{{For|the Italian techno DJ duo|Tale of Us}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Use British English|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox album | name = Tales of Us | type = studio | artist = Goldfrapp | cover = Goldfrapp - Tales of Us.png | alt = | released = {{Start date|2013|9|6|df=yes}} | recorded = 2011–2013 | studio = * Angel Recording (London) * Home studio (Wiltshire) | genre = Folktronica<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7483283/goldfrapp-tales-of-us-album-review|title=Goldfrapp's 'Tales of Us': Album Review|website=Idolator|date=10 September 2013|access-date=9 August 2014|archive-date=9 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109070957/http://www.idolator.com/7483283/goldfrapp-tales-of-us-album-review|url-status=dead}}</ref> | length = 44:42 | label = Mute | producer = * Alison Goldfrapp * Will Gregory | prev_title = The Singles | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = Silver Eye | next_year = 2017 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Goldfrapp studio album | type = album | prev_title = Head First | prev_year = 2010 | title = Tales of Us | year = 2013 | next_title = Silver Eye | next_year = 2017 }} {{Singles | name = Tales of Us | type = studio | single1 = Drew | single2 = Annabel | single3 = Thea | single3date = 24 March 2014 }} }}

'''''Tales of Us''''' is the sixth studio album by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp, released on 6 September 2013 by Mute Records. In June 2013, the duo embarked on the Tales of Us Tour to promote the album.

==Background and release== Goldfrapp began recording their sixth studio album in April 2011,<ref>{{cite web|last=Corner|first=Lewis|url=https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a313916/goldfrapp-start-work-on-new-album.html|title=Goldfrapp 'start work on new album'|publisher=Digital Spy. Hearst Corporation|date=11 April 2011|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref> recording in the English countryside, then mixing in London.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|last=Rettig|first=James|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/goldfrapp-announces-tales-of-us-album-1566464/|title=Goldfrapp Announces 'Tales of Us' Album|magazine=Billboard|date=11 June 2013|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/goldfrapp-reveal-new-album-is-coming-117298|title=Goldfrapp reveal new album is coming|publisher=The Line of Best Fit|date=1 February 2013|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref> A re-launch of the band's official website was synchronised with the announcement, which featured a video trailer directed by Lisa Gunning.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/goldfrapp/70793|title=Goldfrapp to release new album 'Tales of Us' in September|work=NME|date=11 June 2013|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Copsey|first=Robert|url=https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a488923/goldfrapp-reveal-new-album-title-artwork.html|title=Goldfrapp reveal new album title, artwork|publisher=Digital Spy. Hearst Corporation|date=11 June 2013|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref> The duo debuted songs from ''Tales of Us'' at the Manchester International Festival on 17 and 18 July 2013.<ref name="Billboard"/>

The track "Drew" premiered on 15 July 2013 on Lauren Laverne's BBC Radio 6 Music morning show.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036w4ml|title=Nile Rodgers joins Lauren|publisher=BBC Radio 6 Music|date=15 July 2013|access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151457375231261&set=a.382660391260.167760.270250391260&type=1|title=Timeline Photos|via=Facebook|date=15 July 2013|access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref> On the same day, the full Lisa Gunning-directed "Drew" music video was uploaded to the duo's website and to YouTube.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCzoTQqEoFg|title=Goldfrapp – Drew|via=YouTube|date=15 July 2013|access-date=22 August 2013}}</ref> "Thea" was released on 24 March 2014 as the first official single from the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/thea-ep/836742656|title=Thea – EP by Goldfrapp|date=24 March 2014|publisher=iTunes Store UK. Apple|access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref>

