Fuzzy Logic

Not bad, solid 3. Not memorable but enjoyable

3.6 - I was deep into Britpop back in the late-90s but these guys didn't get much airplay in the States so they weren't on my radar. To me this record sounds like a more cooky, less grandiose version of "The Bends."

It was alright

Not my favourite album by them by still good pop songs on it.

Good album

I didn't think it was anything particularly memorable, but a decent album.

Some parts of this album I enjoyed but other parts kinda went off the deep end. Overall it was a good album but not something I need to go back to.

This album was an attempt at reinventing late 60s/early 70s rock and while it didn’t fail miserably it wasn’t great. I thought the first 3ish songs were enjoyable and then it lost me a bit.

Not bad, an eclectic mix that handles itself well but isn’t mind blowing

ok

From Wikipedia: "James Delingpole in a January 1997 review in The Daily Telegraph wrote the band had produced a 'strange mix of Bowie-esque glam rock, school-of-Syd-Barrett psychedelia and DIY kitsch'". I could not have said it better. This band is so distinctly out of time for 1996, it's hard to praise it for doing anything particularly daring. For what it's worth, Fuzzy Logic is certainly a successful blend of these influences. I just feel they do little to expand on them in a way that matters. It's a good sound, but nothing to write home about. Is this the best 90's act that Wales has to offer? I hope not.

A strong start, some good tracks, but a couple overstay their welcome...however, loved, loved Something 4 the weekend, although it reminds me of something I can't put my finger on...I want to say Polyphonic Spree's Light and Day, which came 8 year later so maybe they heard this track.

I liked long gone, rest is ok

Powinni bardziej się skupić na cheezy-rock-popie bo te kawałki brzmią dużo lepiej jak "something 4 the weekend"".

Nierówny album. Niektóre kawałki ze smyczkami bardzo mi się podobały, niektóre miały dziwny mix i bardzo nużyły, a wręcz były nieprzyjemne. W sumie jak na popo-coś, za mało są chwytliwi. Uczciwa trójeczka.

It took a couple of listens to get intrigued but after that threshold I found an alright album. It's pretty noisy but has clear melodies. I'm glad I gave it another chance otherwise it would've remained as a bad image. Still not a favourite of mine and only really liked a few songs, but have learned to appreciate it more. Something 4 the Weekend was the best song on here. I like how Super Furry Animals have Howard Marks, a famous drug smuggler from their country of Wales not only on their album cover, but referenced in one of their songs too. Not one of the best songs on the album but it's pretty cool regardless.

Nice

Overall it was okay. Kind of weird sometimes, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

C'est pas mauvais. Quand c'est plus rock, on est dans du Weezer de cette époque, mais moins accrocheur. Quand c'est plus psychédélique et calme, les arrangements sont intéressants. Et dans les pièces plus smooth comme l'intro de Mario Man ou Gathering Moss, la voix est mixée comme dans bien des pièces de Damon Albarn (dans Gorillaz et surtout The Good, The Bad and The Queen pour la pièce Gathering Moss). La pièce Long Gone me fait beaucoup penser à The Dears à cause du ton de voix et des arrangements. Bref, pas mauvais, mais pas mémorable. Sûrement que j'y retournerai et si j'avais une playlist rock des années 90 à faire, j'irais sûrement y piger une pièce ou deux pour avoir un peu plus de variété.

Decent. Some great psychedelic guitar and good drumming. Songs aren't particularly well crafted though so it's not reet memorable.

furry, fuzzy, forgettable

3/5

Eclectic.

The first half sounded like the soundtrack to an obscure late 90s Paul Rudd romcom. Then it just got sorta boring. I guess I don't understand the charm or significance of this album nor did I find it particularly enjoyable. Wasn't bad just wasn't interesting to me.

decent debut, they have better

Good songwriting, good variety, strong 3

Well, I was not familiar with the group or album, but they have a familiar style...it's rock-ish but with up-beat and catchy melodies sprinkled in...kinda fun. I think that had I heard this album when originally released, then I would have been more of a fan. That is when I discovered some other artists of this ilk that I loved and still do. Maybe I am just past adopting more of this style in my love-library. It was fine, just not something that I want to hold on to.

They were trying very hard to make the songs sound interesting on this album. It was a good effort that brought back memories from the mid 90s, but none of the songs really gelled with me, so in the end the album left me underwhelmed.

Alko lupaavasti, mutta lopulta ei ollut kovin mieleenpainuva, perus ysärirockia, välillä vähän jännemmillä saundeilla. Vaikuttaa vähän taas näiltä "brittikriitikot tykkäsivät" levyiltä.

