Fuzzy Logic

😐 All the worst of British pop in one album. I became angrier with each subsequent song. These boys decided the worst album of the 70s hadn't been released yet so they dropped it themselves in 1993. Is this a satire album? If so, why is it so inane? Is that the joke? Absurd.

“Fuzzy Logic” by Super Furry Animals (1996) bad vocals bad lyrics bad instrumentals bad composition bad arrangements excellent commercial appeal 1/5

Great album from a great band. A rock album at heart, but with elements of pop, psychedelic, glam, synth etc. all seamlessly woven through. Excellent songs with wonderful melodies, counter melodies, harmonies, and instrumentation. And solid production - all the instruments sound great and have well defined spaces within the mix. A refreshing alternative to the brit pop of the time, and still sounds good today.

When participants of this project complain that there’s too much Britpop wanker bullshit on this list, they must be referring to this.

You know they don't give a fuck about anybody else You know they don't give a fuck about anybody else You know they don't give a fuck about anybody else You know they don't give a fuck about anybody else You know they don't give a fuck about anybody else

What is this supposed to be? Some sort of 90s dissonant, psychedelic alt-rock that can't decide if it wants to be modern or old-school (for it's time, respectively). In any case it's not good and I was relieved when it was over.

Another boring British rock band. It doesn't get any more generic than this.

Track Review: 1 - 3.5 2 - 4 3 - 4.5 4 - 3.5 5 - 4.2 6 - 4.5 7 - 4.5 8 - 4 9 - 4 10 - 3.5 11 - 4.35 12 - 4 Album average: 4.04/5 Notes: Too many heavy instrumentation can get boring. Too much voice effects.

It's about my third or fourth favourite SFA album, in that every second track is perfect riotous pop genius, as opposed to everything. The 90s Beach Boys were Welsh, and if you liked this, grab Radiator and Guerilla now!

Super Furry Animals are eclectic, to say the least. Fusing together pop melodies, psychedelia, and art rock with an impish, punky fury, the band cover more ground on their debut album, Fuzzy Logic, than most indie bands do in their entire career. However, the album works better as a series of moments than as a collection, mainly due to their overreaching ambition. Each song floats by on irresistible, catchy vocal harmonies, while the music alternates between glitzy overdriven guitars and sighing, sweeping keyboard, guitar, and string backdrops. Over these lush sonic beds, lead vocalist Gruff sings lyrics that are either mystical, nonsensical, or bizarrely funny -- none of the songs make much literal sense, but that doesn't quite matter when the music is as free-spirited as this. The songs may start conventionally, but they'll be undercut by wild synthesizers and careening guitar solos, or off-kilter vocal melodies. Taken as individual moments -- as the singles "God! Show Me Magic" (relatively straight-ahead punk-pop), "Hometown Unicorn" (gorgeous psychedelia), and "Something 4 the Weekend" (which finds the middle ground between the first two singles) prove -- the music of Super Furry Animals is quite intoxicating, but when assembled together, they don't sustain momentum. However, the individual pleasures of each song become more apparent with each listen and Fuzzy Logic suggests that the group could blossom into something quite distinctive and utterly unique within a few albums.

It's ok. Bit of a confused sound. Like they don't know if they want to be Brit-pop or psychedelic rock.

There's something very off-putting about the lead vocals, and maybe the production too. Why is it... raspy? Or like there's too much static in the mic? The problem with this album, for me, is that the melodic structure of many of the songs is quite basic so the songs really have to depend on expressive elements, like instrumental flairs and vocal style. And expressively this just doesn't do it for me.

SFA would reach heights beyond this record later in their career but this is still a 5 star from me. Ffa Coffi Pawb am byth.

Can’t say what’s precisely Welsh about their uninhibited and totally out-there approach, but it’s a both a hoot and a blast. Lots of Bowie, with easily as much glam as psychedelia, which is mostly of the Pink Floydesque variety. One fully digs the ebullience and is inclined to make the case that their sound is every bit as big as Oasis (without the posturing and pomposity) and much cleverer than Blur (without the self-congratulatorily thinking themselves the cleverest). The zany sound effects are additive to the mostly melodious mayhem, rather than being thrown in just to show off. Nice mix of full-on bangers (“Bad Behaviour” being the best) and a plethora mid-tempo thinkers (“Something 4 the Weekend,” “Hometown Unicorn,” “Mario Man,” “Long Gone”). One finds it all quite satisfying, however Welch is it, precisely.

