Felt Mountain'' (2000)



* ''Felt Mountain'' (2000)

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* ''Felt Mountain'' (2000)''Supernature'' (2005)
* ''Seventh Tree'' (2008)



* ''Seventh Tree'' (2008)
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* FurryConfusion: The video for ''Strict Machine'' involves dog-headed people, at the end shown to be walking normal dogs.

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namespace stuff, yeah... - also, sorted a bit


* ''Black Cherry'' (2003)



* ''Black Cherry'' (2003)
* ''Supernature'' (2005)
* ''Seventh Tree'' (2008)



* ''Seventh Tree'' (2008)



* ''Wonderful Electric'' (DVD/CD, 2003)

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* ''Wonderful Electric'' (DVD/CD, 2003)''Supernature'' (2005)



* ''Wonderful Electric'' (DVD/CD, 2003)



* AGoodNameForARockBand: The band was named after the lead's last name.



* DreamTeam: Worked with ChristinaAguilera on her "Bionic" album

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* DreamTeam: Worked with ChristinaAguilera on her "Bionic" album album



** Perhaps a reference to the Corinthian from NeilGaiman's ''TheSandman''?
* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: Alison has done guest vocals for {{Tricky}}'s song "Pumpkin", and quite a few {{Orbital}} songs.

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** Perhaps a reference to the Corinthian from NeilGaiman's ''TheSandman''?
''ComicBook/TheSandman''?
* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: Alison has done guest vocals for {{Tricky}}'s song "Pumpkin", and quite a few {{Orbital}} songs.AGoodNameForARockBand: The band was named after the lead's last name.


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* [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did]]: Alison has done guest vocals for {{Tricky}}'s song "Pumpkin", and quite a few {{Orbital}} songs.
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Their style has changed over the years - 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 FolkRock influence), ''Supernature'' and ''Head First'' are more danceable, and ''Black Cherry'' seems to split the two somewhat equally. This can lead to a bit of a BrokenBase sometimes.

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Their style has changed over the years - 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 FolkRock influence), ''Supernature'' and ''Head First'' are more danceable, danceable (the former being pop-rock, the latter disco), and ''Black Cherry'' seems to split the last two somewhat equally. This can lead to a bit of a BrokenBase sometimes.

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Their style has changed over the years - each album sounds very different to the one before, but roughly speaking, ''Felt Mountain'' and ''Seventh Tree'' are more {{Ambient}}-oriented, ''Supernature'' and ''Head First'' are more danceable, and ''Black Cherry'' seems to split the two somewhat equally. This can lead to a bit of a BrokenBase sometimes.

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Their style has changed over the years - each album sounds very different to the one before, but roughly speaking, ''Felt Mountain'' and ''Seventh Tree'' are more {{Ambient}}-oriented, subdued (the former is mainly electronic, the latter picks up a FolkRock influence), ''Supernature'' and ''Head First'' are more danceable, and ''Black Cherry'' seems to split the two somewhat equally. This can lead to a bit of a BrokenBase sometimes.

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Goldfrapp are a British electronic duo who formed in 1999.
Their style has changed over the years- each album sounds very different to the one before.
The duo consists of Alison Goldfrapp (vocals/synthesizer) and Will Gregory (synthesizer).

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Goldfrapp are a British electronic duo who formed in 1999.
Their style has changed over the years- each album sounds very different to the one before.
The duo consists of
1999 by Alison Goldfrapp (vocals/synthesizer) and Will Gregory (synthesizer).(synthesizer).

Their style has changed over the years - each album sounds very different to the one before, but roughly speaking, ''Felt Mountain'' and ''Seventh Tree'' are more {{Ambient}}-oriented, ''Supernature'' and ''Head First'' are more danceable, and ''Black Cherry'' seems to split the two somewhat equally. This can lead to a bit of a BrokenBase sometimes.


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Alison Goldfrapp is also known for her work as a session vocalist with {{Orbital}}, {{Tricky}} and others.
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* ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Singles]]'' (2012)
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* DreamTeam: Worked with ChristinaAguilera on her "Bionic" album

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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: From ''Fondue Knights'': "Feel so small/underneath these skies/this dirty porn star/isn't big enough." Wait, ''what?!''

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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: From ''Fondue Knights'': "Fondue Knights": "Feel so small/underneath these skies/this dirty porn star/isn't big enough." Wait, ''what?!''



* CarefulWithThatAxe: ''Slippage''
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Black Cherry''. [[http://youtu.be/bYFuwKfd2EA Their remix for]] LadyGaga's "Judas" does this for the original song, UpToEleven.

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* CarefulWithThatAxe: ''Slippage''
"Slippage"
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Black Cherry''."Black Cherry". [[http://youtu.be/bYFuwKfd2EA Their remix for]] LadyGaga's "Judas" does this for the original song, UpToEleven.



* EyeScream: ''Little Bird'': "Though much to her surprise, [[{{Squick}} he had two mouths for eyes.]]" Way to freak us all out there, guys...

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* EyeScream: ''Little Bird'': "Little Bird": "Though much to her surprise, [[{{Squick}} he had two mouths for eyes.]]" Way to freak us all out there, guys...



* 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]].