SFA ollut ikuisuuden kuuntelulistalla, joten kiitos generaattori. Mukavan melodista, emotionaalista ja monipuolista sekä hyviä soundeja. Tosin ehkä joku herkkyys tai suunta uupui, niin ei noussut sen huikeammaksi kokonaisuudeksi. Mutta vahva hyvä.

miellyttävää surinaa, ei pahaa sanottavaa. 3/5

Funky, did not sound like a 90s band

Alternative 70s/80s sound

Aikanaan varmasti muodikasta brittirockin aallonharjalla surffailua. Bändi on itselleni tuttu lähinnä 2000-luvun vähän taiteellisemmasta tuotannosta. Tämän levyn suht suora brittirokki pääsi jopa positiivisesti yllättämään. Jotain samaa löytyy Bluriin sekä laulajan äänen että kappaleiden "leikkisyyden" takia. Tasalaatuinen levy jossa yksikään kappale ei erotu kauhean hyvässä eikä huonossa. Tasalaatuisuus valitettavasti myös toisinaan tuntuu tylsältä ja tasapaksulta. Kolmosen arvoinen iloinen brittirockpläjäys kuitenkin.

not bad

Coming into this one with no context I couldn't guess where or when this came from. Not sure if it's 5 or 50 years old, though it is a little clever and subversive, so it's definitely "post-something," just not sure what. It doesn't seem like they didn't take themselves seriously at all. Certainly not meandering prog-rock, but not rock anthemy either. Not so much random, but certainly spontaneous and whimsical. Still before looking up on wikipedia I could imagine this was a side project for otherwise successful professionals to mischievously mess around. Still, a positive tone, good fun.

Meh, didn't throw me off, but never really got going enough that I was invested either.

The album is clearly well-made, but I think I just don't get it.

A little disapointed with this one, it started well, but then all sounded the same by the end

Best aardig. Vooal de zang deed me erg aan Blur denken.

Very simple 90-a pop-rock

The album sounds something like a mutation of Mott The Hoople paired with the Beatles. The songs are a bit trashy and arranged in the cheesiest way (including a trumpet fanfare and a flute march). (6/10) Favourite Track: Something 4 The Weekend

I can't really put the textures and feelings of this album into words. It's a psychedelic trip meets fabulous glam rock to create a genre bending punk rock album. All the way through, the guitar tones give you a fantastic grittiness that never let you forget what kind of force this band is, but you get some sweetness with beautiful melodies accompanied by robotic synth and drum samples. Gruff Rhys has an unconventional voice for a lead singer, but that just makes the songs on here all the more unique. No two songs sound the same, and the journey that the tracklist puts you on will make you see how this is classified in the category of "art rock." Favorite Song: Frisbee Least Favorite: Bad Behaviour

Average Brit pop. Good energy. No real standout tracks. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Fine fuzzy rock.

Liked it

I find myself going between "hey this is really fun" and " when is it going to get to the next fun part". Very up and down album. Gets an average review from me.

Good fun

Very enjoyable 90s Britpop (Welsh)

I know just a few of their songs. Enjoying this quite a bit. Has an XTC feel, with a big Beatles influence. Songwriting is strong. Feels like 3.5 even a 3.75 🌟

13.05.2021. počelo užasno, pa sam ga malo privoleo

fun!

Just couldn’t get into it

Decent

i'm back on that half star thing. Definitely liked it and liked it more than a 3, but not quite enough to tip over to 4. More rock than the multitude of 70s and mild rock we've had lately which was a nice change.

Going 3.5 - always found this one of their less interesting early albums but still has a different, glammier vibe to it's britpop peers. Great live band back in the day

C'était sympa mais je vois pas trop pourquoi je devrais absolument écouter ça avant de mourir.

Interesting fuse electronic and acoustic music.

Not a huge fan of them, but I've always had a mild respect for Super Furries. This album is like if Britpop was actually any good, and was heavily inspired by psychedelia and 1970s rock. Still not a very consistent album though. 3.5

Saved Prior: None Saved Off Rip: God! Show Me Magic, Hometown Unicorn, For Now and Ever Cutting Edge: Something 4 the Weekend Overall Notes: This was alright with headphones, but it was a fun listen on the speaker. Don't entirely get what the big deal about them is, but it was fun.

Legalzin, nao conhecia esses caras. Provavelmente iria gostar bastante se ouvisse mais.

I was falling behind on my thousand and one homework so had to cram the two Super Furry Animals albums this afternoon. I thought the  Fuzzy Logic  album was OK with a few good rock songs. Rings Around the World was a little lame. Kinda like music you might hear on a soap opera.

Funk mix of college rock, glam, and psychedelic

Some cool melodies, but otherwise pretty meh. Gathering moss, If you don't want me to destroy you and Mario Man peaked my interest a bit. They're from Cardiff Simon!

Okay, had to listen to this like 6 times bc I kept getting distracted. I didn’t like it at first but it’s growing on me. Couple catchy tunes.

A fairly eclectic mix. They have a knack for writing catchy songs with sing-a-long choruses. The singles (that didn’t do well) were the best ones, IMO. They were channeling Mott the Hoople, on Something 4 the Weekend, I thought. I’m also catching a bit of Aladdinsane-era Bowie &T-rex but with a muddier production and raunchy guitar. Nice strings on If You Don’t Want Me to Destroy You. Their furture releases were more radio-friendly, but from what I've heard, I prefer this album.

Hometown Unicorn" Released: 26 February 1996 "God! Show Me Magic" Released: 29 April 1996 "Something 4 the Weekend" Released: 1 July 1996 "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" Released: 30 September 1996

Bien, sin más.

Britpop. Ni fu ni fa.

Has a great 90s alt-rock feel to it. Reminds me a lot of the stone roses.

Something between 90s rock, punkish, glam rock / Bowie, experimental (but not too out there). Some orchestral sounds in there. Decent guitar playing. Interesting overall.