While listening to this album, I couldn't help but thinking what an apt band name and record name. It does sound like super furry animals, and does sound like fuzzy logic. It's a fun album in the usual strange unique vein of the band - closest references I guess might be Supergrass and The Flaming Lips, in quirkiness of the latter and pop-sensibilities of the former. Fun album to explore again in the future.

This is a hard listen on a morning with a hangover. If I'd known about this last night, I'd be worse off today. I spent yesterday drinking alone, stalking Facebook for old girlfriends, thinking of all the tail I slayed and all the acid I ate. This would've been the perfect soundtrack.

One of the hippy guys that I worked with at Pizza Planet in Mt. Pleasant loved this band. I was always happy he was playing this instead of Phish. But that alone isn't enough to put it on this list...haha. I liked this record. Fuzzed out guitars and great vocal harmonies. What's not to love? I like that the record starts screaming out of the gates. No warm ups here like Supertramp. Which just proves there are a number of ways to effectively start a record. This is another record from the late 90s that I really wish I would have heard at the time. I was searching for something interesting at that point. Beyond the power chords of Nirvana, Bush, and Silverchair. But not so heavy like most main-stream rock at the time. When Weezer shit the bed after Pinkerton (I've since realized there are moments after that, but they aren't the lighting-in-a-bottle that the first two records were), I was really only left with Superdrag. Whereas the 'drag brought American Power Pop influences to my impressionable mind, Super Furry Animals would have brought in the UK pop sensibilities into the mix. There is a lot of Bowie and Eno-esque stuff happening here. And I love that. FAWNN played a show with Gruff Rhys in Pontiac once. He was a very nice dude and it was fun talking to someone from Wales about American Whiskey. He loved it. And weed.

What would happen if a group of newly signed Welsh lads were let loose in a sonic sweet shop with nothing but some drugs and "A History of Psychedelic Pop and Glam Rock"? Probably something like this. That may appear dismissive, but in fact I had great fun with this album and have been revisiting it since first listen. There's a lot to explore: it's packed to the rafters with vocal effects, varied instrumentation and most importantly, catchy hooks. It zips by with the free-wheeling confidence of a new band revelling in its own ray of light. "God! Show Me Magic" is a few hand-claps short of being a punk-glam standard, "Hometown Unicorn" has a gorgeous singalong chorus, and "Something 4 the Weekend", "Bad Behaviour" and "For Now and Ever" veer just on the right side of being obnoxious. It's all very silly pastiche and doesn't shy away from its influences, but blimey, it's good fun.

Fuzzy Logic is the debut album by the Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals. The album cover is a montage of photos of Welsh-born drug smuggler Howard Marks, the subject of the song "Hangin' with Howard Marks". Marks visited Rockfield during the making of the album at the band's request. I had no expectations for this album, but its actually really good! I only favorited a few songs, but could have done quite a few of them. Gathering moss, bad behavior, mario man, several of the non-singles were really catchy.

A writer for NME, in reviewing Super Furry Animals' 7th album in 2005, wrote that "There’s a case to be argued that SFA are the most important band of the past 15 years." And compared them to the Beatles. Maybe they're way more popular and influential in Wales? Their debut, "Fuzzy Logic," was fine, but it didn't exactly set the world on fire or launch a Welsh Invasion of anywhere. But I must thank SFA for their most important decision in the lead-up to "Fuzzy Logic." An early version of the band featured actor Rhys Ifans on lead vocals, and while I'm not sure what caused him to split from the band, all were better for it. Well, at least Ifans was better for it. He's gone on to a terrific career, with performances ranging from Mycroft Holmes to the Lizard to Xenophilius Lovegood to his best and most recent, Ser Otto Hightower. Meanwhile, Super Furry Animals have... I'm guessing had lasting popularity in Wales?

Nah i'm not going to finish this one, got through 7 out of 12 songs, stop making me listen to this fucking band

maybe if i didnt hate his falsetto

Gawd, this album just hits the floor running. The moment you press play, it's already going at top volume and showing you the magic. Not even an **instant** to let you prepare yourself. Which I don't think is a problem, actually. To be 100, it was my first indication I would love this album — it just kicks down the door and gets going right away. I kind of admire it for that. And, yeah, like I just said: I love this album. I don't think I've heard Britpop that aligned this well with me since... Goodness, blur's self-titled? And that makes all the sense in the world to me given how much this album reminded me of blur. It's like, instead of the experimental turns they took on that album, they got way into 70's glam and late-60's psychedelia (and more so the glam than the psychedelia). This shit rules. And I think I generally like the glam tracks better, 'coz, well — I just like glam a lot. Simple and plain. But the psych hits off pretty well, too, even if it's not done as often. (Legit, I counted how many psych songs there were to glam, and it's 1:2.) It's a real strong 5 in my book. I don't even have anything particularly complex or essay-y to say about it. This album just rocks and it rules. Turns out I shoulda checked out this band sooner after hearing its lead vocalist on a Gorillaz song.

