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Phantom Power
by Super Furry Animals
ALBUM RANKINGS:
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating:
3.3764
Avg. Critic Score:
3.3300
Phantom Power Rank 3 Reviews
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ShakingThrough.netThere's a newfound depth to the Furries' music, a sense that no matter how hard the band tries to keep things positive, the darkness in the world has managed to encroach on its outlook and musical approach. ...more
Yahoo! Music It's absurd, but Super Furry Animals have long been regarded as something of a novelty act. A superior novelty act, maybe, but - despite having five albums under their belt - one not properly deserving of admission to the pantheon of British Rock Greats. ...more
Ink 19Some may consider the Super Furries to be treading water on Phantom Power because it feels comfortable and familiar. But when something sounds this good and touches this many bases, I'll take a few more like this one. ...more
BillboardA diverse collection of intricately composed pop music, in the broadest sense of the genre. ...more
SplendidAs mindlessly captivating an album as you're likely to hear all year. ...more
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Amazon.comSure, it's a jumble, but, like the Beatles' White Album, it hangs together. ...more
Nude As The NewsYet another shining psychedelic opus. ...more
PopMattersThough not quite as spectacular as Rings Around the World, Phantom Power is still one of the most refreshingly original and fun releases of the summer. ...more
Dot MusicA dreamy, sun-dappled delight, blending pastoral folk, psychedelia, free-wheeling, West Coast Americana and orchestral pop with such apparent effortlessness that its darker lyrical themes - the workings of sinister, invisible forces and the destruction ...more
All Music GuidePhantom Power is a very good album (and, again, compared to many of SFA's peers in 2003, it is far ahead of the pack), but it does lack some of the things that made earlier Super Furry Animals so exhilarating -- the grit, the wild abandon, the absurdity, ...more
Entertainment WeeklyThe Welsh quintet's concept-album ambitions are undercut by inherent goofiness, especially when the band parodies Robert Johnson (''Golden Retriever'') and Iron Maiden (''Out of Control''). ...more
Stylus MagazineEven if the album sounds more restrained, there is nothing holding back the quality of the material. ...more
Rolling StoneDensely composed yet effortlessly melodic. ...more
Stylus MagazineIslipped offRings Around The Worldlike an ant off frictionless glass, its expensive and slick production screaming 'maturity!' and 'longevity!' at me until I couldn't hold on anymore and had to let go. Nonplussed byFuzzy Logic, in ...more
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