Un disco entretenido, con sus momentos, pero pues no sé, no se me hace genial dentro de lo que hacen. Disfruté sobre todo la parte de en medio, es decir, "Gathering Moss", "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You", "Bad Behaviour" y "Mario Man". Me quedo con alguna de esas canciones. Siento que prefiguran de alguna manera toda la onda de bandas "indie" que se levantaron como la espuma en los dos miles y luego los dos mil dieces. 7/10

They come of really authentic in their weirdness which I like, and the album has songs of very different musical styles, despite being generally a rock album. I enjoyed it and would explore more of this band.

Ca va un peu dans tout kes sens. L’ensemble est bizarre, mais des tounes sortent du lot. 3.15

Very interesting album that seemed to have the campy bombast of a british Rocky Horror Picture Show with the psychedelics turned up two notches and one dose of sex pistols. Reasonably fun listen.

Good try Welsh Blur, good try. (Furry = Blur-y?)

Alright, alternative, but I like a little more dance-y music, or music with a good hook.

Not a bad sound for sure. Not the greatest too.

not sure why, but this didn't fully click for me. It's OK, but nothing spectacular to my ears.

This album was very "take it or leave it" for me. I didn't dislike it, but didn't feel very compelled by it either. I think that puts it in the 3-star range for me.

Classic psychedelic rock, a very British band that feels like post-Beatles era of rock music in the UK.

Decent britrock album with some interesting edges to it, although in the end it does lack some memorable songs to gain a 4 star rating

Reminds me somewhat of noisy Bowie/Eno with David Lowrey or somebody singing

Enjoyed it and couldn’t grasp what it reminded me of until I saw the suggested Spotify page for Blur

Look it's not bad but it's not great either, there is a review that describes this album pretty well "It's ok. Bit of a confused sound. Like they don't know if they want to be Brit-pop or psychedelic rock." I think for what it is, there is some alright songs on here, just overall the heavy instrumentals get a bit boring after a while, and there is a lot of sound effects that don't always help the songs. I probably wouldn't listen to it again I think this just makes the cut for 2.5 stars, but I wouldn't put it much further.

Like actual furry animals but not the band. They are just background noise.

It was fine. Wasn’t boring or annoying. Just fine. Will not seek out to listen again & probably forget how it sounds in another hour

I don’t get why this is here. It’s ok.

They make a good noise but I’d rather listen to the bands they were listening to.

This is #day784 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... here's to my second and final record by Super Furry Animals. Just a little more than a month ago, I rated Rings Around the World a 1. Was I too harsh? Listening to Fuzzy Logic, I don't think so... Fuzzy, psychedelic Britpop with little character. I'm hearing lots of Blur between the tracks. Why include two records by this band? I don't know. Let it be a 2 out of 5 this time. Looking forward to #day785.

I understand the intent, but it didn’t work for me. Too unfocused as they try to cram different elements here. The first 2-3 songs are ok. The rest are insufferable

Perus rittirenkutusta.

idk if im still in my psychedelic genre refractory period or what but im not feelin this one much. doesn't help that they're not actually furries. at least commit to the bit lads...... i think expecting to get anything out of this might've just been a doomed prospect from the start for me, given its a combination of britpop and psych rock. i know the two genres can be good but, both also seem to have a woefully low hit rate, for me at least. combining the two.... hasn't really helped. i do like the track "for now and forever" quite a bit but other than that this album was gave me very little. i guess the gritty effects stack on the guitars in tracks like "frisbee" and "bad behaviour" is nice? and "fuzzy birds" dropping into a flute solo was kind of funny at least.... idk...... it didn't actively piss me off so that puts it above the last psych-something album we rolled (not that that's a particularly high bar to clear). but i don't really feel like that one pretty good track is enough to drag this any higher than a 2. oh well.

I'm writing this review 10 days after listening to this album, and I can't clearly remember a single song from it. All I remember is the feeling that it was packed with a lot of British music clichés that I don't particularly enjoy.

Like the other SFA album on this list, I found this album irritating. It's competently written and performed, but also quite cloying and empty. It feels like it was written through a game of telephone -- the "Beatles" songs actually sound like ELO, the "Beach Boys" songs sound like warmed over c86, and don't get me started on the "Bowie" songs. Pass.

I’ve never been a huge fan of TFA. This confirms why.

Mouais, les chansons se ressemblent toutes, et... c'est du rock.

So British that I started craving bland food and repressing my emotions halfway through the album. The Britpop vibe is strong with this one - sweet but slightly whiny vocals, nondescript derivative music, and occasional bursts of art rock inspiration that shine for a brief moment before falling back into mainstream pop territory. I find it listenable as background music, but it doesn't excite me beyond that. Not terrible, but very forgettable. It would certainly not have made the list if the author wasn't British. 4/10

I listened to this twice and still can't remember what it sounded like a couple hours later. While I definitely didn't hate it, I think it probably doesn't deserve a high score off of being that forgettable alone.

Nie je to nič mimoriadne. Pre mňa to v tomto zozname nemusí byť.