I do have a real soft spot for Welsh bands, partly because I had a friend who worked in the business and he used to get us into all the gigs for free plus some free CDs to boot. So my memories of this album are very fond. I could happily listen to it on repeat and the videos are fun too. Mr Nice (Howard Marks) and Rhys Ifans used to be at the gigs too and there was always a very warm and welcoming atmosphere. They were never afraid to experiment or defy genre so even if it got a bit baggy sometimes they were still cool. I was wavering between a 4 and 5 but I’m gonna give them the credit they never quite got from Big Industry.

Cracking album, but nothing beats seeing them do 'The Man Don't Give A Fuck' live.

Creation at their finest.

Me gustó bastantito, intrumentaciones interesantes (la incorporación sorpresiva de los vientos en Fuzzy Birds muy chida y las cuerdas en varias otras canciones), variedad de ritmos, vibras blurianas. Gran arte furro. Mood: fuzzy logic more like furry logic XD

Really cool album which evolves as it goes.

Such an inventive record. I preferred 'Radiator' which just had a bit more heart I think but this album is terrific too.

I loved Something 4 the Weekend when it came out but I didn't give SFA albums much of a listen. This is great, poppy and slightly kooky, with shades of early Blur.

This is a weird album. It's really interesting to hear a glam/psychedelic approach from a band that is firmly rooted in the 90s. It sounds good overall, though there were certainly times when it felt like they were trying to do Bowie, which I don't particularly enjoy (I love Bowie, but it's a big gamble to try and do a meaningful impression of him). Overall the album is really catchy and has enough diversity in the music to keep it interesting. It tapers off a bit toward the end, but overall it's really consistent 4/5

Great to see SFA on the lift and whilst I world pick Radiator over Fuzzy Logic, this is a pretty fun debut and one of the more unusual indie records from the era. The band had their lively rock moments and delivered those well but they really shone on gentler tracks such as If You Don’t Want Me To Destroy You. I like the nods to psychedelic rock and their dabble in electronica.

Fuzzy Logic is SO out of sync with the whole Creation / Britpop narrative of the time. It could have been released in 1971, it could have been released in 2022. Dumbed down rock sits happily alongside baroque. I love the almost cult like quality of SFA. They've always been very insular, and like The Man they don't... give a fuck. It was a pleasure to revisit Fuzzy Logic. Trippy.

C-c-c-combo breaker

I saw a quote on the internet the other day that said (paraphrased), “the secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources”. This album has me thinking about that quote. More broadly, it applies to most, if not all, of the Britpop / 90’s British alt-rock records on the list. By and large, the Britpop bands weren’t very good at disguising their influences and turning them into something unique. The Beatles and Bowie worship was pretty heavy handed for most of these bands: What might have started as influence became homage and then became pastiche for a lot of them, to the point where you listen to one those records and it’s like “why am I listening to this instead of a Beatles/Bowie/T Rex/ELO record?” Admittedly, Super Furry Animals are a bit better at the sleight of hand than, say, Oasis, and their incorporation of electronics adds a more modern and interesting psychedelic take to the equation, but it still doesn’t feel like they’re delivering anything too earth-shaking. Maybe that’s OK, not everything has to be a ground breaking tour de force: comfort food is called comfort food for a reason - it’s safe and it makes you feel good. I liked this this record more than pretty much all of the other Britpop that this list elevates to “Must-Hear” status, but I’m still not going to to go out of my way to put it on. I’ll stick with Clouds Taste Metallic by the Flaming Lips, which I think manages to show its influences, but also makes something interesting and completely unique from them. I’d put that record on the list over this one.

Highly likeable, all round vibe of being fun to be in the pub with, but none of the tunes stick.

3(/4) great-ish singles, lots more tuneful but ultimately pointless filler. Do we really need more than one SFA album on here and, if so, why not "Radiator"?

this is an album with songs. I heard instruments. Vocals too! insane.

