Radiator (album)
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| Radiator | ||||
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| Studio album by Super Furry Animals | ||||
| Released | 25 August 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 46:54 | |||
| Label | Creation, Flydaddy | |||
| Producer | Gorwel Owen & Super Furry Animals | |||
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| Singles from Radiator | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.6/10)[2] |
| PopMatters | (favourable)[3] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [4] |
Radiator is the second album by Super Furry Animals. It was released in August 1997 by Creation Records, and later the same year in America under Flydaddy Records. It peaked at #8 on the UK charts.[5] In 2005, it was reissued with a bonus disc of other tracks from the time.
In 2000 Q magazine placed Radiator at number 73 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.
Singer Gruff Rhys has described Radiator as "more interesting" than the band's debut Fuzzy Logic with the group taking advantage of producer Gorwel Owen's "Atari computers, and banks of old vintage synths" to create an album which was "musically ... much more adventurous".[6]
The track 'Download' repeatedly appeared on the hit Welsh TV Show 'Lois' about a young teenage girl struggling to come to terms with her anorexia.
Release and reception
Stylus Magazine named Radiator in a list of "Ten essential albums" released by Creation Records in a 2003 article about the label.[7]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Super Furry Animals.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Furryvision™" (Instrumental) | 1:25 |
| 2. | "The Placid Casual" | 2:49 |
| 3. | "The International Language of Screaming" | 2:14 |
| 4. | "Demons" | 5:12 |
| 5. | "Short Painkiller" (Instrumental) | 0:38 |
| 6. | "She's Got Spies" | 4:43 |
| 7. | "Play It Cool" | 3:16 |
| 8. | "Hermann ♥'s Pauline" | 4:43 |
| 9. | "Chupacabras" | 1:26 |
| 10. | "Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir" | 1:54 |
| 11. | "Bass Tuned to D.E.A.D" | 3:20 |
| 12. | "Down a Different River" | 5:37 |
| 13. | "Download" | 3:19 |
| 14. | "Mountain People" | 6:14 |
| 2005 reissue bonus CD | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Mu-Tron" | 3:16 |
| 2. | "nO.K" | 2:12 |
| 3. | "Foxymusic" | 3:49 |
| 4. | "Hit & Run" | 3:29 |
| 5. | "Wrap It Up" | 3:25 |
- Some American releases were packaged with Out Spaced, the bands 1998 b-sides collection.
Personnel
- Gruff Rhys- vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, Moog, claps
- Huw Bunford- electric guitar, backing vocals
- Cian Ciaran- electronics, Rhodes piano, piano, backing vocals, claps
- Guto Pryce- bass, sub-bass, claps
- Dafydd Ieuan- drums, percussion, backing vocals, piano
- Les Morrison- banjo (Demons)
- Gorwel Owen- E-Bow, samples, electric harpsichord, backwards Rhodes
- Martin Smith- trumpet
- Simon James- tenor sax and flute
- Andrew Frizzell- trombone and alto sax
- The Electra Strings:
- Sonia Slany- violin
- Jules Singleton- violin
- Clair Arster- viola
- Dinah Beamish- cello
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Pitchfork Media review
- ↑ PopMatters review
- ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review
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