Reviews (page 4 of 8)
Rules right off the gate and is super weird in a good way and then it trips all over its feet in the back half. Gotta say as far as 1990s Brit pop on the list this one actually feels like it deserves a place
Just listened to the Album an can‘t remember anything.
yuck!
Fun fact, this is not blur. You learn something new every day not sure why it doesn’t click with me. Super Poppy has all the right parts. I listen to the album twice just to see if it would click the second time zero clicks not a bad band. Definitely see why people love them something about them just not click kitty clack in here.
#171/1001. Not much to rant about this album. It wasn't good, it wasn't bad.
Quirky band who never quite managed to hit the heights they deserved to because of a certain phenomenon called Britpop. Some lovely slices of pop tunery here, including Hometown Unicorn and If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You, all bundled up in one lovely package. Well worth your time (I know this probably reads like a 4, but it's just shy of that for me, somewhere in the 70-75% range)
The beatles ahhhh 2/5
I really liked Bad Behaviour, God Show me Magic and Long Gone. The rest of the album was nothing special to go home about. That’s why I’m giving it a 3/5
Really enjoyed it!
So what do I think of this album? Well... oh wow... so... tired... *snore*
Fuckin awesome album.
They definitely have their own sound, but it just fits awkwardly between a lot of other mediocre British acts
Not bad. I liked some of their songs, but I wasn’t a fan of some of their guitar music.
There were some hits and misses in this record. It has a mixture of catchy and weird tracks. Favourite Track(s): Something 4 the Weekend, If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You, Hangin' With Howard Marks Least Favourite Track(s): Mario Man
I liked their sound. Another discovered band to enjoy.
Man, that first track is a top ten of the list so far. 2nd track dipped but I still liked it….rest of the album was some real bullshit. Hey list, your biases are showing! Made me yearn for Oasis. Also had the suspicion that this album is not representative of the band & I was right. But of course this list chooses the late 60s/early 70s sounding crude
Couldn’t finish a single song on this. Maybe I just wasn’t in the right headspace
3 out of 5. Better than the string of country music I just had. Never heard this group before and I'm digging it.
Uninteresting, unremarkable, and unrememberable. Did absolutely nothing for me.
Baustelle, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Sehr schönes Album.
Fuzzy Birds // For Now and Ever 2.5/5
Quite enjoyed. Would definitely listen to something 4 the weekend again, really u my street. Found gathering moss really difficult to listen to but other than that a very enjoyable and different indie album.
Es raro, parece un batido de estilos, pero hay buenos estribillos y canciones bien construidas.
meh
Couldn't get excited by this - it just felt like noise. It should be my sort of thing but isn't. I feel you might as well listen to the Stereophonics instead - they are this but better.
Physically unlistenable; whatever geniuses were responsible for mixing decided to simulate tinitus for the listener and keep some super high frequency information in the mix. An absolute abomination - set off my hearing issues for the rest of the afternoon. 0/5
Bloddy terrible album. Awful band. Not sure how this made the list.
Sounds rather dim-witted
Just a bit boring. Not necessarily bad but...
It was all ok and they explored different areas. But it never really rose above ok. It was ok.
There's some talent and variety here, but it doesn't ever hit the "good" for me. A light 3.
Pas connu
Just jam-packed with sound and energy. Made feel something which is hard to say for most other Brit-rock adjacent albums. It just feels like these guys are having a great time playing this music, and that makes me enjoy it even more. 4.5/5
Decent but nothing special.
Nah.
Maybe it’s the day but I did not enjoy this at all. 1
Veey cool, some great tracks. Excellent band
Minder om et 70’ere album hvilket er ret sejt. 6/10
Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic 6.5/10 Good songs God show me magic Something 4 the weekend Frisbee Bad behaviour Hanging with Howard marks Weak songs Gathering moss Decent album the rockier songs are a lot stronger than the psychedelic influenced ones such as gathering moss
It was OK, did not get me BOPPING
Solid '90s indie pop music. Nothing particularly compelling to me. Better/different than my preconceived idea of what they were about so they get 3 instead of 2 stars.
Not as I remember Super logic and Radiator out shine it some of it was wailly and a little bit much for me at times.
Listened to it on the flight to SF and fell asleep during it 😩 it seemed fine tho
They remind me of a trippier weirder beatles—not sure if that’s accurate at all. Doesn’t do much for me, but reading about them was interesting. I liked their hit Something 4 the Weekend.
This sound like something Patrick and SpongeBob put on when they hotboxing underneath Patrick’s rock.
This shit hit for me. Not in a way that I'm going to listen to Super Furry Animals all day every day for the next 2 months, but in a way that I can appreciate the amount of effort and musicality that went into crafting this album in 1996. I'm glad to have been exposed to Super Furry Animals and I can say I genuinely enjoyed most tracks on this album.
Totally unmoved
Not my favorite and kind of boring.
I like the bands that Apple Music says they were inspired by, but not loving this.
Boring. I can tel they tried to switch it up with some semi-psychedelic elements, different tempo songs, etc but the music just didn’t engage me at all.
I really thought I would like this album. It came out in the mid 90s, it’s Brit Pop, unfortunately it’s not very good.
Kinda bland but to be honest from what remembered of SFA I was expecting worse. Still... good not great.
Ok, automatic downgrade for being 2 hours. This project sucks for long albums. First time I ever skim read through a record. Many songs really annoyed. A few gems here and there - Bowie-esque, but honestly too much to wade through. 2/5
Another one I've seen a lot and probably dabbled in, but didn't really know too well. Very cool album. One that I'm sure I would have been more into if I'd either had access to more indie music or a friend that turned me on to them. These were the days before Spotify so radio, physical media or word of mouth was it. I enjoyed it and think I'd like it more and more as I learned it.
Some of the finest 1990s sounds.
Did they give every guy that could play a guitar in England a record contract in the 90's? Its just pulp if they discovered a distortion pedal. Its not bad, but doesn't really tread in any sort of new territory.
90s BritPop with a bit of madness thrown in
It was fine, but I don’t think anything in it grabbed me.
liked it. but didn't stand out to me.
