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Rings Around the World

by Super Furry Animals

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    of 455,319
    837
  • 2000's
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    74
  • 2001
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    8
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating: 3.3600 Rings Around the World is ranked overall as 3.3600 out of 4 stars
Avg. Critic Score: 3.3097 Rings Around the World has an avg. critic score of 3.3097 out of 4 stars

Rings Around the World Album Reviews

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Excellent
4
 
(15)
Very Good
3
 
(13)
Good
2
 
(4)
Fair
1
 
(0)
Poor
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(2)

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The Super Furries have never fallen from grace with the indie fraternity, who receive every transmission from the Welsh five piece with arms open wide. ...more
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Rings Around the World might be stylistically all over the place, and some people may think it sounds like Super Furry Animals are desperately trying to show the world how clever they are, but it's so much fun to listen to, that it hardly matters. ...more
Rolling Stone
A widescreen musical masterpiece with a knowing wink
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Nude As The News
Rings Around The World takes another twelve bold strides forward, applying the technology explored on earlier efforts like Radiator and Guerrilla and the restraint exercised on the more lo-fi Mwng to a fresh set of songs that stretch the group's...read the complete review at Nude As The News
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Q Magazine
Aurally, Super Furry Animals are evolving into a hybrid of Blur and The Cardiacs. (Drawing) Rings Around The World, Shoot Doris Day and Presidential Suite are excellent, most of the remainder pass muster, but there's nothing to change anyone's world....read the complete review at Q Magazine
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Dusted Magazine
In 1996, the Super Furry Animal's debut single, "Something for the Weekend," was overshadowed by their Michael Jackson-offending, Australia-banned, Justine Fleischman-dating Britpop rivals. Sounding more "Charmless Man" than "Common People," the song...read the complete review at Dusted Magazine

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