YMMV / Goldfrapp

• Alternative Character Interpretation:
  • "Crystalline Green": Is it about being stoned? Is it about having sex? Is it about being on a beach? Is it about having stoned sex on a beach? Discussions are continuing.
  • Is "Happiness" a sincere Pep-Talk Song or is it from the point of view of an Unreliable Narrator who's just trying to use optimism as a means to sell the listener something? Alison has said it was inspired by her own negative reaction to self-help groups, and the second verse does exhort you to "donate all your money" / "give us all your money".
• Awesome Music:
  • Everything they have ever done. And we mean it.
  • The finale for "Utopia" deserves a special mention. Who doesn't love hearing those high notes?
• Covered Up: Their cover of Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" was used for a Jägermeister commercial, which still airs during advertising breaks pending soccer matches in Italy.
• Friendly Fandoms: Thanks to various tours together, chances are that a Goldfrapp fan also likes Ladytron.
• Fridge Horror: "A&E" is about waking up in hospital after a drug overdose, while feeling abandoned by a lover, possibly after a breakup. It's based on something that actually happened to Alison once.
• Heartwarming Moments: The ending of "Annabel". The music video shows the troubles of an intersex child wanting to be a girl and it ends with them finding a dress hidden in their lunch given to them by her mother. The color returns as they start dancing within a field of grass.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: The already great video for "Happiness" gained a bit more attention when a certain other character representing happiness traveling in a similar manner rose to popularity.
• I Am Not Shazam: Goldfrapp is the name of the duo Alison, her family name being the group's namesake, is in. Alison's solo career didn't start until 2023.
• Money, Dear Boy: Alison has admitted that Head First was the result of this, as the band were reaching the end of their album deal with Mute and they decided to go out with a deliberately 'cheesy' sounding album, as well as a way of funding Tales of Us, which was their pet project at the time. However, their deal was renewed shortly afterwards and they have stuck with the label since.
• Nausea Fuel: The video for "Ride a White Horse", which has Alison singing in front of images of trash and rotting food, as well as eating a pizza with cigarette butts and bottle caps as "toppings".
• Signature Song: "Ooh La La" or "Strict Machine".
• Suspiciously Similar Song: The beginning of "Hairy Trees" sounds somewhat like the unused Hidden Palace music from Sonic 2
• Tear Jerker:
  • "Black Cherry".
  • "Yellow Halo" and "A&E", also. Alison's voice alone can bring tears out on any of their slower songs, really.
  • Considering most of Tales of Us is made up of slow songs, most of them with sweeping orchestral scores, much of the album could be considered this.
  • Annabel: Based on a novel of an intersex child who is raised as a boy, the black and white music video pretty much symbolizes their desire to be a girl instead. Then the tears start bursting forth at the end when she opens the paper bag lunch her mother made for her, seeing a beautiful sequined dress for her to wear, and she starts dancing within the field of grass as the color returns.
  • Clay can be this, especially after reading the real life letter which inspired it. The closing lines "Sleep Well, Good Night" are made all the more poignant when you realise this is a tragic love story between two WWII soldiers - one of which never makes it home.
• Tough Act to Follow:
  • Supernature was extremely popular and so highly acclaimed that Seventh Tree and Head First didn't live up to it, despite each of them being quite enjoyable albums.
  • Tales of Us, however, outright trumped Supernature, and became the band's new masterpiece.

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