I don't think I'd ever heard of this band and it was a fun surprise! Some poppy bits, some punky bits, some rock bits, and some that felt like pop/punk before pop/punk was a thing. Especially liked Something 4 the Weekend, Frisbee, and Hometown Unicorn.
It’s ok.
nice enough. didn't previously know.
There's something about overly wet riff-heavy tracks on this album that are super difficult to engage with. It's like music meant for a pizza delivery montage. Conversely, the sparser tracks feel like the best of Damien Albarn's output. I like to think that, being reasonable, any album that has 40% tracks that I find enjoyable is pretty good so I'm rating this album at a 3. Which is to say: on the average of really critically important albums.
Decent power pop
****
It’s difficile to try and be objective with this one but, as debut albums go, it’s pretty much a perfect distillation of what SFA are/were. It doesn’t get a five, as I feel they actually surpassed this on later albums.
Lots of character and some good tunes. I suspect that my favourite SFA album (Mwng) will not make the list so I have to mark this highly!
Nice enough but not finding much in the way of standout moments in this particular album. I get a similar slacker vibe from this to that I get from pavement and others of that ilk but others may have done it better than this album. Potential to rate it higher than I have but in my opinion they later refined their sound more (‘rings around the world’) and put out a generally better album (‘mwng’) as they progressed - surprised this particular one was included on the list.
Not sure what was in here that I had to hear
This is really bloody good. I'd heard of Super Furry Animals but for some reason thought they weren't my cup of tea. Wrong.
I didn't really like this. Whether it be post-punk or neuvo-punk or some facsimile. Why? I often really like the genre, even rather enjoy it, but here... I suppose it is simple math in the end. I felt it was too "wall of noise" and kind of jarring. I never quite "settled" on a groove or a riff as it kept being too busy. Punk does not mean loud and throw it all in. Maybe that is part of it. I feel that punk (and post-punk) as with metal and such, suffers this kind of "it is a lot of loud noise" but it shouldn't be that. It is often more subtle and nuanced. This was tolerable to listen to but it does not, for me, represent the true form of the genre.
Langweilig.
Some parts feel rushed but overall it's a enjoyable experience. 4/5
A really good record. Felt a bit like Blur but much better. Good melodies, good riffs, a pleasure to listen to from start to end.
Too acid
This album feels a little unorthodox, feeling like a weird bastard child of the 70’s psychedelic and 90’s britpop. The ambition of it makes it a little hard to grasp to it and I do wish that they settled on one end. But as is, there’s some good bops here. And honestly, an album with a number of good bops is better than one with no bops. Kind of struggled rating this one, but I’ll be generous with this one. Favorite track: Frisbee Other hits: Hometown Unicorn, God! Show Me Magic, Something 4 the Weekend, If You Don’t Want Me To Destroy You, For Now and Ever, Bad Behaviour
interesting
Послушал несколько раз, музыкальный калейдоскоп, в духе 90-х. Всё же не совсем моя музыка.
Not for me
I love weird albums, but this one just feels too perplexing for me. I find myself struggling to find something I like about this record. The vocals sound obnoxious, and the production isn't doing much for me. Sure, this album has its highlights, but I was begging for it to end from the moment I heard the first two tracks
Pretty fuzzy. 8/10 13/09/25
Unbearable
Fun listen - will revisit
Test
I get this band mixed up with Animal Collective (solely due to the name), and I expected to hate this album because of it. I didn't, but I didn't like it that much either. It felt very same-y for the most part, though I did enjoy "If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You." Maybe some of my enjoyment overall was clouded by the fact that I listened to this while driving over Snoqualmie Pass in my tiny car while snow started falling, which stressed me out. But I felt very ambivalent about the album as a whole. I'd give it 2.5 stars if I could, but I think I'm rounding down.
This album made me feel....nothing. Nothing at all. Not bad enough to elicit anger or disappointment, but not good enough to move the needle in the other direction. Just a straight, flat line of indifference.
Definitely don't need 2 Super Furry Animals albums on this list. Pretty good though.
This album didn't stand out to me in any particular way.
Ça commence fort en tout cas ! Super mix des guitares je trouve, bien distordues comme il faut Super album, j'ai vrm kiffé,
1 out of 5 The first song was ok, and a few were enjoyable. The rest was, to say the least, difficult. Not my genre unfortunately.
9/10 The abundant bad reviews surprised me, but then music has a contextual component and I can see that, if you weren't 16 when it came out, then it probably doesn't mean much to you. For me, putting aside the huge nostalgia I have for it, it is full of humour and melodies, fuzzy guitars and energy. Obviously people don't love that as much as I do. Every song takes me back to a great time to fall in love with music. I can link locations and memories with every song - Something 4 the Weekend was a trading estate in Launceston; Hometown Unicorn was the first song I heard on my new triple deck hifi system. And it was so cool. Here was a guy singing full throttle in his Welsh accent, sticking two fingers up to The Man. And having a bloody good laugh while he did it.
I tried to like this but it's mostly pretty awful - way too "fuzzy and furry" for me.
Ok sound but just not something I enjoyed very much.
This is why the 1001 'challenge' exists - missed this album (don't even remember these guys) even though it is in my genre (1996 was a busy time for me.) Very good album. Loved the song God!, a lot on here. Took a few listens to recognize how good this album is (like many great albums they take a bit of time to acquire a taste.) Wish there was a 4.5 button, just can't justify a 5.
Muy en la linea del anterior disco de ellos recomendado, el de Rings around the world. En este, en ciertos momentos, aparte de a Damon Albarn también me han recordado a Los Ramones
I get that it's kind of inconsistent but - Brit pop: good. Glam: good. Rock: good. Psychedelia: goooood. What's not to like?
I liked a few, but its one of the first albums ive listened the whole way through for a british grunge band. I loved the ambition to use the whole fx board, but probably would not listen through again.
6/10…power pop / brit rock
73/100. A playful and occasionally spacey slice of Britpop-era indie rock. As a starting point, it’s a curious listen, a little weird, a little safe, and just distinct enough to warrant a revisit.
