AllMusic commended Goldfrapp for their "artistic risk-taking", but felt that the album "sounds unbalanced, swinging between delicate, deceptively icy ballads and heavier, dance-inspired numbers without finding much of a happy medium between them." Michael Idov of Pitchfork criticised the duo's switch to electro music, while describing Black Cherry as "a soundtrack to excruciatingly banal seduction". Jonah Weiner of Entertainment Weekly panned the album's slower tracks as "boring dirges and space-age Muzak". PopMatters included the album on its list of the Top 50 Albums of 2003, ranking it at number 46. It was listed at number 33 on Drowned in Sounds list of the Top 75 Albums of 2003. Black Cherry earned Goldfrapp a nomination for Best British Dance Act at the 2004 Brit Awards, but they lost to Basement Jaxx. Commercial performance Black Cherry debuted at number 19 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 14,859 copies in its first week. The album had sold 256,703 copies in the United Kingdom as of August 2005. Later that month, on 26 August 2005, Black Cherry was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), denoting shipments in excess of 300,000 copies in the UK. The album reached the top 30 in Germany, Ireland, Norway and Portugal, and the top 50 in Belgium, France and Switzerland. Black Cherry became Goldfrapp's first album to chart in the United States, reaching number four on the Top Electronic Albums chart and number 27 on the Top Independent Albums chart. By August 2006, it had sold 52,000 copies in the US. The album had sold nearly 500,000 copies worldwide as of May 2005. Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of Black Cherry. Goldfrapp Alison Goldfrapp – vocals, arrangements, synths Will Gregory – arrangements, synths Additional musicians Charlie Jones – bass Damon Reece – drums Rowan Oliver – drums, percussion ; additional drum programming Adrian Utley – guitar, bass Mark Linkous – Casio Andy Davis – guitar Nick Batt – additional programming, synths Nick Ingman – string orchestration, string conducting Technical Alison Goldfrapp – recording, production ; mixing Will Gregory – recording, production ; mixing Nick Batt – recording Bruno Ellingham – Pro Tools editing Steve Orchard – string recording, string submixing Tom Elmhirst – mixing David Bascombe – mixing Mike Marsh – mastering Artwork Alison Goldfrapp – art direction, design Big Active – art direction, design, illustrations, type Polly Borland – photography Charts Weekly