Fuzzy Logic

構成数 : 2枚
合計収録時間 : 00:53:43
Super Furry Animals: Gruff Rhys (vocals, guitar); Huw "Bunf" Bunford (guitar); Cian Ciaran (keyboards); Guto Pryce (bass); Dafydd Leuan (drums). Super Furry Animals: Guto Pryce (Hammond b-3 organ, bass guitar, hand claps); Gruff Rhys, Huw Bunford, Cian Ciaran, Dafydd Ieuan (hand claps). Personnel: Huw Bunford (vocals, guitar, E-bow, cello); Gruff Rhys (vocals, guitar); Dafydd Ieuan (vocals, piano, drums, percussion); Cian Ciaran (vocals, keyboards); Lindsay Higgs (balalaika); Matthew Everett, Chris "Kartier" Williams (violin); Helen Spargo (viola); Catherine Tanner (cello); Simon James (flute, saxophone); Andrew Frizell (recorder, saxophone, trombone); Martin Cruz Smith (trumpet, tenor horn); Gorwel Owen (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Jez Francis (piano). Additional personnel: Matthew Everett, Helen Spargo (violin); Chris Williams (viola); Martin Smith (trumpet, tenor horn); Gorwel Owen (Hammond b-3 organ); Simon James, Jez Francis, Catherine Tanner, Andrew Frizell, Lindsay Higgs. Recording information: Rockfield Studios, Wales. Photographers: Kevin Tame; Dieter Eikelpoth; Stefan de Batselier; Dewi Emlyn. Super Furry Animals' debut, FUZZY LOGIC, introduced the Welsh quintet's willfully idiosyncratic sensibility, catchy songcraft, and genre-synthesizing rock in grand style. While the band's ambition is sometimes a liability, it is hard not to be intoxicated by the musical merry-go-round here, from the hard-driving punk-pop of "God! Show Me Magic" to the expansive psych-lounge vibe of "Mario Man." Crunching guitars, keyboard flourishes, and lushly layered harmonies combine to create a surreal, dynamically diverse, and totally engaging set. The Super Furries include among their touchstones late-'60s psychedelia ("Fuzzy Birds"), surging punk ("Frisbee"), arty Britpop a la the Kinks ("Hometown Unicorn"), and tongue-in-cheek anthems ("If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You"). Often the group will mix these elements within a single song, as on the alternately jittery and sweepingly melodic pop gem "Something 4 the Weekend." SFA would go on to release albums even more eclectic than FUZZY LOGIC, but the hooks, energy, and freewheeling fun of this record still make it one of their best.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)