On 20 January 2014, Goldfrapp announced a one-off screening of their thirty-minute film anthology ''Tales of Us'', which was shown by Arts Alliance Media in select theatres across the UK, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand on the evening of 4 March. Co-created by Alison Goldfrapp and Gunning, the film follows five characters—Stranger, Laurel, Jo, Drew and Annabel—and spans themes of love, loss, madness and identity. The film was followed immediately by an exclusive live performance by Goldfrapp transmitted into cinemas from AIR Studios in London.<ref>{{cite web|last=Drewett|first=Meg|url=https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a545441/goldfrapp-announce-tales-of-us-film-event-live-performance.html|title=Goldfrapp announce 'Tales of Us' film event, live performance|publisher=Digital Spy. Hearst Corporation|date=20 January 2014|access-date=9 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Savage|first=Mark|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26351913|title=Goldfrapp tell tales in cinema project|publisher=BBC News|date=27 January 2014|access-date=9 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mute.com/mute/announce-a-unique-tales-of-us-cinema-event-followed-by-exclusive-live-performance-broadcast-from-air-studios-on-4-march|title=Announce a unique Tales of Us cinema event followed by exclusive live performance broadcast from Air Studios on 4 March.|date=20 January 2014|publisher=Mute Records|access-date=9 March 2014}}</ref>

The song "Annabel" was inspired by Kathleen Winter's 2010 novel of the same name, about an intersex child being raised as a boy.<ref name="quillandquire">{{cite web|last=Flinn|first=Sue Carter|url=http://www.quillandquire.com/book-news/2014/02/25/film-rights-to-kathleen-winters-annabel-sold-thanks-to-goldfrapp-tune/|title=Film rights to Kathleen Winter's Annabel sold, thanks to Goldfrapp tune|work=Quill & Quire|publisher=St. Joseph Media|date=25 February 2014|access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> Gunning, who directed the video for the song, optioned feature-film rights to the novel in 2014.<ref name="quillandquire"/> "Clay" is based on a letter written by World War II veteran Brian Keith to his lover, another soldier known as "Dave".<ref>{{cite web|last=Frost|first=Amber|url=http://dangerousminds.net/comments/sleep_well_my_love_goldfrapp_bases_song_on_tender_letter_from_one_world_war|title=Sleep well my love: Goldfrapp bases song on tender letter from one World War II soldier to another|publisher=Dangerous Minds|date=23 December 2013|access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref>

==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | ADM = 7.4/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/5807/Goldfrapp-Tales-of-Us.aspx|title=Tales of Us by Goldfrapp reviews|work=AnyDecentMusic?}}</ref> | MC = 75/100<ref name="MC"/> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic"/> | rev2 = ''Clash'' | rev2Score = 7/10<ref name="clash"/> | rev3 = ''The Guardian'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="guardian"/> | rev4 = ''The Independent'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="independent"/> | rev5 = ''Mojo'' | rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="mojo"/> | rev6 = MusicOMH | rev6Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="musicomh"/> | rev7 = ''NME'' | rev7Score = 5/10<ref name="nme"/> | rev8 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev8Score = 6.1/10<ref name="pitchfork"/> | rev9 = PopMatters | rev9Score = 7/10<ref name="popmatters"/> | rev10 = ''Slant Magazine'' | rev10Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="slant"/> }}

''Tales of Us'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 26 reviews.<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/tales-of-us/goldfrapp|title=Tales of Us – Goldfrapp|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=15 September 2011}}</ref> AllMusic wrote that although "''Tales of Us'' isn't as immediate as, say, ''Supernature''", it is "Goldfrapp's most sophisticated work to date, and one of their most consistently satisfying albums."<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last=Phares|first=Heather|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tales-of-us-mw0002555042|title=Tales of Us – Goldfrapp|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref> Jordan Mainzer of musicOMH viewed the album's aesthetic as "striking" and "noticeably starker than anything [Goldfrapp have] made before", concluding, "This is real music, about real people, dealing in real emotion. That it sounds so gorgeously lush too is mere icing on a very rich cake."<ref name="musicomh">{{cite web|last=Mainzer|first=Jordan|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/goldfrapp-tales-us|title=Goldfrapp – Tales of Us|publisher=MusicOMH|date=10 September 2013|access-date=15 September 2013}}</ref> Andy Gill of ''The Independent'' stated, "The delicate guitar and piano figures and the sombre languor of strings behind Alison Goldfrapp's breathy vocals create something akin to a cross between the dreamlike mythopoeism of old folk tales and the lush cinematic arrangements of Michel Legrand."<ref name="independent">{{cite web|last=Gill|first=Andy|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-goldfrapp-tales-of-us-mute-8803157.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-goldfrapp-tales-of-us-mute-8803157.html|archive-date=26 May 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|title=Album: Goldfrapp, Tales of Us (Mute)|work=The Independent|date=7 September 2013|access-date=18 September 2013}}</ref>