I throughly enjoyed this. Probably more than I was expecting. I liked the other record I had of theirs before this, but this album was much more my sound. A rock album with the glam and psychedelic and electronic elements. Would listen again!
Reminds me a lot of Portugal the Man. Love the harmonious music in major key (and specially the guitar work), the dissonant stuff much less so. Same for the vocals. When there’s actual singing it’s great but the off key, unedited parts are rough. Lyrics nothing special. A few solid guitar solos. Listened to: walking around Fort Greene. Favorite tracks: Something 4 the Weekend, Gathering Moss, God! Show Me Magic
No me gustaron mucho los sonidos sintéticos. Poco memorable, pero tampoco es molesto.
Wish it had more story to the lyrics
4.7
That's about what I was thinking based on that album cover
Really dug the first track, it sounded like Hawkwind. All the pics on the album cover look like Dave Grohl playing all the roles in a video shoot. I listened to a few of their other tracks and liked them too. Solid album, much better than the low ratings suggest.
It's OK, not sure why I don't *really* like this, just not hitting that spot I guess
Strong opening song, hadn't heard of this band but enjoyed most of this album.
The brits just had a whole other 90s, eh?
Me sorprendió para bien. Super divertido.
9/10
I’ve enjoyed SFA before, but not this album. Ok but did not knock my socks off.
Having absolutely loved "Rings Around the World", I was hopeful for another great one from Super Furry Animals. Unfortunately, I wasn't really blown away by "Fuzzy Logic". It's fine Brit Pop but not at the level of their later work. Well, it's a debut album and everyone's gotta start somewhere. It's an alright listen, but Blur does it better.
Some really catchy parts but all in all sounded like a bit of a racket to me.
10/10 I’m sure plenty of other people have valid criticisms for Super Furry Animals, but I always enjoy the hell out of every album I hear from them :)
It's okay. In the beginning I liked it not so much, near the end it's alright. Not top music and still not really my taste so 3/5 ig
Solid, still not my thing.
Quite a lot of the guitar tones and electronic effects are quite unique from what you could consider brit-pop, I think they were willing to experiment a lot more, obviously they were influenced by funk and psychedelic rock stuff. It definitely does have the pop element, but totally in a good way, like there's catchy choruses and group vocals, which make the songs feel really good fun. Also the keyboards and synths are cool, like the synths which are kinda used as textures and ambient noise in a lot of places, which is interesting. Favourite songs: god! show me magic, fuzzy birds, frisbee, hometown, bad behavior, Mario man, hangin' with Howard Marks, for now and ever. Overall around 7/10
3 stars It’s up my alley- 90s fuzzy guitar. But I’m not going to lie, I listened to it almost 3 times through and I couldn’t hum a song. I know I liked it but it has t stuck yet. That’s 3 stars that is.
Fun, poppy, kitchen sink-ish production. A good time. I'd listen again but I wouldn't likely reach for it.
Decent glammy Britpop, but not much more than that.
-meh, not really feeling this one. it wasn’t horrible by any means (had some cool standouts like the two listed), but i think i was pretty much incapable of connecting with it. just sounded like generic Britpop to me for the most part -maybe i’m being too harsh and i should listen again but it’s tough to get into. 2.5 -Favorites are God! Show Me Magic and Gathering Moss
3.25
Perhaps the bar for a great British album was much lower in the mid-90's? I don't get it
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Not, objectively, quite as good as Rings Around The World, but still has all the hallmarks of what makes the Furries one of the most interesting bands out there. The odd punch of noise, the swirly psych, the Welsh lilt and the nonsensical lyrics are all in place, and the overall effect is just as tremendous as it was back in the day.
While the music is not bad, it is incredibly repetitive, and I don't believe an album should be roughly 50 tracks.
1. God! Show Me Magic - 6 Great instrumentals but the lyrics is one line repeated endlessly. Could be a lot better but the sound of the music itself is decent. 2. Fuzzy Birds - 3 David Bowie but without the quality. Verses have some strange sound effect on the vocals that make it sound like someone underwater is trying to sing to you. Instrumentally it's okay in the choruses but barely there in the verses. Not a great track. 3. Something 4 The Weekend - 7 Better sound with enjoyable verses. Almost reminds me of the better tracks from The Beatles. Choruses are the wrong octave/pitch and it makes the words undecipherable. 4. Frisbee - 4 Again the guitars and drum sounds great. The lyrics are what make this very unenjoyable. The verses aren't even that bad but the choruses are drowned out and led out with some random vocal sounds that just don't belong on the track. 5. Hometown Unicorn - 8 Decent sounding song. Kind of a throwback to 70s/80s Brit pop-rock bands but overall a great and enjoyable track. 6. Gathering Moss - 4 Bit of a pass over track on the album. Overall it's very average. 7. If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You - 9 Solid track. Drums lead in and out of the lyrics brilliantly. The collection of strings alongside the guitars is lovely. Very fun. 8. Bad Behaviour - 6 Fun song until the bridge which is way too high pitched on the guitars and contain random sound effects. Outside of that, it's a very fun track. 9. Mario Man - 7 Sound is good. Vocals are bit too melodic but they're not bad and the bridge has an absolutely insane guitar solo that is worth the price of admission. 10. Hangin' With Howard Marks - 7 Lyrics are terrible but the guitar is awesome. Drum also helps lead the song in and out of the tone changes on it. Both guitar solos are the absolute highlight of the track and for good reason, they're excellent. 11. Long Gone - 2 Lyrics are way too repetitive and the track just goes on for too long. Easily could have been a three minute track extended to five with random noises and guitar plucking. Completely unnecessary. 12. For Now And Ever - 3 Another track that's just too repetitive both lyrically and instrumentally. Better sound on the guitars than Long Gone but still not enjoyable. Average Rating: 5.50 Adjusted to 5-Point Scale: 2.75 Rounded Up: 3 Stars
Where the beautiful madness began.
This was really good but ultimately it felt like an album of moments rather than one complete masterpiece. I liked a lot of small things they did but in totality it’s not blowing me away.
