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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.
A couple fun songs, but doesn't stand out from the crowd.
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.
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
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 absolutely hated the singer. It was a struggle to get through.
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
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
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)
Wasn't really listening properly but it seemed okay I suppose.
Intrumentals are superior here
Bestenfalls ein mid alternativ album. Macht kein Spaß und ist auch nicht sehr interessant 2/5
1.83
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
spinal tap
it was okay
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.
Not much to like on this one.
# 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
All over the place and none of it great Standout song: Long Gone
I like the song titles
Meh
This did nothing for me on the first listen but a short second was slightly more interesting
It was not too bad. 2.5
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
Not my jam.
Liked parts of it more than I expected to, but didn’t like most of it
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.
Boring and inoffensive and weird. A few good songs most are unremarkable
Not bad. But brit rock/pop is a bit more difficult for me to enjoy.
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.
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
This is ok I guess just nothing special about it. Beginning to really think British pop bands are trash
A boring 70s album released in the 90s.
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
Eh. British rock just doesn’t seem to resonate with me
I'm about 200 albums in and at least a quarter of them have been some version of this.
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
Just another mediocre britpop album on a list full of mediocre britpop albums. Nothing earth shattering to this. Just meh.
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.
Good but unremarkable to me. I imagine you had to be there at the time.
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
Hearing an extensive selection of post-Beatles British pop music is really making me hate the Beatles. The Beatles are great, they’re the greatest, but the decades of cruddy British bands going “Let’s do a Beatles this time” that follow… was it worth it? I don’t know.
Blah. I've seen people complain about the masses of britpop on this list, and this just drives it home. I didn't find anything of note in this album. Sure, it's not appalling. It's not offensive. It's sonically fine. It's just boring.
Hated this one. It's not my type of music and it was really long too, I couldn't even tolerate it as background music. At some points it sounded like the vocalists were just having fun at karaoke since they were so out of tune. The last portion of the album (the live recordings) also wasn't available anywhere, but I don't think listening to that would've improved my rating. I have to acknowledge that they do some interesting stuff with their instruments though. Also while there is a lot of songs, they didn't sound too samey. Their slower songs in particular sounded interesting!
It’s fine, I kind of found this band annoying at the time this album came out (mainly due to their fans more than anything) and this did little to inspire any change in my opinion. It’s nothing really exceptional and it can get grating at times, I probably won’t go back to it but it was ok to listen to.
Show me magic e Frisbee são as únicas músicas que eu ouviria regularmente. O álbum é divertido, mas muito comercial, músicas muito curtas e padronizadas.
I've been too kind up to this point on ratings albums. This is crap. Nothing that stands out about it at all. Just a mash of noise. Awful
Eh it's alright. Not offensive but pretty not exciting brit 90's/00's alternative rock. The part on frisbee of them sounding like monkeys axed it from a three to a two.
Eh, didn’t hate it but also kind of forgettable.
I DNF'd the album when I put it on last night. This morning I listened to it in it's entirety. It's alright. Generic Brit Rock circa mid 90s. Bland, and unremarkable.
It's ok. Bit of a confused sound. Like they don't know if they want to be Brit-pop or psychedelic rock. 2⭐️
I have a lot of Welsh friends who love this. I just find it amateurish and tedious
Another kind of dryly-produced 90s album that seems like it might have been influential to certain bands, but I don't know what they are. A couple good songs but I don't think I'll be coming back to it.
Not an album I needed to hear before I die. My immediate reaction was "ENOUGH Britpop albums! ENOUGH!!!" Unfortunately, the album did nothing to change that view. There were a couple of tracks that caught my attention in a good way, but overall I thought the album was noisy and a bit goofy. Moving on. Favorite-ish tracks: God! Show Me Magic, Hometown Unicorn.
Er is niet echt iets waar aan ik me meer irriteer dan een duizendste britpop album op deze lijst. Ik begrijp werkelijk waar niet wat hier nu zo ontzettend bijzonder aan was dat dit op de lijst MOEST. Opzich valt het mee hoe kut dit is, het is gewoon ontzettend beige. Niet warm, niet koud, ik heb hier niet echt een mening over, kan dit album een dag aanhebben en dan nog steeds niet vertellen welke nummers er op staan. Something 4 the weekend en Hometown unicorn vielen me trouwens wel positief op, dat red ze van een 1 sterren rating, maar daarbuiten? Maaaaaatig. FAVO: Something 4 the weekend, Hometown Unicorn
Sounded a little bit like Blur. A little bit like Pulp. Maybe a tiny bit like Oasis. It was okay, but I won't seek it out again.
That one sort of dreamy psychedelic song was pretty good. The straight-ahead rock songs, which is most of them, are not very good. In my humble opinion.
p773. 1996. 2 stars. Average Taff band with half decent tunes and crap lyrics. No need for this to be on the list.