''Mojo'' critic David Hutcheon opined that compared to ''Felt Mountain'' and ''Seventh Tree'', "the mood [on ''Tales of Us''] is all of a piece, the songs are stronger, and nobody suggests lightening the atmosphere with a high-energy single to reassure listeners that Alison hasn't taken leave of her senses."<ref name="mojo">{{cite journal|last=Hutcheon|first=David|title=The evil I|journal=Mojo|issue=238|pages=84–85|date=September 2013}}</ref> Slant Magazine's Blue Sullivan praised the vocals as "simultaneously gorgeous and terrifying" and dubbed the album "a vital change of pace for Alison Goldfrapp, who's made a brilliant career of being the siren of lost souls."<ref name="slant">{{cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Blue|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/goldfrapp-tales-of-us|title=Goldfrapp: Tales of Us|work=Slant Magazine|date=9 September 2013|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref> Ryan Lathan of PopMatters noted that "Alison has rarely sounded this captivating and the album contains some of the loveliest vocal performances she's recorded thus far." Lathan continued, "Goldfrapp have seemingly rekindled their creative fires and the result is a challenging and devastatingly beautiful record."<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web|last=Lathan|first=Ryan|url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/174849-goldfrapp-tales-of-us/|title=Goldfrapp: Tales of Us|publisher=PopMatters|date=13 September 2013|access-date=18 September 2013}}</ref>

Will Salmon of ''Clash'' called the album a "frequently beautiful return to form" and commented that "''Tales of Us'' is relentlessly one note but frequently beautiful, and a welcome change from the theatrics of its immediate predecessor, 2010's ''Head First''"<ref name="clash">{{cite web|last=Salmon|first=Will|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/goldfrapp-tales-of-us|title=Goldfrapp – Tales of Us|work=Clash|date=27 August 2013|access-date=18 September 2013}}</ref> In a more mixed review, Pitchfork Media's Andrew Ryce felt that "some of the duo's unique imagination is replaced with a traditionalism that feels incongruous with the rest of their career", adding that "[d]iehard fans of Goldfrapp will no doubt find something to love here, but for the rest of us, it's a thin record that doesn't do much to prop up its skeletal frame."<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|last=Ryce|first=Andrew|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18474-goldfrapp-tales-of-us/|title=Goldfrapp: Tales of Us|work=Pitchfork|date=12 September 2013|access-date=18 September 2013}}</ref> ''The Guardian''{{'}}s Dave Simpson argued that "the tunes don't all carry the album's single pace. As a result, ''Tales of Us'' is slightly more mesmerising soundscape than collection of genuinely outstanding songs."<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|last=Simpson|first=Dave|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/05/goldfrapp-tales-of-us-review|title=Goldfrapp: Tales of Us – review|work=The Guardian|date=5 September 2013|access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref> Jeremy Allen of the ''NME'' was negative in his review, panning the album as "samey and indulgent".<ref name="nme">{{cite web|last=Allen|first=Jeremy|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/goldfrapp/14754|title=Goldfrapp – 'Tales of Us'|work=NME|date=5 September 2013|access-date=18 September 2013}}</ref> ''Consequence of Sound'' said that the album was Goldfrapp's "most intimate and lavish recording to date", and that it moved away from previous electronic/disco stylings to form "a complex mesh between trip-hop and lounge."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2013/09/album-review-goldfrapp-tales-of-us/|title=Goldfrapp – Tales of Us – Album Reviews – Consequence of Sound|work=Consequence of Sound|date=18 September 2013}}</ref>