Super Furry Animals s'est lancé un défi des plus surpenants : constituer un album dont l'objet serait une compilation de cris d'animaux. Le morceau Frisbee lance les hostilités avec une chorale de macaques en colère. Mais le groupe ne s'arrête pas là; les animaux de la jungle sont vite remplacés par ceux de la savane, puis ceux de la ferme. Le projet se clôt sur un éternuement de lièvre et laisse derrière lui des oreilles enchantées par un spectacle auditif hors du commun.

Weird. Some tracks feel like Oasis-era Brit pop and others like a bad, garage band imitation of Sgt. Peppers. I missed this in the 90's yet missed nothing.

There were a couple of decent songs on here but I'm not going to remember a single one by tomorrow. There was nothing here that would compel me to listen again.

Welsh Supergrass

Not great, gave me a weak Elvis Costello knock off vibe

Musik, die KEINER braucht. Hat man von dutzenden ähnlich uninspirierten englischen Bands bereits 1000 mal gehört. Trotz des schlechten Gesangs fühle ich mich überraschenderweise davon so wenig genervt, dass ich mehr als einen Punkt vergeben muss. Gnädige zwei.

Finally…An album that represents the mid 90s Welsh movement! Whatever that is. Screw this deluxe version…I only listened to what I hope was the originally released first disc. More of this deluxe version and I’ll go down into a welsh coal mine and never come back.

This album made me irrationally angry for some reason

Trash

I'm surprised how anyone can hate this album. It's a masterpiece that answered Britpop with a big throwback into 70s psychedlia. Every song is a new adventure and you don't know what you might get. Combine that with a great mix that does very well with the smaller elements like barely audible backing vocals that somehow do the trick and add a complete new layer to the music. Fantastic! I'll definitely will listen to more music by this band I couldn't have discovered in their heyday.

flawless

Damn — here's another band I can't believe I didn't already know about. These guys are totally cool. It sounds like straightforward punk-flavored pop, but there's a lot more going on here, and it makes for music that reveals more the more you listen (I'm on my second spin). I was expecting to not like this, based on the band's name, but I guess that's fuzzy logic. This hits my sweet spots — quirky enough that it makes you listen, poppy enough that it makes you bop, harmonies that sweeten and augment the melodies. Thank you Mr. 1001.

You know what? Fuck it, five stars. Genre-defying, expectation-breaking throwback weirdness. I even listened to this twice and checked out some of Super Furry Animals' other music, which I rarely do. Really fun! Everyone in the reviews is a wet blanket who wouldn't know fun if it slapped them across the face like a wet fish.

this was a wild and crazy album that I didn't know I needed but was very excited to listen to twice, along with some of their other tracks. basically every other track is solid on here, but each one brings so much to the table that it's hard not to appreciate the whole album. having a welsh band instead of the regular ol' britpop on this list is a welcome change as well, though I wish we had gotten at least one track in welsh on this album. i loved the creativity of playing around with different genres and grooves. some tracks could've been 70s glam hits or 60s psychedelia, others were straightforward 90s alternative, and some were a swirling blend of art rock and influences. kind of reminded me of some of the artier, softer songs from one of my favorite bands of all time, ...and you will know us by the trail of dead. favorites: god! show me magic, something 4 the weekend, hometown unicorn, if you don't want me to destroy you, hangin' with howard marks

This album has some cracking tracks on it, although it doesn't hang together like a cohesive album. I am absolutely not the sort to demand cohesion - I can find joy in anarchy,

Tra la lalala

This album really shouldn't work for me and yet... It really does? Interesting, diverse, a band that sounds like it's just on the edge of being sonically incomprehensible. Catchy songs, it's all really great stuff.

Wow brzmi bardzo wesoło. Przyjemny

first listen. i cant believe i had never heard of this band before but im obsessed!!!! this album sounds like something engineered to be exactly my taste. another proof that music peaked in the 90s.

Sheer unadulterated brilliance.

I had never heard these guys before, but they're awesome!

Really ended up enjoying this band!

Pretty good album! I wasn't expecting it but it's totally a 5. I have no idea why but it's just so good!!! 9/10!

God! Show Me Magic - ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL, feels like Damon Albarn doin' punk in the past. Fuzzy Birds - God, I love the fuzz effect. Something 4 The Weekend - I'll listen to the UK version later, but I already love this song. Frisbee - Sounds too 90s and too 2000s at the same time, fascinating. Hometown Unicorn - Depressed unicord with distortion, the song, this is amazing. Gathering Moss - I can imagine a frog collecting stuff for his little home in a swamp, that is too specific, but my point is that I love this song. If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You - I'M FLOATING AAAAAAAAAA. Bad Behaviour - MORE POP PUNK (it sounds like), I love fuzzy noises. Mario Man - FLOATING AGAIN. Hangin' With Howard Marks - Just vibin to this piece. Lone Gone - Even more depressing than the unicorn, internal crying. From Now And Ever - Ok, this is the worst song in the album in my opinion, I'm just not a fan of this type of voice layering. Top 4 God! Show Me Magic Gathering Moss Bad Behaviour Frisbee

Scuzzy Brit pop that I dug a lot.