Solo atisbos de música en el planeta del ruido.
Messy
A little bit rock, a little bit blues, a little bit punk, a little bit garrage.
It was ok I guess
Good listen, but forgettable. They kind of sound like Guided by Voices, but without quite the coherence or catchiness. I was hoping for more, but I couldn't get into it.
I didn't like Super Furry Animals back in 1996 and I don't like them in 2025...
yeah yeah ok
I completely tuned out while listening to this album, but suddenly realizing "What, this is still playing?". I hope this answers the question if there is anything remotely remarkable about it. 2/5
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Too much distortion for me.
Annoying FM effects and staccato vocal tics open this record. These guys want to be the Beatles. Sorry fellas, your record is just annoying...
This was musically interesting, but we're not far enough removed from the last Elvis Costello album for me to really enjoy a guy that sounds like Elvis Costello.
Unremarkable. But I'm not British, so to each their own.
Fails to distinguish itself from 99% of the other Britpop albums I've ever listened to.
Sometimes I wonder what the criteria is that puts some of these albums into the "must hear before I die" column. Because this was not worth my time.
turrit taas liikentees.. Olin ehkä vihainen.. Mutta tämä lopetus mielestäni todella siisti.. selittämätön.. Ei mielestäni ensimmäinen biisi, vaan jälkimmäinen pop-pomppiva.. JippikaJippika-Ji-Jei-Jei! Lisää!! justjajust ansaitsee kakkosen.. hmpfh... voit jatkaa elämistä.. eläimet elää heh... satanan.. beastialityesque.... ehkä olisi mukavampi kuunnella ilman tätä outo a fetissijuttua, vähän outoa kun sanoi että haluaa koirapiliä pepuliin mutta muuten niinku ihan hyvä? oli tosi hyvä mutta 20 minuutin leijona seksikohtaus tuntui menevän vähän yli.. bad behaviour
Not a fan of what these blokes cooked up here
Reminded me of Pulp but boring
Erm …
Maybe this is why guitar driven pop died? Seems like all the elements for a good record should be there but I just found myself disinterested the whole time. “Hangin’ with Howard Marks” was the best of the mediocre lot imo.
2.5 Bit of a meh burger for me. I could see how they could have a bit of a cult following.
some songs were good others gave me a headache
I’m at a disappointed 2. It’s just soulless music to me. It’s never technically bad in terms of music theory or production, nor does it hit any egregiously low points, but as an album experience from front to back, it starts off bland, peaks around tracks 3-6, and then just stumbles straight into “movie soundtrack bait” from Track 7 all the way to the end, even egregiously daring to finish on a Beatles-esque “repeat the same line for 2 minutes to increasingly complex instrumentation” ending track, which is really the nail in the coffin. The only reason I’m feeling so nice is because of that stretch of Tracks 3-6 – they still feel corporate and manufactured to some degree, but it’s at least hidden well enough by some fun instrumentation and some decent song structures. Something 4 the Weekend is clearly the best track here, and the momentum of that track carried for a bit. As a front to back album experience though, it is an excruciating 41 minutes that never really finds an identity of its own – the first track starting right off with that instrumentation should’ve been a sign that this wasn’t gonna have a great structure as an entire album. I’m just disappointed, because I think there is the framework for a decent album in here, but it can’t stop chasing commercially successful sounds and aping other people’s styles for long enough to find its own identity. With just a bit more time, and a little more room for the tone and substance of each track to breathe, this could be far better than it is. Instead, it just kind of sits there, with a listener waiting for a breakthrough that never comes to fruition. Hence, the 2, because at least it’s not bad to listen to, just sort of dull, but with an occasional burst of energy. Maybe I just didn't get it, I dunno.
Dross
Didn't leave much of an impression, but I'll give it another shot.
This was fine, not great
Meh
More Brit bias incoming! And to no one’s surprise, it sucks. From the singer's voice down to the fact the music fails to bring a retro sound to the ‘90s scene, it’s just an overall poor experience. I listened to most of the album, but one of the last 3 or 4 tracks was so downright annoying, I just hit stop. I couldn’t take the grating on my ears.
At times it sounded like Blur, other times Aladdin Sane-era Bowie, and still other times like Flight of the Conchords (if they had gone back in time about 5yrs and not made any witty music). A solid BritPop album, a seminal Cool Cymru group, and apparently a pit stop for Rhys Ifans on his way to Hollywood. Interesting. Life-altering? Hardly.
ok
A solid 2 stars. I assume someone in the band was a fan of Jeff Lynne.