==Commercial performance== ''Tales of Us'' debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 13,817 copies, earning Goldfrapp their fourth consecutive top ten studio album.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Alan|url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-arctic-monkeys-am-doubles-predecessor-s-week-one-sales/056069|title=Official Charts Analysis: Arctic Monkeys' AM doubles predecessor's week-one sales|work=Music Week|date=16 September 2013|access-date=16 September 2013|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205823/http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-arctic-monkeys-am-doubles-predecessor-s-week-one-sales/056069|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album fell to number nineteen the following week, selling 4,484 units.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Alan|url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-arctic-monkeys-beat-avicii-to-no-1-on-albums-chart/056148|title=Official Charts Analysis: Arctic Monkeys beat Avicii to No.1 on albums chart|work=Music Week|date=23 September 2013|access-date=9 October 2013}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Internationally, ''Tales of Us'' reached the top ten in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland, and the top twenty in Australia, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway and Portugal.<ref name="ultratop"/><ref name="ire"/>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length = {{duration|m=44|s=42}} | all_writing = Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory

| title1 = Jo | length1 = 4:38

| title2 = Annabel | length2 = 4:01

| title3 = Drew | length3 = 4:46

| title4 = Ulla | length4 = 3:49

| title5 = Alvar | length5 = 5:37

| title6 = Thea | length6 = 4:50

| title7 = Simone | length7 = 4:18

| title8 = Stranger | length8 = 4:12

| title9 = Laurel | length9 = 4:10

| title10 = Clay | length10 = 4:20 }}

{{Track listing | headline = Deluxe box set bonus CD<ref name="boxset">{{cite web|url=http://goldfrapp.sandbaghq.com/store/tales-of-us-deluxe-box-set.html|title=Tales of Us – Deluxe Box Set|publisher=goldfrapp.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310022403/http://goldfrapp.sandbaghq.com/store/tales-of-us-deluxe-box-set.html|archive-date=10 March 2014|access-date=9 March 2014}}</ref>

| title1 = Lee | length1 = 3:37

| title2 = Stranger | note2 = Moog Remix | length2 = 4:04

| title3 = Thea | note3 = Alternative) (featuring Sa Dingding | length3 = 4:48

| title4 = Jo | note4 = live in Manchester | length4 = 5:16

| title5 = Drew | note5 = live in Manchester | length5 = 5:05

| title6 = Alvar | note6 = live in Manchester | length6 = 6:28

| title7 = Nowhere Boy | note7 = soundtrack extract | length7 = 9:15 }}

{{Track listing | headline = Deluxe box set bonus DVD<ref name="boxset"/>

| title1 = ''Tales of Us'' in 5.1 surround sound, DTS and Dolby Digital

| title2 = The Making of Tales of Us | note2 = documentary

| title3 = Drew | note3 = film

| title4 = Annabel | note4 = film }}

{{Track listing | headline = Digital deluxe edition bonus tracks<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/tales-of-us-deluxe-edition/889014324|title=Tales of Us (Deluxe Edition) by Goldfrapp|date=27 June 2014|publisher=iTunes Store UK. Apple|access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="digitaldeluxe"/><ref name="USdigitaldeluxe"/>

| title1 = Paper Bag | note1 = live from Air Studios | length1 = 4:26

| title2 = Utopia | note2 = live from Air Studios | length2 = 4:11

| title3 = Clowns | note3 = live from Air Studios | length3 = 4:08

| title4 = Clay | note4 = live from Air Studios | length4 = 4:20

| title5 = Alvar | note5 = live from Air Studios | length5 = 5:55

| title6 = Little Bird | note6 = live from Air Studios | length6 = 7:20

| title7 = Lovely Head | note7 = live from Air Studios | length7 = 5:10

| title8 = Train | note8 = live from Air Studios | length8 = 4:13

| title9 = Thea | note9 = live from Air Studios | length9 = 4:43

| title10 = Strict Machine | note10 = live from Air Studios | length10 = 5:14

| title11 = Stranger | note11 = short film) (iTunes Store and Amazon MP3 US only | length11 = 5:56

| title12 = Laurel | note12 = short film) (iTunes Store and Amazon MP3 US only | length12 = 4:45

| title13 = Jo | note13 = short film) (iTunes Store only and Amazon MP3 US | length13 = 5:20

| title14 = Drew | note14 = short film) (iTunes Store only and Amazon MP3 US | length14 = 4:58

| title15 = Annabel | note15 = short film) (iTunes Store only | length15 = 6:56 }}

'''Box set also contains:'''<ref name="boxset"/> * Vinyl album pressed on 180&nbsp;gm vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with 24" poster * 40-page, large-format hardback book compiled by Alison with exclusive images from ''Tales of Us'' * 12" lithographic art print * Numbered certificate of authenticity

