It was just over a year ago that the Super Furry Animals announced that for their new album, a nearly unprecidented release would hit the earth. Not only would the CD release come out, but a DVD that contained videos for each of the songs, as well as ...more
Almost Cool
It was just over a year ago that the Super Furry Animals announced that for their new album, a nearly unprecidented release would hit the earth. Not only would the CD release come out, but a DVD that contained videos for each of the songs, as well ...more
ShakingThrough.net
The July 2001 UK release of Rings Around The World , the fifth full length from Welsh pop experimentalists Super Furry Animals, promised to be the artistic culmination of the group's unique, genre-bending brand of music. While it proved to be a peak ...more
Neumu.net
The Super Furries have indulgently embraced a collision of musical elements; what we hear is a jarring, yet surprisingly seamless, mix of sounds and exceptional songwriting.... Their best work to date. ...more
Playlouder
A triumph of style and content, a precious thing and proof positive that acid is well good for you. ...more
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Launch.com
Yes, it's an earful of music, but it's a good earful, with more smarts, twists, turns and ear-pleasing trickery than one band should be allowed. ...more
Neumu
The Super Furries are back to save the universe. Rings Around the World, the Welsh five-piece's fifth album, is indeed an epic; the songs and styles are complicated, but always keep sight of the band's signature Super Furry charm. This album ...more
All Music Guide
This is the first SFA album not to progress from its predecessor, or offer the shock of the new, and that's hard not to miss -- but, if this is the first SFA record you hear, it'll likely intrigue, even dazzle, with its kaleidoscopic blend of pop, prog, ...more
All Music Guide
Super Furry Animals' leap to a major label in the U.K. withRings Around the Worldisn't that drastic of a change --Fuzzy Logicwas also released on Epic in the U.S., Creation was subsidized by Sony, and they never were exactly wanting of money on ...more
Under The Radar
) Since their 1995 debut on the late great Creation Records, the Super Furry Animals have remained one of the most consistantly interesting bands to come out of Britain. Unfortunatly, they’ve been largely ignored on this side of the ...more
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