A couple fun songs, but doesn't stand out from the crowd.
this is the soundtrack that plays in my head when i have to go to a costco on a saturday and i don't know the layout and i'm getting overstimulated.
I worked in cannabis retail for about ten years and this was a band that a lot of folks liked, along with King Gizzard. I think it's fun and interesting but not revelatory. I'd give it four stars if it felt a bit more creative. As it stands, it's more of a mélange of many other acts.
As with the other album by this band in the book, this is a lot of fun. I do think it’s variety hurts it in the age of ALL THE MUSIC EVER IS AT MY FINGERTIPS. My thinking here is two fold - 1. It never really gets a groove, it just keeps moving on to the next thing. 2. I feel like this would need ten to fifteen listens just to start to grasp all that is going on. These aren’t really problems with the album but more a statement on the consumption of music nowadays, if you’re caught up in the endlessly self defeating listen to as much new music as possible or like me find yourself in rabbit holes of discovery - it’s hard to make a case (for the album oriented listener, anyhow) for an album that plays like a playlist as opposed to a singular vision. It is probably my own baggage keeping this from wowing me. I do like the almost survey of all popular music since 1966 feel of it, I almost think it accomplishes this better than the Blur Rubbish album. The psychedelic through line is very cool and inventive. I feel like if I had discovered this earlier or had a vinyl copy of it, I might have put the time in with it but under the auspices of on to the next thing… it’s hard to think there is much here to draw me back except for potential and the stature of the album.
Tal vez me desperté enojada con el mundo, pero ya iba en la mitad de la primera canción cuando grité UNO! Con tantas ganas, como si fuera a ganar un juego por decirlo. Tenía algunas cosas loquillas que me gustaron, pero no pude superar el mal sabor que me dejaron las primeras canciones.
Fuzzy and weird. Does justice to its title, the fuzz pedals are omnipresent and turned up to eleven. Bookended by solid tracks, did not care much for the burger though.
this list is set on making me hate britpop and it’s working!!!!
music like this is what happens when the unemployment rate is too high (it was around 8-9% in 1996, Wales). Keep people employed so we don't have to listen to this garbage.
Fun, rounded up
Enjoyed most of it, thought it was pretty strong up until the last few songs. Very loose fun feel, doesn't take itself too serious Rating: 3.9
This was an extremely enjoyable album. This definitely felt and sounded like a punk rock album. It kinda brought me back to my middle school years, lol. I really liked the band's choice of lyrics in each song; they were pretty unique in my opinion. I'd say my favorite song was "Bad Behavior."
i liked a few songs but overall too eclectic for me. reminds me of gorillaz but more indie.
Э. Лучшая песня - God! Show Me Magic
I thought I had heard the band before, probably because I had read about them somewhere. I don't need to hear any more from them. That one album was enough. I liked the beginning moderately, but towards the end the music got on my nerves so much that I stopped listening prematurely. 2/5
Cool album
This album was very underwhelming with absolutely no standouts when it came to songs. The vocals seemed to have been dimmed down and masked with produced echoes or dampening like the band was underwater or far away for most of the time. The entire time was spent waiting on this album to end, and therefore it will receive a 1.5/5 which will be bumped to a 2 for now as the album didn't necessarily offend either.
I've heard the band name a million times but couldn't tell you a song of theirs. Why in Gods name should anyone listen to this before they die? You know you're in trouble when the most listened to song on the album is shite. Tool - Ænima and Weezer - Pinkerton were also released in 1996 and both deserve to be on this list ahead of this nonsense. Poor vocal, poor lyrics, poor production. There is a serious amount of Britpop/Britrock shite on this list that needs to be trimmed. 1/5.
Great album. Gruff Rhys has an amazing voice. And a good mixture of psychedelic folk inspired songs. Unique in style and delivery its difficult to categorise SFA.
Zany. Like a mash-up of Flight of the Conchords and The Kinks. Frisbee is a fine example of their weird rhymes and dry sense of humor. Listened to the original format of Fuzzy Logic and enjoyed the listen. Will check out more of their songs when I get a chance. (3.4*s) Let’s Get Fuzzy for the weekend!
The Super Furry Animals are a collection of kooks and their debut album is a fun, fanciful frolic. Never heard of them but perfectly fits in the British 90s alt-rock era. I was quite entertained by the record. Solid party album with quirkiness. The team throws in some punk and psychedelia to spice it up. Got a Albarny Oasis sound with a dash of The Kinks. All tracks pretty good with "That Man Don't Give a Fuck" and "Something 4 the Weekend" tops. Interested in more from the group. 3.15 stars for Fuzzy Logic.
I continue to be surprised by the number of britpop albums. As a fan of the genre I appreciate the sentiment but I'm not sure Robert Dimery needed to give pretty much every 90's britpop act an entry (or 2) on this list. Fuzzy Logic wasn't a bad listen, but not sure what makes it stand out as something I needed to listen to before I die. They sound like they had some fun making it but it did little to differentiate from other acts in this ilk. I chalk it up as another run of the mill britpop album. That certainly isn't the worst thing, though I expect I will mostly forget about Super Furry Animals after this listen. 2.81 stars
I’ve tried a few times to listen to SFA over the years and I don’t knows if it’s the vast discography or just not having a connection with the band from my youth but I was never able to get into them. Honestly this listen was probably the closest I got to getting it. I did enjoy this listen though.
I absolutely hated the singer. It was a struggle to get through.
Not for me 1/5
I had heard of this band but never heard any of their songs. Somehow, just from the year of the album, the album cover, and the name I knew exactly what they'd sound like. It's fine, but I think 1996 is the dividing line after which all indie-type stuff is for the youths, not me.
It created enough intrigue that I had to come back to it and listen to it a 2nd and 3rd time.
Good, strong 90’s vibe.
Too weird
Definitely feel the 70's and Bowie creeping through. Drags a bit in the second half.
Pretty cool. They definitely love Bowie
What if Wilco had ballz?
Big album of nothing sauce. The first track is a great banger, and then nothing of note comes afterwards. There's a bit of every genre that was big in 90's Britain, Shoegaze, Britpop, Alt rock etc. It all kind of blends in an artists with whom I have no idea who they are making music for. This was a really dissappointing one, especially after how good the first track really was.
