Fuzzy Logic | ||||
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Studio album by Super Furry Animals | ||||
Released | 20 May 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Studio | Rockfield Studios | |||
Genre | Art rock,glam rock,pop,psychedelia,punk rock,rock | |||
Length | 41:47 | |||
Label | Creation | |||
Producer | Gorwel Owen, Super Furry Animals | |||
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Singles from Fuzzy Logic | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
Mojo | |
NME | 8/10 |
Pitchfork Media | 8.4/10 |
Q | |
Rolling Stone | |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Uncut | 9/10 |
Vox | 9/10 |
Fuzzy Logic is the debut album by the Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals. Recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales, and released on the Creation label in May 1996, it was positively received by critics, who felt it was an eclectic if inconsistent mix of psychedelic music and glam rock, and was included in Q Magazine's list of recordings of the year. It has retained a modest respect among some critics; it was listed in Q's "Best British Albums Ever" in July 2004, and is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It contains two top 20 hits in "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" and "Something 4 the Weekend"; it also contains the singles "God! Show Me Magic" and "Hometown Unicorn". It reached number 23 in the UK Albums Chart on release.
In a 2008 interview with Uncut Gruff Rhys described the process of making the album:
Although the album was conceived as a reaction to Britpop which the band felt represented a "conservative backwards movement in music" they soon realised that they were in an "old 70's studio making [a] 70's rock album". Former members Rhys Ifans and Dic Ben contributed to the track "Long Gone" by leaving an answerphone message which plays as the song comes to a close.
The album cover is a montage of photos of Welsh-born drug smuggler Howard Marks, the subject of the song "Hangin' with Howard Marks". Marks visited Rockfield during the making of the album at the band's request.