I did not like this. All my least fav Brit pop things in one album
Just ok
Another mid 90s band from the British Isles, not strictly BRITPOP, but definitely riding the coatails of Oasis. Sounds like a garage rock revival with grungy guitars added to please the kids. Nothing really bad about it but nothing really good either, mostly just uninteresting and derivative.
not my thing
# Playlist track - Something 4 the weekend # Notes - Albums starts right, with high energy and cool guitars. But it completely looses itself along the way. - Band members seem disjointed. And not it a "wow, this is innovative" kind of way. - Similarly, tracks are so disconnected from one another that it feels more like a buckshot fired from a mile. - Overall, a very forgettable experience that I seriously doubt I'll want to repeat.
I know the name but they were never mainstream, nor did they have any radio hits and they aren't a band people still talk about so their window was small. This album got a 20th Anniversary edition makeover so someone liked it! I like the production from the first track, very 90's but energetic and layered nicely. "God! Show Me Magic" is catchy, fast and hooky. "Fuzzy Birds" was heavily influenced by the Beatles Sgt. Pepper. "Frisbee" is like a kazoo orchestra manned by monkey's, it fits the times though. None of the songs are bad, some are overly repetitive, but none of them blow my mind or should be considered super memorable. I don't know how many songs were on the original but the 20th Anniv Edition has 47 songs, some live/demo stuff added. Overkill! Not a Top1000 album I don't think but thanks for introducing me to something I missed in the 90's!
2/5 not bad imo but not a fan either
Some interesting ideas here but this will be “long gone” from my memory banks in very short order.
A very appropriate title given the reasoning and direction the band chose to make this album. Just when I get hooked with some short n’ sweet power pop glam feels, the next song would be slow Syd Barrett-esque left field weirdness. From an artistic standpoint that is fine I guess, but from a listening experience side of things it was totally lacking cohesiveness. Too many genres and sounds competing, which ironically made me forget all of it.
I didn’t like much about this at all. A pretty forgettable album, so I’m just going to appropriately slap it with a 2 and go on living my life.
pretty boring take on British grunge
Ugh
Ok
Not quite mediocre enough to be mediocre. Not quite good enough to be good. Guess it’s ok.
Im not getting whateverit is
Eh
Brit pop more like shit pop
Meh
This was borderline trash.
Less cool version The Dandy Worhals. The songs got aggressively angry and weren’t fun to listen to.
Show Me Magic: too poppy for me. Something 4 the Weekend: within a few seconds I thought this was catchier. Then I see that it's the most-played on the album. Figures. Hometown Unicorn: I liked this a little bit. Listening to Something 4 the Weekend a second time to give the album another chance. It's a bit catchier after multiple listens, but still not great. Overall this album is light and fluffy, but not impressing me.
Pleasant but dull. Not much to say.
Sort of like PinkBeatlePistols mashed together. 2/5
Mid at best
Didn't enjoy this, was glad when it ended.
It was okay, but nothing really stood out to me. My favorite track was "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You."
It’s shocking this band has 2 albums on here. Fuzzy Logic is fine and completely unremarkable. Something 4 the Weekend is the only song that stood out. 5.7/10
I truly don’t understand why this band is on here, and with multiple albums at that. They’re just doing a Beatles impersonation, with some Elvis Costello and Bowie mixed in. The lyrics to every song are completely inane. The hook to one of their songs (“Frisbee”) is a guy making chimp sounds into the mic. I have no idea what I’m missing, but I don’t get it. The main riff and the verses to the opening track are just New Order’s “Blue Monday” set to Gorillaz-style music. It’s catchy and kind of fun, but derivative. Fuzzy Birds sounds like “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” mixed with The Who. “Something 4 the Weekend” also sounds like a ripoff from Sgt Pepper. “Gathering Moss” is the only song with lyrics approaching anything with meaning. Blur, Oasis, Weezer, The Wallflowers, Travis … there are so many better bands with a similar style. Why these guys? I’d probably give it a 3/5 under other circumstances, because it is kind of catchy. It’s not the worst to listen to. But I’m deducting a point because it makes me angry that these guys take up so much real estate on this list for no reason.
It’s just so boring. It’s the aural equivalent of a mayo sandwich on white bread. Couldn’t wait for it to be over.
Non-descript 90's rock
2.5 Already sick of these obscure Brit-pop bands that all sound like worse versions of better bands (in this case, Pulp). At least this one had some nice choruses and harmonies.
Listened this morning, forgot all about it already.
I didn't know it. Some interesting sounds, but nothing that captured my attention very much on a first listen.
Didn't like it that much.
Not a fan
2.5
Quite annoying, didn't really vibe with me
Background noise
D’une insignifiance incommodante, 🦶
I didn't massively enjoy it. I did about 4 songs then went back and listened to Kate bush again
Production quality is horrible on this one. The vocals were also annoying. Each song felt weirdly unstructured.