The most interesting thing about this album is that it introduced me to the international drug smuggler Howard Marks, who's featured multiple times on the album's front cover. That can't be a good thing. The rest? It's like a rehashed version of ELO, nostalgic for the past, with a sound similar to what Wolfmother would do in the early 2000s. Except Wolfmother at least used mostly NOISE and DISTORTION. This band is mostly as wimpy-sounding as you could imagine, making bands like 10cc sound positively ballsy by comparison. I will give them credit, though—they do have a good sense of melody, and the production is nice and thick, fitting the profile of a tribute glam-rock/70s-psychedelic band. However, I don't see how this was supposed to be a reactionary album to British rock at the time. Listen to "Frisbee" for all the fuzz-drenched guitars and the "woo-hoos!" in the background. How is that any different from, say, Blur? Or listen to "Hometown Unicorn"—plenty of ironic rock bands in the '90s were doing that kind of thing as well. They should have written more catchy, fun noisy rockers like "Bad Behaviour" instead. In fact, starting there, the album gets way better with the string of "Mario Man" and "Hangin' with Howard Marks", with fast paced songs, distorted guitars, and tougher vocals. Funny that they play Brit rock better than 70s rock, in the end! I guess the problem is that these guys make me want to listen to the real thing from the '60s and '70s instead. I have no idea what the guy at NME was sniffing when he wrote that they were "the most important band of the past 15 years," but I guess he fell asleep listening to Kid A or something. Or, maybe Wales was a desert for any notable alternative rock at the time and the local government wanted to lobby for someone. Who knows. 2 stars, only because it's passable enough in terms of enjoyability, but too annoying and trite to ever warrant a second listen. If this is some kind of "joke," maybe they should try explaining what's so funny about it?

This album was less than great. This is another example of a record / band that doesn’t belong on this list. Not the worst thing ever, but relatively inadequate.

Kinda inconsistent but I liked it better than their last album on this list. Could absolutely see one of these songs make it into a James Gunn movie (compliment). Likes: God Show Me Magic; Something for the Weekend; Hometown Unicorn

скучнейший брит-поп, да еще так похожий на блюр делать что-то похожее не так стремно, быть незапоминающимися тоже не говорит о них плохо это может быть лучшая группа, но в пределах жанра и стиля, при наличии других таких групп, к сожалению, звучит простенько есть хороший трек Mario man переслушивать не стану 2.4

After how much I enjoyed Rings Around The World I was looking forward to another one by this group. This was disappointing. It just seemed like Blur but worse. Favorites were Something 4 The Weekend and If You Don’t Want Me To Destroy You.

Meh.

I hope to never hear this again and I probably won't

I don't get it. At all.

This is the second album I’ve had by this band. I had never heard of them before that. I did not like the first album I had. This was better than that one. This was their debut album and the other one was their fifth album, so they obviously went downhill. That being said, I’m giving this 2 stars like I did the other album because I never need to hear this again.

Once again I am confused as to the true nature of this list and the reason why we get so many albums like this it reminds me a Nickelodeon tv show transition to next scene music. It’s good but it’s on the over the hedge soundtrack probably. Definitely. It just feels dated and doesn’t do anything particularly defining and these albums don’t have to but this is total flyover country. I will say these solos at the end of some of these songs are immaculate. A true dance with the guitar and you hear some noise rock in here that just tickles me but they true everything it reminds me of King Gizzard. Which has me wondering what will happen with them in time. It also has a very revolver sound in the sense that they throw everything at the wall and see what works and some of it does but it can’t capture the magic. All in all I had a fun time but I find myself not really feeling anything or reason to visit again a true album sin.

Hang on a tick! There ain't no super furry animals in this album! I've been thoroughly swindled, bamboozled, and hoodwinked all in one go. All I got was some mediocre britpop!

The book explains this album's presence on the list by claiming the Welsh scene deserves a spotlight. The reviewer even acknowledges that this isn't this band's best work, so why is it here? It's contradictory. Either way I was not very impressed, it's not that anything stood out as grating but the ingredients were simply not arranged into something lastingly compelling. The sort of british rock you will not change the station for if you heard it on the radio but you wouldn't ask yourself "what is this stuff?" either.

2.5 ⭐ Talking about brit pop this Super Furry Animals album wasn't supposed to be one of its best examples, there is no recognizable voice, there is not one memorable melody but is no supposed to be ignored either. It's just... acceptable. An ok debut album by a band that endure the test of time by being an ok band and were for better or for worse part of a movement that for some time dominated the music environment.

First track showed some promise, but then it was downhill from there. Their sloppy is just that, rather than loose and fun. Very forgettable.

2.5/5

Didn't love it

The first 4 - 5 were good. Reminded me of soundtrack to a James Gunn movie.

It wasn't a bad album, I just didn't like it

this was extremely ok. I want to bump it up to a three because it’s a Welsh band but by my standards this is too much of a two for me to live with that I think it’s fine, I don’t hate it, but man the “the most important band since The Beatles” takes from critics are kind of hilarious. I don’t even think the beatles are good and that is an obviously silly reaction

I like SFA and am amazed at their creativity and ability to blend genres, but, that didn’t become as strong a part of their identity until the early 00s. This is a fine debut, but a bit by-the-numbers compared to what they could do only 5 years later.

I misremembered these. I could have sworn they were punky indie pop. But they are massive Blur copyists. Half of it is ok and half is not. It's all just another Brit pop record though.

Damn, this really bored me sooo much this morning, not horrible but probably no more than 2 stars yay. P.S. I'll give it to them cause the short intro track reminded me of early Eno work so the influences are there

Boring, unoriginal and dull. We didn’t need one Super Furry Animals album on the list and we certainly didn’t need two. Not essential in any way.

Was there an era of brit pop when lead singers tried to sound like Elvis Costello?