Is this more "Britpop wanker shit" from a book that seems to favour it? Kind of. This album is definitely a mess and is certainly all over the place. But I also found it kinda fun? In a sloppy, who-gives-a-crap sense at least? Most tracks have some great melodies, if only for a flash. Definitely won't be rushing for another listen, but not nearly as dreadful as other reviewers made it seem. I caught Super Furry Animals live way back in like 2005 or so (solid show!). Before listening to this I was only familiar with "Rings Around the World." 3/5
Cool but all over the place
I wnjoyed this album. The music was perfect for journal writing. It had a familiar sound. This is my first review, so I don't quite have my vocabulary down to describe it. Let's just say i would re-play this album and yhe listen to more.
Just not very good.
This album is alright. It's got some good qualities but overall I'm not a huge fan. Everything is pretty average especially the vocals. I think it's fairly unique so it gets points for that. I like the first track but after that nothing stood out to me.
I’d rather listen to Blur
Great - another no name shitty band from the UK. This is 8 straight albums from the UK and 47 out of 125 - is there no other music on this planet then middling rock from the UK?!? This is not a bad album, but I don't think it belongs on a list that has the 2002 albums you need to hear. Solid mid 90s alternative rock. Had some good moments and fun rifts and was not cookie cutter, but nothing overly unique. The length of this album was good, any longer I probably would have marked it down a half point or more. The editor and contributors are clearly biased on all things UK. 5.5/10 125/1001
Perus hyvää alternative rokkia. Ei tästäkään oikein paljon sanottavaa. Ehkä vähän tulee sillein oasis mieleen, mutta ei mitenkään valtavasti. Parhaat: God! Show Me Magic, Something 4 the Weekend
I like the general sound but singers who are just slightly out of tune all the time are like fingernails on a blackboard to me and I just couldn’t get past that
Can get a little repetitive, but there’s enough experimentation in here to keep it interesting. I wouldn’t say any of these songs were fantastic, but non were unlistenable either. Whole album felt very in the middle, but not entirely forgettable, so that’s good. I enjoyed it. 3/5
Pretty cool album, 90s British indie
I really like this. The voice is good, but I also enjoy the harmonies and the thickness of the sound and the layering of the different instruments.
Generic Indie pop from the 90's, its ok but nothing that can be described as ground breaking.
First SFA album I’ve listened to. Some pretty good beats and groove but feels a little basic and hard to get excited about. Maybe it’s unfair coming after a Kendrick album but just 4/4, standard song structure with nothing too engaging or accomplished. Just got increasingly annoyed at how benign it was and that they made a living from this. Hope there isn’t another on the list. Good riddance. (2.5)
70s glam meets 90s BritPop. Yes, that's a lazy review but this is a lazy album.
# Album Name: Fuzzy Logic # Artist: Super Furry Animals # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: Pretty average album for me. The author of the Q magazine must have been off his tits to approve the article about this being the best british album ever. # Top Tunes: show me magic / something for the weekend # Would I listen to it again? Nah
Wasn't really listening properly but it seemed okay I suppose.
Pretty cool. They def love Bowie
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Intrumentals are superior here
1. magic - 1 2. birdz - 1 3. zomething - 1 4. frizbee - 0 5. unicorn - 1 6. mozz - 1 7. deztroy - 1 8. bad - 1 9. mario - 1.5 10. houuard - 0 11. gone - 1 NOT ONE GOOD ZONG
A fun and eclectic alt rock / britpop album. I like that it's full of energy (although there are a few slower tracks) and there were some pretty good hooks. But none of the songs really stood out to me. While I did really enjoy listening to it, it's overall quite forgettable.
Bestenfalls ein mid alternativ album. Macht kein Spaß und ist auch nicht sehr interessant 2/5
1.83
Some great tunes on this. It starts strong and I like the final song, but in the middle there's a real lull where I didn't like the sound all that much. Just a bit too dissonant / fuzzy / detached for me.
The album has a very decided energy to be as quirky as possible. I didn't really connect with it, but some of the more mainstream songs are decent. Solid singles album, but not much else to see. Top tracks: Something 4 the Weekend, If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You
Het is een weinigzeggend album maar het is helemaal niet verkeerd om een keer aan te hebben staan. Een soort Blur, maar dan minder druk en met een klein psychedelisch 70's vleugje. De instrumenten klinken goed, de zanger is niet te irritant, de liedjes zijn lekker liedjesachtig in plaats van ingewikkeld of vaag. Dit is kwalitatief helemaal niet overdreven goed of iets dergelijks, maar als ik puur kijk naar m'n eigen luisterplezier dan verdient het album eigenlijk gewoon een 4. Dus dat geven we dan maar.
spinal tap
Very fun record. A bit all over the place with the different styles and all but very enjoyable. 76/100
Wow there’s a lot in this one! I kept hoping I’d turn the corner and love it, because I love how ambitious it is, but none of it really grabbed me. Maybe I’m just a little grumpy these days, or maybe you have to be Welsh?
Pretty good
The time when everyone think that British rock is all the same. Guys, are you pretending that the Beatles don’t exist and oasis don’t sound nothing like blur? And also this sounds rly good wtf are u thinking 3.5/5
Great debut, but they made much better albums, especially “Phantom Power” and “Rings Around the World.”
it was okay
Hell yeah brother
Interesting sound. Not a bad album. Not sure they were really as influential or cutting edge as their bio wants us to believe but not bad stuff.
No es mi estilo de musica
2/5 punk-ish. Song songs ok but mostly generic.
Never heard of them before. It was okay. Not sure I'm buying the "influential" part.
This seems like something I should like, but after two tries, it didn't grab me. It seems like they were more concerned with their sound than with writing actual songs. Sorry, lads.
Not much to like on this one.
