Fuzzy Logic 20Th Anniversary Album Reissue

一筋縄ではいかない一捻りも二捻りもあるポップ・センスでUKロック・シーンに独自のポジションを築いている、ウェールズ出身のインディー・ロック・グループ、SUPER FURRY ANIMALS(スーパー・ファーリー・アニマルズ)。UKシーンに鮮烈な印象を与えたデビュー・アルバム『FUZZY LOGIC』は発売20周年を記念して、オリジナル・マスターからの新リマスター音源の180グラム重量盤アナログLPレコードで発売!

Rolling Stone (10/17/96, p.132) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...while FUZZY LOGIC is rich in hallucinogenic spirit and shimmering guitars, SFA also evoke the decadent '70s pop of Mott The Hoople and David Bowie, while the album's celestial-flute passages and overdriven guitar storms resemble...Mercury Rev..." Alternative Press (1/97, pp.81-83) - 5 (out of 5) - "...[Super Furry Animals] dive into their overwhelming toychests and deliver the stuff of which fearless dreams are forged." Melody Maker (12/21-28/96, pp.66-67) - Ranked #3 on Melody Maker's list of 1996's `Albums Of The Year.' Melody Maker (5/11/96, p.40) - Recommended - "...Once, there were drugs. Now there are Super Furry Animals....FUZZY LOGIC contains 12 deceptively gleeful, fun-size trips. Nothing has made me feel quite like it since staying in and playing [Supergrass'] I SHOULD COCO first presented itself as a substitute for going out and picking mushrooms..." Mojo (Publisher) (6/96, p.120) - "Most impressively, [FUZZY LOGIC] features often impossibly hare-brained lyrics that make reference to shellsuits, unicorns and by-pass roads, and a tremendous sense of playful experimentation." NME (Magazine) (12/21-28/96, pp.66-67) - Ranked #4 in NME's 1996 critics' poll. Paste (magazine) - "Defining single 'Something 4 the Weekend' provides three minutes of joy in which SFA's tinkering with melody and tone works just right, and the (appropriately) fuzzy 'Frisbee' has got some infectious bounce."

Super Furry Animals are eclectic, to say the least. Fusing together pop melodies, psychedelia, and art rock with an impish, punky fury, the band cover more ground on their debut album, Fuzzy Logic, than most indie bands do in their entire career. However, the album works better as a series of moments than as a collection, mainly due to their overreaching ambition. Each song floats by on irresistible, catchy vocal harmonies, while the music alternates between glitzy overdriven guitars and sighing, sweeping keyboard, guitar, and string backdrops. Over these lush sonic beds, lead vocalist Gruff sings lyrics that are either mystical, nonsensical, or bizarrely funny -- none of the songs make much literal sense, but that doesn't quite matter when the music is as free-spirited as this. The songs may start conventionally, but they'll be undercut by wild synthesizers and careening guitar solos, or off-kilter vocal melodies. Taken as individual moments -- as the singles "God! Show Me Magic" (relatively straight-ahead punk-pop), "Hometown Unicorn" (gorgeous psychedelia), and "Something 4 the Weekend" (which finds the middle ground between the first two singles) prove -- the music of Super Furry Animals is quite intoxicating, but when assembled together, they don't sustain momentum. However, the individual pleasures of each song become more apparent with each listen and Fuzzy Logic suggests that the group could blossom into something quite distinctive and utterly unique within a few albums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine