Goldfrapp Music Group

In an era when fame is increasingly flash in the pan, many artists would hesitate to tamper with a successful formula, especially if that formula led to a hit record the first time out. Not Alison Goldfrapp, the otherworldly singer in the critically acclaimed English duo that bears her last name. Three years ago, the duo had a global hit with the sweepingly pastoral and cinematically lush debut album "Felt Mountain."

In an era when fame is increasingly flash in the pan, many artists would hesitate to tamper with a successful formula, especially if that formula led to a hit record the first time out. Not Alison Goldfrapp, the otherworldly singer in the critically acclaimed English duo that bears her last name. Three years ago, the duo had a global hit with the sweepingly pastoral and cinematically lush debut album "Felt Mountain."