It figures that out of all the britslop I've gotten so far on this list, I actually enjoyed this one the most. At least it feels like it's self aware, and all of the different music styles it takes on worked well for me
It was fun. Sounds a lot like the 90s indeed
# 512 : Fuzzy Logic This is the second one of theirs I've had and as before, a quite uninspiring record. One or two things stood out, but ultimately you get bad vocals, bad lyrics, bad instrumentals, bad composition and bad arrangements with this band. Favourite Track : Something 4 the Weekend Listened : 27/06/2025
Weird and all over the place. Not really memorable.
I love being surprised by this list and this was one of those times... Not quite as mind blowing as my experience hearing the Stone Roses for the first time, but pretty close.
All over the place and none of it great Standout song: Long Gone
Besser, als ich erwartet habe.
I like the song titles
To me this sounds like music for people who like to put an album on and walk away. I never gave Super Furry Animals a chance back in the day. I had more extreme indie, metal and post-rock vibes on my mind. Listening now, I'm glad I took a pass based on some superficial objection or complaint back then — sometimes you're wrong and get to be surprised, and sometimes you just know when you're not going to gel.
First listen after free 3 months Apple Music enabled. Listened on walk to train station after work and on train (delayed!). End of 9.5 hour shift so bit tired. Complete newbie to Super Furry Animals so absolutely no expectations. Can hear Beatles influences of course, and latterly Blue and Oasis (peers or did they come after?). Psychedelic elements I quite like. No songs currently hooking into my brain but a pleasant listen and could see it growing on me.
Meh
The beginning is pretty strong and then it fades a bit towards the end. 6/10
Strikes me as one of those 90's bands that "don't like to be labeled" as far as their music goes. This shit is all over the place - I don't hate it, I'm just not sure what the plan is here. Starts off rockin', slides into a jam-band sound, was that a flute solo? Now here's one that sounds like a Social Distortion coverband. I can't figure it out. Points for making me try though.
Partly very good (God! Show me magic and Something 4 the weekend) but mostly very average. Still nice listening to the album.
Catchy yet inconsequential Brit pop
This did nothing for me on the first listen but a short second was slightly more interesting
It was not too bad. 2.5
Found a new interesting artist here.
I found it good but nothing spectacular. I liked the punk-ish sound, mixed with some glam/indie rock and britpop at times. But it just doesn't quite standout from all the other records. They sound pretty well, I liked the mix of the drums and the overall production, how they play with effects and experiment with different sounds. The vocals are nice, but I felt they could've been better, sometimes sound just enough in tune not to be off but it could be better. I felt that the production and experimentation was the strongest part of the record. My favourite by far was "Long Gone". "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" was pretty good too.
I didn’t really like this beyond the first track. I haven’t had the best track record with either psychedelic rock or britpop on this list, and this album combines both in a way that fails to be more appealing than the sum of its parts 2.5
Very good. Potentially a 5.
A pretty upbeat, fun, melodic album that I'd definitely go back to.
I don’t know. It’s ok. Nothing special here. A few good songs. Trying too hard
Not my jam.
Damn close to a 4. A lot of the makings. Pretty original sound, right amount of weirdness, good progressions and quality. I just don’t see myself coming back to this based on personal taste. Nice work Super Furry Animals.
I tend to like the kind of artists that don’t just give the song (or novel/movie) what it needs, but sometimes stuff it absolutely doesn’t need at all but that the artist for some strange reason felt the need to express. Feel like a lot of the decisions on this album fall in th latter camp. So for that I give 3 stars. I give an extra one because these weirdos can also write a hook
There’s something here, but its taking a while to grow on me. Its reminds me a lot of the arctic monkeys at times, Pavement on other tracks and Weezer occasionally. If You Dont Want Me To Destroy You is my favorite track. And damn does it remind me of Third Eye Blind - which Im sure the band would find extremely insulting, but hey, its whiney boy alt rock, so they're at a minimum cousins. Rounding up to 3 stars, but its really a 2.5
Liked parts of it more than I expected to, but didn’t like most of it
2,5
A good album, I liked God! Show Me Magic and Something 4 The Weekend.
i pretty good like it,I recommended because the song lyrics are good.
The first song was confusing the secound song was great. the lyrics were good and the sound, the furry animal were amazing.
To be honest, when I saw the title, I thought this was an album made by the Muppets. Ha. Thought these guys were alright. Didn't find anything too annoying and wasn't a bad listen. Nothing I feel the need to download or revisit, but generally enjoyed my listens. God! Show Me Magic, Hometown Unicorn and For Now and Ever were few tunes that stood out from the rest for this listener. Even thought Hangin' w/ Howard Marks sounded a bit like a Jesus and Mary Chain tune in the beginning. Anyway right down the middle for me and I'll give a 2.5. But I'm rounding up to a 3 because of the song titled Death by Melody. Hahahahahaha. Enjoy your time together. 2.5 2.5
2.5 The more Britpop I listen to, the more I realize I have no f’ing clue what this genre actually is. The popular acts like Oasis and Blur would have you believe it’s simply British ‘90s alternative rock, with a bit more pop sensibility and cheerful disposition to it than the outgoing grunge movement in America, but lesser-known artists we’ve seen on this list like Suede, The Coral, and now these guys have really left me scratching my head. Like, if I didn’t have this site and Wikipedia to label the genre, I would have no idea what to call this - it’s not really rock, it’s not really pop, it just kind of… is. Given its place on this list, I have no doubt some critics probably hailed it as some brilliant form of cross-genre fusion, but to me, it felt less like that and more like a disorganized mess of sound. The only song here that I thought was somewhat catchy or remarkable was Something 4 the Weekend, but even then, I wouldn’t go as far as to call it great (there was also something about it that reminded me of Please Do Not Go by the Violent Femmes, though I can’t exactly explain why that is). Though I’ll give the group this - just after being disappointed that Ali Farka Touré’s song Sega was not about Sonic, these guys gave me a song about Super Mario. Or, at least, I’m fairly certain they did - the lyrics are kinda vague, but they mention a “shell suit” and “[playing] so hard he's got blisters on his fingers”, so I’m just going to assume he’s the topic at hand. I didn’t dislike this, but overall, I just found it sort of confusing and messy in the most British way possible. Mixed in all the chaos, there were moments that I enjoyed - some that even reminded me of Gorillaz - but mostly this felt like a collage of unmethodical noise in the background. Once again, this is another inclusion I’m going to chalk up to the list curator’s British bias.