==Personnel== Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Tales of Us''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Tales of Us|type=liner notes|others=Goldfrapp|publisher=Mute Records|year=2013|id=CDSTUMM356}}</ref>

===Goldfrapp=== * Alison Goldfrapp – vocals, instruments * Will Gregory – string arrangements, instruments

===Additional musicians=== {{div col}} * Steve Evans – additional programming {{small|(tracks 3, 6, 7, 10)}}; acoustic guitar {{small|(tracks 3, 8–10)}} * Aidan Love – additional programming {{small|(track 7)}} * Nick Ingman – string scoring, string conducting * Charlie Jones – double bass {{small|(tracks 1, 5)}} * Alex Lee – bass guitar {{small|(track 2)}}; acoustic guitar {{small|(tracks 3, 5, 9, 10)}}; electric guitar, Nashville guitar {{small|(track 5)}} * Martyn Barker – drums {{small|(track 3)}} * John Parish – drums {{small|(tracks 3, 7)}} * John Parricelli – guitar {{small|(track 4)}} * Ian Burdge – cello {{small|(track 4)}} * John Metcalfe – viola {{small|(track 4)}} * Louisa Fuller – violin {{small|(track 4)}} * Martyn Barker – Indian guitar {{small|(track 5)}}; drums {{small|(tracks 5, 9, 10)}} * Paul Cowgill – horse effects {{small|(track 6)}} * Ross Hughes – acoustic guitar, cavaquinho {{small|(track 7)}} * Chris Laurence – double bass {{small|(track 8)}} * String section {{small|(tracks 1–3, 7–10)}} ** Everton Nelson, Steve Morris, Emlyn Singleton, Warren Zielinski, Rita Manning, Richard George, Ian Humphries, Patrick Kiernan, Ann Morfee, Debbie Widdup, Kathy Shave, Dave Williams, Rusty Pomeroy, Boguslaw Kostecki, Tom Pigott-Smith, Mark Berrow – violin ** Peter Lale, Bill Hawkes, Bruce White, Andy Parker, Nick Barr, Morgan Goff – viola ** Ian Burdge, Sophie Harris, Nick Cooper, Penny Driver, Chris Allan – cello ** Chris Laurence, Richard Pryce, Stacey Watton – double bass {{small|(tracks 1–3, 7–10)}} {{div col end}}

===Technical=== {{div col}} * Alison Goldfrapp – production * Will Gregory – production * Greg Freeman – additional engineering {{small|(tracks 1, 3–5, 10)}} * Eduardo de la Paz – additional engineering {{small|(track 7)}}; mixing assistance {{small|(all tracks)}} * Craig Silvey – mixing * Gary Thomas – string recording * John Dent – mastering {{div col end}}

===Artwork=== {{div col}} * Alison Goldfrapp – artwork direction * Mat Maitland – artwork direction * Annemarieke van Drimmelen – photography * Julie Rubio – image treatments * Lenka Rayn H. – additional photography {{div col end}}

