Radiator [20th Anniversary Edition] [2 CD]

by Super Furry Animals

Overview

Using the psychedelicized prog-punk of Fuzzy Logic as a foundation, Super Furry Animals move even further into left field on their second album, Radiator. As before, the group displays a gift for catchy, deceptively complex melodic hooks, but now its songwriting and arrangements are mind-bogglingly intricate and eclectic. Songs boast intertwining melodies and countermelodies, with guitars and keyboards swirling around the vocals. Similarly, the production is dense and heavy with detail, borrowing heavily from prog rock and psychedelic pop, but pieced together with the invention of techno and played with the energy of punk. It's a heady, impressive kaleidoscope of sounds, but what gives Radiator its weight is the way the sonics complement the songwriting. SFA's songs are melodic, accessible, and utterly original -- melodically, they may borrow from '60s pop, but they rearrange the cliches in fresh ways. Also, Gruff Rhys has a fondness for revolutionary politics and the bizarre that helps give Radiator its intoxicating, otherworldly atmosphere, making it one of the few late-'90s albums that sounds inventive, vibrant, and utterly contemporary. [In 2017, Radiator was released in a remastered two-CD 20th Anniversary Edition with a bonus disc featuring the Ice Hockey Hair EP as well as numerous outtakes and demos.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	08/04/2017
Label:	Bmg / Bmg
UPC:	4050538274325
Rank:	136780

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Furryvision
2. The Placid Casual
3. The International Language of Screaming
4. Demons
5. Short Painkiller
6. She's Got Spies
7. Play It Cool
8. Hermann Loves Pauline
9. Chupacabras
10. Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir
11. Bass Tuned to D.E.A.D.
12. Down a Different River
13. Download
14. Mountain People
15. Smokin'
16. Ice Hockey Hair
17. Mu-Tron
18. Let's Quit Smoking
19. Smoke
20. Dim Ysmygu [Alternate Mix of 'Smoke']
21. The Boy With the Thorn in His Side

Disc 2

22. Cryndod Yn Dy Lais
23. Hit and Run
24. Foxy Music
25. Pass the Time
26. Calimero
27. B Side
28. Carry the Can
29. Wrap It Up
30. Trons Mr. Urdd
31. NO.K./Frosty Night in Gothenberg
32. Play It Cool [Original U.K. LP Mix; 2017]
33. SFA Theme [Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96-19.12.96]
34. The International Language of Screaming [Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96-19.12.96]
35. Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir [Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96-19.12.96]
36. Down a Different River [Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96-19.12.96]
37. She's Got Spies [Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96-19.12.96]
38. Hit and Run [Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96-19.12.96]
39. Mountain People [Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96-19.12.96]
40. Play It Cool [Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96-19.12.96]
41. Bass Tuned to D.E.A.D. [Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96-19.12.96]
42. Naff Gan [Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96-19.12.96]
43. The Placid Casual [Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96-19.12.96]
44. Music Box [Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96-19.12.96]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Super Furry Animals   Primary Artist
Gorwel Owen   Ebo,E-Bow,Sampling,Harpsichord,Fender Rhodes,Electric Harpsichord
Dinah Beamish   Cello
Sonia Slany   Violin
Simon James   Flute,Sax (Tenor)
Martin Smith   Trumpet
Guto Pryce   Bass,Clapping
Jules Singleton   Violin
Les Morrison   Banjo
Clair Arster   Viola
Electra Strings   Ensemble
How Sunford   Vocals,Clapping,Guitar (Electric)
Stephane Renaldi   Vocals
Cian Ciaran   Piano,Vocals,Fender Rhodes,Electronic Sounds
Andrew Frizell   Trombone,Sax (Alto)
Gruff Rhys   Vocals,Clapping,Moog Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

Gorwel Owen   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Dave Buchanan   Engineer
S.F.A.   Producer
Simon Corkin   Design,Artwork
Paul Durrant   Engineer
Grassroots   Mixing,Engineer
Quinton Quamm   Assistant Engineer
Sorrel Marchant   Assistant Engineer
Super Furry Animals   Composer,Producer
Greg Haver   Mixing,Engineer