Som en fjantigare blur, ibland lät det bra. Men overall forgettable

Oright, oright. First Super Furry Animals album. These guys are an electronic act, if I'm not mistaken. I'm only privy to them because they remixed one of the songs on FC/Kahuna's Machine Says Yes, which is an even more obscure release than anything these guys have put out. I think that the cover artwork for their second album (Radiator) is pretty sweet, too. Oh, and I have a passing familiarity with "Something 4 the Weekend", which originally had the correct usage of "for" in the title but was changed because The Divine Comedy's fantastic song of the same name was released a couple of weeks earlier. Okay, that's all I know about these guys. Hopefully this album will be good. It kind of sucked, not gonna lie. Britpop is once again not doing itself any favours. I usually like songs with a buzzing, reverberating sound, though such was not the case with this album. The instrumentals generally sound quite blown out and overworked, which causes them to regularly clash with the poorly-mastered vocals. The songwriting chops of this album are surprisingly adept, however. The songs usually feature competent and strong vocal melodies - notably on the loftier and more weightless tracks. That being said, the performances are generally quite lazy and washed-out, which undercuts their quality. All in all, I thought this album was a dull, samey and dispiriting listen. Nothing I couldn't handle, however. Book time. "...an artful mish­mash of Sixties pop, punk rock, and psychedelia, with an underlying Nineties dance sensibility." "Gruff Rhys' lysergic nonsense vocals were frequently hilarious yet still managed to evoke a gently parochial state of mind." "SFA would go on to create more polished, rounded, "better" albums than this. But for the sheer glee and excitement of hearing a wildly inventive band just hitting their stride, Fuzzy Logic is hard to beat." Wikipedia says this album had two successful singles, was liked by critics and has received enduring acclaim. The album peaked at No. 23 in the UK, but doesn't appear to have charted anywhere else. Hmm. This album doesn't seem to have much going for it, though I am favourable to SFA having one list album purely because of how eclectic their style is. Their other inclusion, "Rings Around the World", appears to be the more acclaimed and successful release, so I'll roll with that album over this one. In place of this album, I humbly submit "The Faust Tapes" by Faust for inclusion on the list.

Not necessarily bad but not really good either. I found this not really engaging and most songs flew by without leaving an impression. Not the worst britpop ever, but there is definitely better picks out there.

okay shout out frisbee! this album mad underwhelming and just not very good. 2/5

Got a bit of a Sparks vibe from a lot of this but without the range.

eh, i guess?

Meh.

There's some good stuff here but its very inconsistent. 'Fuzzy Birds' is really rough. The rest is like, fine, but doesn't really belong on this list.

Coming into this knowing nothing, but hating the band name, SFA were already at a disadvantage with me. I did appreciate the immediate ‘fuzzy’ guitar and abrasion. The lyrics sort of distanced me after the music began to soften, and I started to feel that this was a whole band of wet blankets. The last three tracks weren’t so bad, and I added them to my 1001 playlist, but honestly I’ve already forgotten much about them and I’m not so interested to go back and relisten. Probably not ever again. It’s fuzzy logic saying this was something I absolutely had to hear to know anything about anything about music.

Not for me

I don’t think this is for me. It’s not bad either

I think like 9/10 of the last albums I’ve listened to have been Brit pop…..I’m exhausted

A lot less fun than expected

Okayish britpop. Not offensive but does not excite me either

A couple bangers (God! Show Me Magic and Something 4 the Weekend) but the album is uneven and it's not a total album experience I would want to have again. Rating: 2

I don't really know how to describe this album, i just feel like its just......uninteresting? Like its just a bit boring but i wouldn't exactly call it bad music to be honest, But nothing necessarily good. Maybe its just simply not for me. Very forgettable to say the least.

Вау какая ебанина

Квадробинг 90-х

This is just a generic britpop album from start to finish. I try to wait until after I listen to the album before looking at other user reviews, and that seems to be the main sentiment of the review section anyway. The whole record just feels incredibly formulaic, relying heavily on the standard mid-90s guitar pop tropes without adding anything fresh or exciting to the table. While a couple of the singles have somewhat catchy hooks, the deep cuts quickly fade into the background as uninspired filler. It completely lacks the distinct personality, sharp wit, or massive anthemic energy that the top-tier bands of that era were putting out, imo.

I had so many issues listening to this. Some of them were about the music and some of them were that I had that 20 something remaster that had over 30 tracks. I listened for like 30 minutes and didn't realize. I heard some bright spots but left confused.

Really can’t say that I’m a fan. This album, like the other from them, was all over the place. Some slightly enjoyable, some abrasive and annoying. 2+ overall.

I got a fevah and the only curah is more lah, lah, lah, lah, lah from yet another britpop bunch. Kind of amazing that this was ever popular from a country that's probably hungover 50% of the time... this must've landed for the other 50% of the time that they either were working on getting drunk or were drunk.

Brit Pop bleh to me, no memorable tracks for me

Never heard of Super Furry Animals before this. Welsh psychedelic indie rock, 1996. The sound didn't grab me — eclectic to the point of unfocused, nothing stayed. Pleasant enough while it played, gone the moment it stopped. 2/5 — fuzzy logic, no clear conclusion.

Melodic, fuzzy riffs, lots of effects, rich instrumentation? On paper I should like this. But somehow I really didn't. Perhaps because it was all over the place, and not in a good way. 1.5/5 - weak

Started off okay, but got worse each song. Still somehow better than the beatles.

