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Fuzzy Logic (album)

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
Super Furry Animals chronology
Moog Droog
(1995)Moog Droog1995
Fuzzy Logic
(1996)
Radiator
(1997)Radiator1997
Singles from Fuzzy Logic
  1. "Hometown Unicorn"
    Released: 26 February 1996
  2. "God! Show Me Magic"
    Released: 29 April 1996
  3. "Something 4 the Weekend"
    Released: 1 July 1996
  4. "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You"
    Released: 30 September 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4/5 stars
Mojo 4/5 stars
NME 8/10
Pitchfork Media 8.4/10
Q 4/5 stars
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3/5 stars
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.


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