My first listen-through of the album — I would’ve given it a 2. But I was super busy at work and didn’t change it when it repeated. I’ve now listened to it three times, and it’s really grown on me. It’s just unique enough (and I’ve never heard of them so that’s a bonus point for me) for me to give it a 5. I also secretly love that my rating system probably throws the pretentious music snobs that are on this website into a raging fit.

It's interesting that SFA are referred to as alt-rock on Spotify, rather than Britpop. But I think it's also correct as the Welsh band probably has more in common with Pavement than Shed Seven. The album still holds up; short, sharp and sweet. "Something For The Weekend" is still killer.

Flying vibes and feel good shit ! Need listen again

do you know what is a super furry animal? Your mums rat.

Brilliant debut

Super furries are great, Radiator is the best album but this is still fantastic. Also encouraged me to read Mr Nice when that came out. There are undoubtedly shit britpop bands and shit britpop albums but this isn't one of them.

Exactly the kind of hidden gem I was hoping to discover through this list

I really liked this! 5 maybe a bit strong, but I'm happy to round up

surprisingly fun

Might buy

My first thoughts were that it was too silly, but then I realise that this is the ultimate party band and sounds so much better than Blur and Pulp. (I like Oasis)

I love this band. There are better records to come, but this one has some classic songs and is a showcase for the band's potential.

Heerlijk hippie Muziek , lekked relaxed geluisterd…

Fan of the 90's but didn't really know these too well. Absolutely loved this!

Never heard of them and loved it.

Lots of good goofy songs

idk yet

Weird and awesome, just how I like it.

I heard this album before a while ago but forgot how great it is.

A perfect 90s album. Updated 60's sounds and feelings for a new time, with smart lyrics, and it's a lot of fun!

This album has been a wonderful surprise! I did not have this band on my radar - maybe I’d heard the name some years ago - but it caught me from the very dirt minute. It is the type of psych I like, melodic, unpretentious, a little naive. I loved the beat, textures, chords and song structures; the voice is a perfect fit too. So 90s, so alive. I read somebody’s comment that said that the way how this album ends is the way how a joyful funeral would end , I happen to agree!

Superb. What an album.

Welsh wonders. Sadly missed.

Loved and was pleasantly surprised by the vast majority of it, I even vaguely recognized some of the hits. A pretty unique sounding 90s neo-psychedelic album with all kinds of diverse styles and vibes, yet maintained a very nice continuous thematic and musical flow. Idk much about this band, but going with my gut, 5 stars.

Love love it!!!

i like the group name and album name. first song started quickly. its okay. the lyrics in the second song lol. i quite like the sound too. liking the third song, second beard mention lol. okay its over. i enjoyed this. it was quite interesting. there were some weird sounds here and there that i appreciated. decent chance i'll come back to it, but im glad i got to listen to it even if i dont. i definitely got more into it as it went on. fave tracks: fuzzy birds, if you dont want me to destroy you(!!!), mario man. didnt love: bad behaviour (last minute or so is so good but i hated the bad bad bad bad behaviour chanting). honestly im just gonna give this a five loll vocals are not annoying, they go perfectly with the music, the music is nice, changes up enough to keep me entertained, lyrics are good and fun, and when silly, consciously so, idk i ended up loving this.

Me encantó, es asombroso, quizás al inicio la primera canción suena un poco extraña pero poco a poco te adaptas al sonido de todo el álbum, es asombroso.

Fantastic!!

noiceeeeeee

Goddamm first album? Fuck me

From electronic textures to fuzzy, surfy rock-outs, this record is just an immense amount of fun. The Welsh have something really good going on, apparently. Love it.

I liked it!

Lots of fun. Enjoyed the glam rock influences. Unorthodox lyrics appreciated too. Very 90s, but then so am I. Great band.

3.5 to listen again

Cool album with tons of influences and probably directly influenced bands like the mgmt and other contemporary psych bands. Also similar to contemporaries flaming lips. I probably won’t revisit but a fun exploration.

Fun album overall

Enjoyed this start to finish. Reminded me of something I would’ve been into back in 2000. Very fun and shouty.