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2013) ! scope="col"| Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Australia|15|artist=Goldfrapp|album=Tales of Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 September 2013}} |- {{album chart|Austria|24|artist=Goldfrapp|album=Tales of Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 September 2013}} |- {{album chart|Flanders|6|artist=Goldfrapp|album=Tales of Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 September 2013|refname="ultratop"}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|14|artist=Goldfrapp|album=Tales of Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 September 2013}} |- {{album chart|Czech|42|year=2013|week=38|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 December 2018}} |- {{album chart|Denmark|23|artist=Goldfrapp|album=Tales of Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2013}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|16|artist=Goldfrapp|album=Tales of Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 September 2013}} |- {{album chart|Finland|32|artist=Goldfrapp|album=Tales of Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 December 2018}} |- {{album chart|France|33|artist=Goldfrapp|album=Tales of Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 September 2013}} |- {{album chart|Germany|9|id=222432|artist=Goldfrapp|album=Tales of Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 December 2018}} |- {{album chart|Ireland|15|year=2013|week=37|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 September 2013|refname="ire"}} |- {{album chart|IrelandIndependent|4|year=2013|week=37|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 September 2013}} |- {{album chart|Italy|38|artist=Goldfrapp|album=Tales of Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 December 2018}} |- {{album chart|Norway|19|artist=Goldfrapp|album=Tales of Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2013}} |- {{album chart|Portugal|14|artist=Goldfrapp|album=Tales of Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 September 2013}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|5|date=20130915|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 December 2018}} |- {{album chart|Spain|47|artist=Goldfrapp|album=Tales of Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 September 2013}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|8|artist=Goldfrapp|album=Tales of Us|rowheader=true|accessdate=17 September 2013}} |- {{album chart|UK2|4|date=20130915|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 December 2018}} |- {{album chart|UKIndependent|3|date=20130915|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 December 2018}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|75|artist=Goldfrapp|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 December 2018}} |- {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|16|artist=Goldfrapp|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 December 2018}} |- {{album chart|BillboardAlternative|16|artist=Goldfrapp|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 December 2018}} |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2013) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2013&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2013 – Albums|language=Dutch|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=9 March 2014}}</ref> | 164 |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Goldfrapp|title=Tales of Us|award=Silver|type=album|relyear=2013|certyear=2016|date=11 March 2016|id=13633-2251-2|accessdate=11 March 2016}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes | noshipments=true | streaming=true}}

