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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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
NME | 9/10 |
Pitchfork Media | 8.6/10 |
PopMatters | 8/10 |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Tiny Mix Tapes | 5/5 |
Radiator is the second album by Super Furry Animals. It was released in August 1997 by Creation Records, and later the same year in the United States under Flydaddy Records. It peaked at number eight on the UK Albums Chart. In 2005, it was reissued with a bonus disc of other tracks from the time.
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".
In 2000 Q magazine placed Radiator at number 73 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. Stylus Magazine named Radiator in a list of ten essential albums released by Creation Records in a 2003 article about the label.
All tracks written by Super Furry Animals.