It’s informative to note that every track on Supernature, the third album from Goldfrapp, hovers between the three-and-a-half and four-and-a-half minute mark. Supernature is an album that is built on the back of non-step hooks.

Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory have thus far into their career delivered two albums that have seem them critically lauded by all and sundry. But yet they’ve generally been ignored by the general public – while their glacial debut drew comparisons to Portishead, their second Black Cherry was far more exciting as it delivered pop songs rather than experiments in sound.

Supernature delivers on that promise, finding the group once more enraptured by `80s-styled disco sounds. “Ooh La La” bounces out of the gate with an irresistible chorus, while “Lovely 2 C U” glides and “Ride a White Horse” bounces along merrily respectively. If truth be told, there’s not really a ‘down’ moment on Supernature, with the centre-piece of the album clearly the fantastic “Slide In”, where electronic squelches are matched seamlessly with Alison’s detached voice. Elsewhere “Koko” comes on all Kate Bush, and “Satin Chic” features the most brilliant use of honky-tonk piano.

It takes Supernature until penultimate track “Time Out From the World” to slow down and space out, and if this album is not a big, big hit for Goldfrapp then clearly someone is not doing their job properly. All eleven of the songs found here could easily be accommodated by radio both commercial and alternative, while the closing “Number 1” gives every indication of the future direction of Supernature on the charts. Whether or not it actually happens is beside the point in the end though, as clearly Goldfrapp have delivered one hell of a killer record on this third effort.