==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Edition !scope="col"|Label !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|References}} |- !scope="row"|Australia |rowspan="4"|6 September 2013 |{{flatlist| * CD * digital download}} |rowspan="11"|Standard |rowspan="12"|Mute |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jbhifi.com.au/music/browse/pop/tales-of-us/444292/|title=Tales of Us – Goldfrapp|publisher=JB Hi-Fi|access-date=6 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814100031/https://www.jbhifi.com.au/music/browse/pop/tales-of-us/444292/|archive-date=14 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/tales-of-us/id849338915|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102139/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/tales-of-us/id849338915|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2014|title=Tales of Us by Goldfrapp|publisher=iTunes Store Australia. Apple|access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Germany |{{flatlist| * CD * LP+CD * digital download}} |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00DB62558|title=Tales of Us|language=German|publisher=Amazon|access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00DB6256W|title=Tales of Us (Vinyl+CD)|language=German|publisher=Amazon|access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/tales-of-us/id655010735?l=en|title=Tales of Us by Goldfrapp|publisher=iTunes Store Germany. Apple|access-date=8 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102152/https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/tales-of-us/id655010735?l=en|archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Ireland |{{flatlist| * CD * digital download}} |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.towerrecords.ie/product/Goldfrapp_Tales_Of_Us/588113|title=Goldfrapp – Tales of Us|publisher=Tower Records Ireland|access-date=8 September 2013|archive-date=10 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810205055/http://www.towerrecords.ie/product/Goldfrapp_Tales_Of_Us/588113|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/tales-of-us/id656527736|title=Tales of Us by Goldfrapp|publisher=iTunes Store Ireland. Apple|access-date=8 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102149/https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/tales-of-us/id656527736|archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Netherlands |{{flatlist| * CD * LP+CD}} |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bol.com/nl/p/tales-of-us/9200000015006871/|title=Tales of Us, Goldfrapp (CD)|language=Dutch|publisher=bol.com|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bol.com/nl/p/tales-of-us/9200000015006893/|title=Tales of Us, Goldfrapp (LP)|language=Dutch|publisher=bol.com|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|France |rowspan="5"|9 September 2013 |rowspan="2"|{{flatlist| * CD * LP+CD * digital download}} |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musique.fnac.com/a6135756/Goldfrapp-Tales-of-us-CD-album|title=Tales of us – Goldfrapp – CD album|language=French|publisher=Fnac|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://musique.fnac.com/a6135759/Goldfrapp-Tales-of-us-Vinyl-album|title=Tales of us – Goldfrapp – Vinyl album|language=French|publisher=Fnac|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/fr/album/tales-of-us/654967640?l=en|title=Tales of Us by Goldfrapp|date=9 September 2013|publisher=iTunes Store France. Apple|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Italy |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibs.it/disco/5099961576025/goldfrapp/tales-of-us.html|title=Goldfrapp – Tales of Us (CD Audio)|language=Italian|publisher=Internet Bookshop Italia|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibs.it/disco/5099961576018/goldfrapp/tales-of-us.html|title=Goldfrapp – Tales of Us (Vinile LP)|language=Italian|publisher=Internet Bookshop Italia|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/it/album/tales-of-us/654967640?l=en|title=Tales of Us by Goldfrapp|date=9 September 2013|publisher=iTunes Store Italy. Apple|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Netherlands |rowspan="2"|Digital download |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/nl/album/tales-of-us/654967640?l=en|title=Tales of Us by Goldfrapp|date=9 September 2013|publisher=iTunes Store Netherlands. Apple|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Sweden |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/se/album/tales-of-us/654967640?l=en-GB|title=Tales of Us by Goldfrapp|date=9 September 2013|publisher=iTunes Store Sweden. Apple|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |{{flatlist| * CD * LP+CD * digital download}} |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goldfrapp.sandbaghq.com/store/tales-of-us-cd-pre-order.html|title=Tales of Us – CD|publisher=goldfrapp.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617143856/http://goldfrapp.sandbaghq.com/store/tales-of-us-cd-pre-order.html|archive-date=17 June 2013|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://goldfrapp.sandbaghq.com/store/tales-of-us-12-vinyl-pre-order.html|title=Tales of Us – Vinyl|publisher=goldfrapp.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617044202/http://goldfrapp.sandbaghq.com/store/tales-of-us-12-vinyl-pre-order.html|archive-date=17 June 2013|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EO3408M|title=Tales of Us: Goldfrapp: MP3 Downloads|publisher=Amazon|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United States |10 September 2013 |{{flatlist| * CD * LP+CD * digital download}} |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DBISUWS|title=Tales of Us|publisher=Amazon|access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tales-of-us/id656527736|title=Tales of Us by Goldfrapp|publisher=iTunes Store US. Apple|access-date=8 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804145719/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tales-of-us/id656527736|archive-date=4 August 2014}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Sweden |11 September 2013 |CD |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdon.se/musik/goldfrapp/tales_of_us-23882224|title=Tales of Us – Goldfrapp|language=Swedish|publisher=CDON.se|access-date=9 September 2013}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |2 December 2013 |CD+DVD+LP box set |Deluxe |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://roughtrade.com/albums/78337|title=Goldfrapp: Tales of Us – Boxset|publisher=Rough Trade|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206083547/http://www.roughtrade.com/albums/78337|archive-date=6 December 2013|access-date=9 March 2014}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Japan |4 December 2013 |{{flatlist| * CD * digital download}} |Standard |{{flatlist| * Mute * Traffic}} |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trafficjpn.com/releases/tale-of-us/|title=Tales of Us|date=3 December 2013|publisher=Traffic|access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/jp/album/tale-of-us/732329969?l=en|title=Tale of Us by Goldfrapp|date=4 December 2013|publisher=iTunes Store Japan. Apple|access-date=9 March 2014}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Germany |rowspan="2"|27 June 2014 |rowspan="5"|Digital download |rowspan="5"|Deluxe |rowspan="5"|Mute |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00LCLG370|title=Tales of Us: Goldfrapp: MP3-Downloads|language=German|publisher=Amazon|access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Ireland |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ie.7digital.com/artist/goldfrapp/release/tales-of-us-deluxe-edition-1|title=Tales of Us (Deluxe Edition) by Goldfrapp|publisher=7digital Ireland|access-date=6 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810074756/http://ie.7digital.com/artist/goldfrapp/release/tales-of-us-deluxe-edition-1|archive-date=10 August 2014}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|France |rowspan="2"|30 June 2014 |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00LADVC8K|title=Tales of Us: Goldfrapp: MP3-Downloads|language=French|publisher=Amazon|access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |align="center"|<ref name="digitaldeluxe">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LBEHLVU|title=Tales of Us: Goldfrapp: MP3 Downloads|publisher=Amazon|access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United States |8 July 2014 |align="center"|<ref name="USdigitaldeluxe">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L5TIAKM|title=Tales of Us (Deluxe Edition) [+video]: Goldfrapp: MP3 Downloads|publisher=Amazon|access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref> |}

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