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* IncrediblyLongNote: "Slippage"
* IntercourseWithYou: By the truckload (Probably every song on ''Black Cherry'') - ''Crystalline Green'', ''Train'', ''Twist'', ''Slippage'', ''Strict Machine'', ''Ooh "Crystalline Green", "Train", "Twist", "Slippage", "Strict Machine", "Ooh La La'', ''Little Death'', ''Hairy Trees''...
La", "Little Death", "Hairy Trees"...
** ''Strict Machine'' "Strict Machine" is probably [[CargoShip Intercourse With Marital Aids]].



* 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''

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* 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'' "Little Death", "Sartorius" and ''Fondue Knights''- "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 "White Soft Rope'' Rope" and ''Gone "Gone To Earth'', Earth", which only appeared on singles.
* LastNoteNightmare: ''Deer Stop''"Deer Stop"



** 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.
* LyricalShoehorn: ''Train'', ''Deer Stop'', ''You Never Know''
* MindScrew: The videoes for ''Ride A White Horse'' and ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSdZAkA4VpA Alive]]'', the last appearing to be a cross between ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'', an exercise video and a Satanic ritual.

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** A version of this appears in the video for ''Alive''."Alive". The video is entirely dark and creepy ''because'' the song and lyrics are so bright and happy.
* LyricalShoehorn: ''Train'', ''Deer Stop'', ''You "Train", "Deer Stop", "You Never Know''
Know"
* MindScrew: The videoes videos for ''Ride "Ride A White Horse'' Horse" and ''[[http://www."[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSdZAkA4VpA Alive]]'', Alive]]", the last appearing to be a cross between ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'', an exercise video and a Satanic ritual.



* NonAppearingTitle: ''Hairy Trees'', ''Koko'', ''Deep Honey'', and others.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "How? Long? Now? Honestly, how? Long? Now?" from ''You Never Know''
** To an extent, ''Koko''.

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* NonAppearingTitle: ''Hairy Trees'', ''Koko'', ''Deep Honey'', "Hairy Trees", "Koko", "Deep Honey", and others.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "How? Long? Now? Honestly, how? Long? Now?" from ''You "You Never Know''
Know"
** To an extent, ''Koko''."Koko".



* SignatureSong: ''Ooh La La'' or ''Strict Machine''
* SingingSimlish: ''Oompa Radar'', ''Felt Mountain'', ''Slippage'', ''Voicething'' and ''Gone To Earth''.
* SurrealMusicVideo: The videoes for ''Ride A White Horse'', ''Alive'' and ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2OL3CdIGlg Number 1]]''.
* SweetDreamsFuel: ''Pilots''. With or without the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydNbuB6PLiU dreamy music video]]. ''Head First'' is an utterly sugary, truly lovely song.

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* SignatureSong: ''Ooh "Ooh La La'' La" or ''Strict Machine''
"Strict Machine"
* SingingSimlish: ''Oompa Radar'', ''Felt Mountain'', ''Slippage'', ''Voicething'' "Oompa Radar", "Felt Mountain", "Slippage", "Voicething" and ''Gone "Gone To Earth''.
Earth".
* SurrealMusicVideo: The videoes for ''Ride "Ride A White Horse'', ''Alive'' Horse", "Alive" and ''[[http://www."[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2OL3CdIGlg Number 1]]''.
1]]".
* SweetDreamsFuel: ''Pilots''."Pilots". With or without the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydNbuB6PLiU dreamy music video]]. ''Head First'' video]].
** "Head First"
is an utterly sugary, truly lovely song.song.
** "Little Bird", "Road to Somewhere" and "Cologne Cerrone Houdini" from ''Seventh Tree''.
* UnusualEuphemism: "Touch my garden" from "Hairy Trees"

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The duo consists of Alison Goldfrapp (vocals/ synthesizer) and Will Gregory (synthesizer).
They're quite famous worldwide, due to their sheer awesomeness.

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The duo consists of Alison Goldfrapp (vocals/ synthesizer) (vocals/synthesizer) and Will Gregory (synthesizer).
They're They have quite famous worldwide, a large worldwide fanbase, due to their sheer awesomeness.
[[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly various styles]] and frequent commercial usage.



* 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.'')



* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Black Cherry''. [[http://youtu.be/bYFuwKfd2EA Their remix for]] LadyGaga's "Judas" does this for the original song, UpToEleven.



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Felt Mountain'' is quite surprising for fans introduced through their [[HotterAndSexier later work.]] However, it is still often cited as their masterpiece, for perhaps the same reasons.



* LyricalDissonance: ''A&E''

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* LyricalDissonance: ''A&E''Every song on ''Seventh Tree.''



* 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'').



* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "How? Long? Now? Honestly, how? Long? Now?" from ''You Never Know''
** To an extent, ''Koko''.
* SanitySlippageSong: "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Slippage]]"



* ThisIsSparta: "How? Long? Now? Honestly, how? Long? Now?" from ''You Never Know''
** To an extent, ''Koko''.
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* S{{He Also Did}}: Alison has done guest vocals for {{Tricky}}'s song "Pumpkin", and quite a few {{Orbital}} songs.

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* S{{He [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did}}: Did]]: Alison has done guest vocals for {{Tricky}}'s song "Pumpkin", and quite a few {{Orbital}} songs.

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