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Black Cherry by Goldfrapp
Black Cherry is an album by Goldfrapp, released in 2003. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Strict Machine”, on 2 lists with a best position of #79.
Black Cherry, the second album from London duo Goldfrapp, dropped on 23 April 2003 and yanked Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory out of the misty, ambient hush of 2000's Felt Mountain and onto a mirrorball dancefloor. The pair wired glam rock stomp into synth-pop, and their stated touchstones were the Spanish disco act Baccara and the Swedish techno artist Håkan Lidbo, which tells you how far they'd wandered from the cinematic chill of the debut.
It's all strut and sleaze, Goldfrapp purring over fat, buzzing synths, with "Strict Machine" and "Train" pumping away like a glitter factory. Critics dug the blend of retro and futurist electropop, "Strict Machine" reached No. 20 on the UK singles chart as one of 4 singles, the album went platinum in Britain, and it earned the duo a Brit Awards nod for Best British Dance Act in 2004.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Black Cherry on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strict Machine | 2 | #79 | – | 2013–2019 | |
| 2 | Train | 1 | #71 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.