Not my music but OK.
I've never heard of this artist or album, but I generally enjoy britpop. That being said, this is a very disjointed album with some really dumb lyrics. Not too bad, but far from the most interesting britpop I've heard.
Boring and inoffensive and weird. A few good songs most are unremarkable
Pretty lame and full of strange sounds a noises. I didn't like this album at all
Not bad. But brit rock/pop is a bit more difficult for me to enjoy.
These Welshies have a seemingly bottomless well of hooks, making for a great power pop record with a disposition closer to Ween across the pond than to its britpop contemporaries. There are no fewer than four perfect pop songs here. Give me more time with it and that number will go up. Like Ween, Super Furry Animals seem to be the epitome of the 'this band could be your life' band.
Fun but not groundbreaking.
I thought I may like it at first but by track 6 I was ready to skip it all. It's not horrible bad but I feel like a lot of these albums aren't something I need to hear before I die.
Good album. Definitely worth a listen.
If you want to listen to Blur making songs for Revolver by The Beatles then this is the album for you. Lucky for these guys i like those two things. Nicely paced album, good songs. Long gone into For Now and Ever is a nice closer, God! SHOW ME MAGIC is a good opener. Solid
Фурри зверушки. Idk, такое.
Fuzzy Logic is an album that deliberately steers away from the wave of Britpop that defined much of the British music scene in the 1990s. While bands like Blur, Pulp, and Suede delivered sharp observations, strong melodies, and clear cultural resonance, Super Furry Animals take a different route, diving into absurdity and veering off into what often feels like a parody of the genre itself. Musically, the album is energetic, playful, and occasionally charming in its experimentation, but also messy and difficult to connect with. There’s no doubt the band has talent, but it’s used here in a way that avoids depth and direction on purpose. Lyrically, the album falters. Lines like: “And wouldn't it be nice to know What the paper doesn't show Or what the TV doesn't say Or what the hamsters ate today” come across as little more than student-level nonsense, standing in stark contrast to the thoughtful writing found in many of their contemporaries’ work. It’s hard to stay engaged when the whole thing feels like a joke, especially if you approach the album expecting something more substantial. There are fleeting moments of musical clarity, but overall, the album feels too chaotic and tongue-in-cheek to leave a lasting impression. Fuzzy Logic will likely appeal to those who enjoy the quirky, the sarcastic, and the boundary-pushing. But for me, it’s more of a distraction than a pleasure, a musical joke I just don’t find funny. 2/5
Very typical Brit Pop album from this era. I wa not familiar with any of the songs, but they were decent and the over all album was an entertaining listen. Nothing that made me want to revisit in the future though.
This is ok I guess just nothing special about it. Beginning to really think British pop bands are trash
Well that was a fun little side trip on this whole listening to 1001 songs thing. Can't say I expect to hear another from them before my quest is done, but if one does come up, I'm sure it will be because it's deserving.
Fuzzy Logic has a lot of familiar sounds: hints of Britpop, psychedelic rock, and glam; and on paper, it seems like something I’d really enjoy. But for whatever reason, most of it just doesn’t click. There’s a quirky charm throughout, but the hooks rarely land, and nothing really sticks after the listen. It’s not bad by any means, just oddly unmemorable. Maybe it's one of those albums that needs the right mood to really hit?
Interesting album that I have never heard before. Not like the music that I listened to in the 90's, it's more rockish I guess. It's not a bad listen, strange that I don't remember hearing them back when I was young. Probably a good choice for a get together where you don't want to play the same old stuff.
fun and super eclectic.
I love SFA, and this is a great listen. 3 or 4 brilliant songs - God show me magic. Something for the weekend and IYDWMTDY are glorious, and none of the songs are bad, although the guitar is a bit piercing in places. Very, very close to a 5 - if it had one more song of that quality I'd give it, but there's a few tracks that just float by pleasantly instead of grabbing you
A boring 70s album released in the 90s.
boring
3.3 Didn't enjoy this as much as the other SFA album I had on here but still pretty good. Very Blur-ish (although one could argue this was still pretty early in Blur's career also, so maybe the fed off eachother) with some link back to 60s pop/psychadelica. Couple songs I've saved down, but not rushing back to listen to the rest.
2/10
I’ve heard worse but they sounded like a bit sophomoric.
All over the place. Some songs would start good but I felt like the pace would change constantly and I couldn't really keep a good flow.
I surprisingly enjoyed this. Seems brit pop, but with more drugs and fuckery. Fuzzy Logic seems to have been used in making this album, but its new to me and I will likely revisit it in the future.
a great debut album from a consistently solid band
It’s aight. Mixing pretty bad at points.
Somewhat unremarkable. Good production, seem to be solid musicians, decent vocals, just never connected to any particular song.
Super Furry Animals bring their at times bizarre, at times potent blend of fuzzed out modern psychedelia on their consistently great debut album, whose boldness stood out (and continues to stand out) in the fact that it did not pander or conform to the increasingly boilerplate standards set by their neighbors in Great Britain at the time of its release. Maybe it still does, given how little it has aged since. A nice little introduction from a band that would become more bonkers as time goes on. Favorites: God! Show Me Magic, Fuzzy Birds, Something 4 the Weekend, Frisbee, Gathering Moss, If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You, Bad Behaviour, Mario Man.
Fuzzy Logic is one of those albums where I kept waiting for something to click: some melodic hook, some emotional contour, some internal logic that would give me a handhold. After three full listens, I can confidently say: nothing stuck. Not in a “this is bad” way, but in a “my brain has nothing to file this under” way. It’s weird, sure. But it’s a kind of weird that evaporates as soon as the track ends. The songs feel like sketches from a very clever band who hadn’t yet decided what they wanted to be. There’s personality here, but not much architecture. Ideas fly past, collide, dissolve, and never resolve into anything with shape or weight. I don’t dislike it. I just can’t remember it. The album has charm, and I can see why it’s historically important for the band’s evolution, but as a listening experience it’s all surface-level eccentricity with no emotional or structural anchor. It’s playful, but not purposeful. Inventive, but not intentional. A collage of moments rather than a set of songs. A solid three: not unpleasant, not compelling, and not something I’ll return to unless someone asks me to explain why it didn’t stick.