First punk-rock song was actually pretty good, especially for a 90s britpop band, however it only went downhill from there with the same beatles wanna be with slight punk influences. I still don't understand why for some reason people decided that bad singing was supposed to be good in the 90s. It is genuinely impressive how they're able to make hate each song more and more.

fine

I dunno. This feels harsher than it needs to be. But I wouldn’t actively come back, at least right now.

FWIW these guys are clearly having a blast. Like the last Furries album, a bit woo woo for me...

Ween but boring.

At first I thought "this is somewhat interesting" then I remembered it's supposedly one of those 1001 you should listen to before you die. It isn't

🎧Why is this here?

More like the super furry amateurs. Why is this on the list?

I think I just dont like Super Furry Animals

It's not bad, but I also don't really care for it?

On paper, Brit-pop vibes with some fuzz is something I should really enjoy, but this just falls short in every way. When it "rocks" it sounds neutered. When it gets quirky I find it more annoying than quaint. When it gets psychedelic it sounds like they micro-dosed to be safe. I'd like to say it's better than Rings Around, but I honestly found it hard to really pay attention to either one.

not very interesting. sort of punk, sort of pop. overall nothing I would listen to again

Favorite track(s): It's possible that this blight on Britannia goes back further than originally thought. At least they're Welsh, I guess.

Dull

Highlights: Something 4 The Weekend, If You Don’t Want Me To Destroy You, Bad Behavior. 2.4

I've reached my limit with generic unmemorable 90s Brit Pop while being less than a third of the way through this list...

I vaguely remember hearing their singles in the 90s and thinking that Super Furry Animals were Britpop also-rans. Listening to an entire album basically confirmed that for me. Though they do sound that they were more influenced by 70s music compared to the 60s music of the bigger Britpop acts. The album more or less washed over me, without any tracks standing out. It's definitely not an album that feels important enough to make the 1001 list.

Dull

totally forgettable.

This one wasn't really for me. Enjoyed some of the tracks, but wasn't too impressed overall.

Bland Best Song: If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You Rating: 4/10 Stars: 2

Although I'm into britpop this one does not convince me at all. 2,5

Another moderately good brit-pop/alternative album. I will say it's better than their other stuff I've listened to. There's nothing super impressive or special here but it's fine.

starts strong, ends bland

One or two songs were OK but, all in all, the album is so unremarkable that it results annoying...

(47/100)

Cool but ultimately didn’t do enough for me

First Listen; 2.5; Not necessarily the worst thing I've heard, but just feels very basic and predictable. Feels like a lot of this is noodling around on the pentatonic scale, using brit-pop cliche sounds, etc. It's fun in places and some okay songs, but not something that's one of the 1001 albums you must hear before you die. Favorite Track God! Show Me Magic

I liked the other SFA album better, didn't had a memorable moment through.

More Britpop. Lovely. This time going beyond just being influenced by 60s rock to trying to sound more like it. It's ok I guess. A couple of annoying tracks, the rest forgettable and boring. I certainly didn't need to har this. 2.5

Didn't mind this, but my taste had shifted when they were big. Mid to high 2s.

I couldn't get into this album either. It felt like the songs ranged from far out psychedelic past the point where I'm staying interested, or generic rock with lame singing. Not for me.

Meh.

It's fine, like, but not sure it belongs here.

There's nothing Super about this Super Furry Animals album which combines Brit-Pop and 1960s Psychedelia into a genre that is neither. I wasn't impressed by this album, so I'm not sure why it's in this list, although there are far worse albums in this list.

Overall didn’t enjoy this album. It felt like a chore to get through.

I mean it’s ok in spots, but just cooks really enjoy.

Derivative and mostly uninspired. Like Guided By Voices if they weren’t cool.

I’ve tried to like Super Furry Animals before but they just don’t make me feel anything, not even negative reaction. It’s just watching someone doing something like it’s an obligation or assignment without any actual joy or interest in it. It’s fine, but not worth a damn.

This is a cool, classic slice of British pop/alternative rock — call it whatever you want, it just works. While listening I felt energized and upbeat the whole way through. It has a pretty nice pace that keeps things moving without ever dragging. The album is energetic and fun, with lots of catchy hooks and that fuzzy, playful vibe. Some parts do feel like they lack a bit of originality, like they’re pulling from a bunch of 90s influences without adding anything super new, but the songs that stand out really deliver. “God! Show Me Magic,” “Long Gone,” and “For Now and Ever” are proper highlights — they’re the ones that stuck with me the most and made the whole thing enjoyable. It’s not groundbreaking or anything, but it’s a solid, feel-good record that puts a smile on your face. I liked it quite a bit and had a good time with it from start to finish. Worth a spin if you’re into that breezy, melodic Brit alt-rock sound.

So average it hurts.

(2.75)

I’m baffled this band has multiple albums on this list. They just don't work for me at all. I thought the vocals were poor, the songwriting was uninspired, the lyrics were weak, and the production sound was very underwhelming.

Ikke Stone Roses

Det var ikke særligt fantastisk. Et par enkelte numre var ok, derfor 2 små stjerner.

Sagde mig ikke det store

*59 Spændende projekt. Det blev lidt for meget di de di doo, lai lai lai, ba ba ba de doo, og hvad de eller kunne finde på, til mig.

This definitely sounded like some fuzzy logic. It was a bit all over the place, didn’t quite know what it wanted to be. Not unlistenable, didn’t necessarily like it either. 2.5/5

More guys who grew up in the 80s recreating the 60s for the 90s. Fun but fleeting, a late to the party debut from a solid festival circuit 3rd tier Britpop act. Best when they're doing high energy psych pop, worst when they go slow spacey trippy. The promised fuzz is nice though, beautifully dialed in and warm.

