Yay! The divinely divine Miss Alison Goldfrapp (and the admittedly less divine other guy) continue mining the winning techno-boogie-glam vein they struck with Black Cherry. They still know how to sprinkle the fairy dust atmospherics though, especially on the slow stuff like 'Time Out From the World', which is like Brigitte Bardot jamming with John Barry in 25th century, under the watchful eye of fairy godmother Marc Bolan. Those who dismissed Goldfrapp after they abandoned their Felt Mountain whinings can keep playing their old Portishead records while the beautiful people keep dancing…

Richard Mohr