"Fuzzy Logic" is the debut album by Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals. Art rock, Britpop, glam rock, psychedelia and punk rock are the Wiki-listed genres. The album was well received but as one critic stated "eclectic if inconsistent mix of psychedelic and glam rock." The bandmembers include Gruff Rhys (vocals, guitar), Dafydd Ievan (drums, piano, percussion, vocals), Cian Ciaran (keyboards, vocals), Guto Pryce (bass, organ, vocals) and Huw Bunford guitars, e-bow, cello, vocals). Commercially, the album reached #23 in the UK. A fast glam rock start with guitars opens "Good! Show Me Magic." Rhys on vocals including a falsetto. The song settles into a groove. A fuzzy guitar and. Some vocal phasing going on. Elements of psychedelia and Britpop. They covered a lot ground in a song about asking God for a miracle. Bouncy comes to mind listening to their third-released single "Something 4 the Weekend." Very Beatle-esque. Layered vocals, piano. Repeating yourself with alcohol and shagging. They slow things down in "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You." Guitar and nice vocals. Hey, they're encroaching on ballad territory here. And then, strings appear after which the band takes off and a nice big ending. The guy in the pictures on the album cover is famous drug smuggler Howard Marks. So, they have a song named "Hangin' with Howard Marks." Layered guitars with a great melody and very catchy. A song about buying, smoking and selling weed. Cheers! This is a fun album for the most part. I agree with the inconsistent critical comment but there is no doubt on their talent and the songs kept my interest. They covered ground with glam, poppy, pyschedelic, punky and bouncy songs. The layered guitars are melodic when used. I would probably give an edge to a couple of their albums in the near future after this one. But, overall, a decent album and a recommendation.
It was just okay. I never need to hear any of these songs again in my life, and I probably won't because who is Super Furry Animals anyway? Certainly not a band that belongs on a list of albums I need to hear before I die. To think of all the deserving albums that weren't included just so this one could have a spot!
Overall not that great. Enough good songs for a good EP, but not enough for a good album. General feeling I got was they're 2nd rate Blur. They don't sound very special in any way. Favorite song: Frisbee
Some decent riffs on here, kind of eclectic overall. Probably not something I'll return to, but interesting to listen to a few times. 3.5/5
Un disco con mucha onda. Los tracks rockeros son bastante upliftings y en general uno se la pasa muy bien escuchándolo. Me dejó con ganas de escuchar más de los Furros.
Eh. British rock just doesn’t seem to resonate with me
Nice Britpop with a mix of psychedelic pop, guitar rock, and more punk-styled songs. This was fun. There was also a lot going on, so I think I’d enjoy it more the more I listen to it. Feels like the sort of album that gets better as you learn all the weird little left turns and detours that the music takes. Sometimes the vocals held me back a bit from enjoying this more, but I liked it overall.
Pretty nice album, but it kind of goes by without me really feeling like I heard something incredible. It did get better as I listened, and I definitely understood it more once I got to the 5th/6th song on the record. There's some nice moments- the standout song "Something 4 the Weekend" is an enjoyable listen and reminds me a bit of a 90s/early 2000's alt indie rock sort of sound. "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" has some inventive vocal parts, with some pretty falsetto moments that subvert expectations of where a melody will go, all while being a pretty song. I originally wanted to give it a 2, but I think it's maybe a 2.8, just high enough to round up to a 3.
Generic 90s rock. It’s not bad though.
Really pleasant record from a group I had never heard of before. Spacey and experimental, very mellow. Great effects, vocals and instrumentation. Dig this one.
Fine but nothing standing out.
Geinige pop-muziek. Leuk album. ***
Čak mi je na moje iznenađenje dobro sjeo album! Zanimljiv mix svega i svačega. Solidna 3/5, 6/10
I'm about 200 albums in and at least a quarter of them have been some version of this.
I don't think this album holds up nearly as well as "Rings Around the World," but "Fuzzy Logic" is still a refreshing album to have come out in 1996, and it shows a lot of their skill and songwriting aptitude and goals and is a great debut album.
Not a huge fan. I feel like I don't like the balancing? I don't have the words for it but the sound feels shallow? It also feels like the music is older than it is, which isn't a huge issue or anything, but it just surprises me that the band isn't 10-20 years older than it actually is
I think I understand the concept of “fuzzy logic” now. It’s like including an ok album in a list of “essential listens” just because it’s tangentially related to britpop.
Just another mediocre britpop album on a list full of mediocre britpop albums. Nothing earth shattering to this. Just meh.
These UK rock albums are just a little too numerous on this list, it seems like a Beatles or Kinks tribute album but with way more distortion. Its not bad but it doesnt try anything new, moreso aping their peers than trying their own thing.
Honestly I’m so over these so called “iconic” British rock albums that all sound like Oasis crossed with the Beatles. England is creatively bankrupt apparently
Lots of fun. Enjoyed the glam rock influences. Unorthodox lyrics appreciated too. Very 90s, but then so am I. Great band.
echt müll
No bad, but I felt like the band was having an identity crisis. Every song sounded like they were trying to mimic different, better bands.
3.5 to listen again
Good but unremarkable to me. I imagine you had to be there at the time.
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.
Second album by this band in just over a week. Would say I was much less take by this than their later release 'Rings Around The World', it feels far too "ELO knock-off" than something original from the band. The first half of the album breezes by without really sticking, but once the songs get longer in the second half, it's too little too late. Best Tracks: - Long Gone Worst Tracks: - Gathering Moss - Frisbee Rating: 4/10
just okay. not dazzling
They have 2 albums here?? I swear I have never heard anyone in real life talk about this band, and Rings Around the World was honestly one of the most boring, uninteresting albums on the list to this point. This one did have some flavor though, I kinda liked it but didn't love it.
Fun album overall
Crap