You know this was a really peaceful album, I was enjoying it until about the 7th track when I realized it was muted. Favorite: gathering moss Least favorite: hometown unicorn 2.6/5
Snoozefest.
Meh.
I’m a fan of britpop to a certain extent, but this one does nothing for me.
Can't put my finger on why but super furry animals just don't do it for me. They generally sound like Ash, Weezer and lots of other bands I like but they are missing the riffs or something else that makes it work. Bits of this sounded like they'd listened to too much Bowie but don't think they nailed that sound. There was nice little bits here and there but can't say I really enjoyed it.
Liked this less than the previous album - nothing really jumped out at me. A terrifically bland listen.
Didn't care for this, songs were a bit eclectic but didn't like the vocals and it felt bloated. Kind of blah, probably not for me.
How much Brit pop is on this list
Dumb. Nonsense. Not pleasant to listen to at all.
Definitely not for me
This was kind of a nothing burger, but I found some tracks catchy.
I listened to the whole album a month ago. Listened again. Nope.
It's fine, I guess? Kind of a mess though. Not sure why it's on this list to be honest.
I had some familiarity with this band. Like a lot of albums there were a couple of strong tracks and plenty of filler. I won;t be rushing to listen again but it wasn't bad enough to stop me making it through the whole album.
This isn’t that bad or anything, I think I’ve just reached the point where I’m extremely tired of yet another random British band from the 80s or 90s. Best song: Something 4 the Weekend
This one didn't do anything for me really, there were elements of nice guitar work, a fairly interesting sound palette and some genre hopping. But overall it didn't really come together as anything meaningful or interesting to me.
No me ha gustado mucho
Not very interesting. Sounds like just another generic British alt rock/pop album. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again
Just a normal album
Didn't really do anything for me. A bit bland.
Välillä Disney channel -musikaalivibat. Aika tylsä silti? Unohtui hetkessä, paitsi laulajan korkeat äänet (en ymmärtänyt miksi siellä piti aina käydä). Nyt kun luin Wikipedia-artikkelin, ymmärsin glamin sieltä mutten psykee - tuon yhdistelmän hakeminen näköjään veti lähinnä kipinän pois glamista.
Jos heidän pitäisi valita suosikkinsa 60-luvun brittibändeistä, valinta olisi The Who. Ei tämä paskaa musiikkia ole, mutta on sanomattomakin selvää, että kappaleet ovat minulle väärästä, vähän raskaasta ja toisaalta hupsuttelevasta muotista.
Not a fan really.
Never heard of this band or album, but enjoyed. Listened twice.
Jag var kanske arg.. Men det här slutande ja tyckker jättekiva.. oförklarlig.. Jag inte tycker at första sången, men den senare pop-studsande.. JippikaJippika-Jei-Jei-Jei! Mer!!
People enjoy listening to this? It’s boring Brit pop, over-synthesized, and hard to decipher. The poppy bits are similar to Weezer, and I’m talking recent Weezer, the bad kind. The slow chorus parts are like John frusciante solo work, however when I think I’m beginning to enjoy it, I realize it still stinks so it’s hard for me to make that comparison and is only a reflection of the dystopian rhythm assembly and reverbed vocals, not in anyway comparable to His majesty.
I might have heard of the name of this band at some time in my lifetime, but I cannot remember ever listening to any of their music. I know nothing of who these men are, or who they listened to growing up to create music that sounds like this. I like the album cover and if I had been browsing a record store and came across this, the intrigue of the artwork would have sparked an interest in opening the album up to listen to. I can't say that I'm instantly in love with their sound, but they are edgy just enough to intrigue me, and I will spend some time listening to one or more of their albums. All the same, they are more pop sounding than my taste cares for. I need something just a little bit weirder, ya know?
Usually 90s is right up my alley, but this wasn’t it. If you don’t want me to destroy you was my favorite of the album.
1. 3/5 2. 1.5/5 3. 3/5 4. 2/5 5. 2/5 6. 1.5/5 7. 2.5/5 8. 3/5 9. 2.5/5 10. 2.5/5 11. 2/5 12. 2.5/5 = 2.33
Super Furry Animals sound like what an Oasis album would sound like if Oasis decided to be quirky. This was fucking annoying and another classic example of Britpop being hoisted up by British twat media when in actuality it is super obnoxious annoying shit. It’s was both generic and eclectic if that makes any sense, like at it’s core it was just a constant generic alt garage rock sound and then they added unnecessary vocal quirks and additional unnecessary musical elements that were more noise than anything. I think they thought they’re cute and funny and but I didn’t find them to be anything but shit. 2 stars
Bit boring to be honest