God! Show Me Magic Gathering Moss

Rock psicodélico y electrónica

-uhhh interesting. Eclectic and unique. Very reflective of the period Fav: hometown unicorn

crap

60

This is a throwback in the grand scheme of this albums list journey. I vaguely remember their 2001 album having some very interesting production choices, but not tons of substance to its songs. Speaking on throwbacks, at the beginning of last year I made a resolution to more meaningfully engage with each of the albums I get every day. I largely followed through on that, scroll back through my review history to see evidence of that. That being said, albums like these make it really hard to keep that habit intact. What is this record if not another alt-rock effort done by a handful of white guys who sound like they failed upward into the platform that allowed them to release this album. There’s a specific point where this album is at its best, and it’s the song “Something 4 The Weekend”. It’s fairly catchy and infectious. Simple and sticky. When this album is at its worst, it’s handfuls of songs in a row where these guys sound like a British offshoot of Kings Of Leon. Nothing is very memorable, the lead singers voice is not good nor personable. I encourage anyone who’s really into this album to expand their horizons. 2/5

one playthrough - it has a piece of what I enjoy but it isn't fully it or developed in that it's the foundation for a genre of music I listen to rn and enjoy but you know in 1996 it was still new and revolutionary and rn that sound is refined and has found itself

4/10 - a bit too try hard

Not my stoil

Boring

++: God! Show Me Magic, Frisbee, Mario Man, Long Gone +: Fuzzy Birds, Something 4 the Weekend, Bad Behaviour, Hangin' with Howard Marks +-: Hometown Unicorn, Gathering Moss, If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You, For Now and Ever 5,4/10

I can see what they were going for here but meh. It didn't really work for me. A few decent melodies, but mostly songs I was wishing would end sooner.

Pretty standard brit pop. Nothing too exciting.

I listened to this before and not thought much of it, this time around was no different. Very samey, not overly interesting or profound but relatively inoffensive.

2.5 stars. Fairly forgettable britpop with some psychedelia mixed in to try to make it interesting. Bit too generic for me.

For a record that was supposed to be NOT Britpop, it sure sounds a lot like Britpop to me.

Serviceable, rock music, nothing great, but not terrible. Don’t think it belongs on the list at all, feel like I could’ve done without this one. Two stars because it’s reasonable.

Not a bad album but it did feel repetitive and rough in a lot of parts. 4.5/10, Favorite Song: Something 4 the Weekend

gotta respect the scope. there are certainly good parts, but they are almost always followed up by inexplicable choices. they try so hard to sound like bowie; it's a shame that they sound the best when they sound nothing like bowie.

I had never listened to this band prior to the list so I had no opinion about them. Now I kind of hate them. Thanks 1001albumsgenerator!

More fuzzed 90s UK indie. 7 of the last 10 albums fed to me in this list have been fuzzed 90s indie. I'm ready for something else, if the random album generator is listening.

Sounds good at first, but it feels hollow inside.

Listened Before? N What a weird and noisy album. I didn't hate it, but it's all over the map. I really enjoyed Something 4 the Weekend over every other song by far. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Something 4 the Weekend

Just another generic Brit Pop band for me. :-(

nothing special to me

Screechy. And not in a good way.

Eclectic mixture of genres here. There's a very childish element to the sound, particularly in tracks like the musically inert Fuzzy Birds. But there's also some emo-shoegaze-type influence (Hometown Unicorn), power pop (God! Show Me Magic), soft pop-rock (Something 4 the Weekend)... and what I can only describe as preschool music with electric guitars. I get the feeling this is a band that has no sense of identity. We have two main faces of Super Furry Animals to work with: the (better) punk-rock side, and the weak childish side. Something 4 the Weekend is certainly on the better side. The bass and guitar in the background, combined with the overlapping normal/falsetto vocals, is reminiscent of 70s ELO. A fun, driven track that leaves ones like Fuzzy Birds in the dust. Bad Behaviour, God! Show Me Magic, Hangin' with Howard Marks, and a few others are also on the better side. The remaining tracks are not. Is this really the best 1996 music has to offer? Super catchy opening track. The chorus melody is memorable, and there's some serious power behind the instrumental lines. (Literally. I think those are power chords in the guitar. Definitely punk-inspired.) If this is what the whole album sounds like, it's looking pretty good. But the next song, Fuzzy Birds, is dramatically worse in every way. It doesn't hit at all. All the instruments are played kind of limply, and it comes across like a song for kindergarteners. Gathering Moss is similar: it could easily be a solo Richard Wright composition (circa early Pink Floyd. This sounds like See-Saw). But less interesting than any of Wright's pieces. If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You is another intensely early-Floyd-inspired pick. You can't tell me that this song isn't a knock-off See Emily Play. (It's still decent. But as I'm discovering, it's one of a scant few decent tracks on the album.) 2/5 Key tracks: God! Show Me Magic, Something 4 the Weekend, If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You

Bright, mischievous grooves built from fuzzy guitars, buoyant rhythms, and lightly detached vocals move this indie pop album like wandering through a quirky amusement arcade—fun, colorful, and full of clever distractions, sometimes leaving me overstimulated.

Yet another album I’ve heard before I died.lame

Generic 90s Britpop. Nothing interesting or special about it.

Honestly better than most britpop on here, but still a 2.

Mid

Not a big fan. Stylistically it was a bit of a mess. Some of the songs were ok. Definitely not going on the rotation.

One of the most beige albums I've encountered on this list I think. The album is mixed really badly in my opinion, as I had real issues making every song both from each other, but also from the background noise. I even tried to focusing, but it just wouldn't stick. 'Something 4 the Weekend' was the only thing that cut through the noise and felt like a cool track. The rest didn't.

This was everything I hate with 90s rock in one album. Just bland and boring. I guess, if I’m being nice, then “Something 4 the Weekend” was an ok track.

I don't even remember what it was yesterday... It wasn't that horrible

On the annoying side of so-so

Super furry animals lol that's a funny name.

Unremarkable. Another “numb” album - not really good nor is it terribly bad.

meh actually the last song isn’t bad i like that but everything else was alright. it’s upbeat but that’s really it.

Ok on a saturday morning but otherwise unremarkable

Went right through me. It’s fine I guess, but I’m not sure what makes this notable alt-rock music among other stuff that was coming out around this time. Welsh rock representation? It’s a little psychedelic and genre-curious sometimes? Musical ideas inherited from the 1970s? Citation needed. I generally was not impressed by the songwriting or performances so I must rate accordingly, even though this was listenable enough. Maybe that’s a deeper insult than I intend.

Since it was picked as the word of the year a few days ago: this is peak britslop.

Visst har det nåt men gillade det andra bråkigare albumet med de superpälsiga djuren bättre.

Måste man verkligen höra två super furry animals-album innan man dör? Precis som förra gången blir det aldrig mer än ok. Brasklapp att jag nog påverkas av den enorma besvikelsen att inte få vakna till nåt annat.

extremely inconsistent. tracks like "if you don't want me to destroy you" and "long gone" are to me probably the most engaging sonically because it feels like they tried to do something interesting with dynamism and the violins that cut through the muddy wall of oversaturated guitars that plague most of the album. this feels like bog-standard forgettable britpop to me so it is bewildering that this is included on a Must Listen list, and given the wikipedia's article retroactive quote about how the vocalist was more interested in fame via a studio than actually making a good record, it seems like he agrees! i think i got baited by pulling mingus as the first album in this list.

I didn’t actually mind it at times. Still not great though.

Fuzzy logic by super furry animals is one of the most forgettable albums I’ve heard. Annoying at points and rly nothing special happening through out the whole 40 minute run time. I liked Mario man but like tha still only a 7/10 song. Not much to say lacklustre vocals and nothing out the ordinary instrumentals. No favourite songs but overall this a below average album 4.8/10 2.4/5

Fuzzy justification for being on the top 1000 list.

Super Furry Animals = Super Soft Music

So THIS is why everyone hates on Britpop

Fuzzy logic is based on the observation that people make decisions based on imprecise and non-numerical information. Fuzzy models or fuzzy sets are mathematical means of representing vagueness and imprecise information (hence the term fuzzy). These models have the capability of recognising, representing, manipulating, interpreting, and using data and information that are vague and lack certainty. EXAMPLE: If there's a mediocre band from the UK, they’ll be on the list of 1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Would I listen to again? Nope.

Starts off pretty well, but then it loses focus and by the end of it you're left wondering what exactly the point of any of it was.

Not to my taste

This album would’ve been impressive if it came out in 1966, but it didn’t…it came out 30 years later. More Britpop filler for the list.

Just another britpop album

I love super furry animals. In fact I have one and he’s called Billy. Named after the greatest number 4 Leeds United and Scotland ever had. Seriously (not that I wasn’t serious with regards to Billy) I remember a good friend of mine recommending SFA to me. It was about 1996 so may have even been this album. On strength on that I did listen to some of their music but was not impressed. Today’s listen did not budge that initial assessment. It all seems an uneasy alliance between punk, new wave and laddish Blur music. A poor man’s Blur describes this album well. 2/5 24/11/25

490/1001 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑

Mistifying. I'll have whatever they're on. Actually on second thoughts...

Yikes! And not in a fun way! My ears hurt but I'm intrigued?

Well.. interesting here and there, but not really great

Another one of the B-team from the Britpop era.

A bit of a rehashing of David Bowie at times. I’m not sure anything unique stood out to me about this album.

Britrock.

Lowkey serviceable.

Just listened to the Album an can‘t remember anything.

yuck!

The beatles ahhhh 2/5

So what do I think of this album? Well... oh wow... so... tired... *snore*

Not bad. I liked some of their songs, but I wasn’t a fan of some of their guitar music.

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

Uninteresting, unremarkable, and unrememberable. Did absolutely nothing for me.

Fuzzy Birds // For Now and Ever 2.5/5

meh

Sounds rather dim-witted

Decent but nothing special.

Nah.

It was OK, did not get me BOPPING

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.

Totally unmoved

Not my favorite and kind of boring.

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.

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

Not sure what was in here that I had to hear

Langweilig.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

Wish it had more story to the lyrics

That's about what I was thinking based on that album cover

It's OK, not sure why I don't *really* like this, just not hitting that spot I guess

I’ve enjoyed SFA before, but not this album. Ok but did not knock my socks off.

-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

Perhaps the bar for a great British album was much lower in the mid-90's? I don't get it

While the music is not bad, it is incredibly repetitive, and I don't believe an album should be roughly 50 tracks.