Fuzzy Logic (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Fuzzy Logic
Type = Album
Artist = Super Furry Animals


Released = May 22, 1996
Recorded = 1996
Genre = Alternative rock Britpop Psychedelic rock
Length = 43:47
Label = Creation
Producer = Gorwel Owen, Super Furry Animals
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7c1tk6rxqkrh~T00 link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.4/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22151-fuzzy-logic-radiator-out-spaced-guerilla-mwng link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/superfurryanimals/albums/album/219278/review/5942349/fuzzy_logic link]
Last album = "Moog Droog" (1995)
This album = "Fuzzy Logic" (1996)
Next album = "Radiator" (1997)
Misc = Singles
Name = Fuzzy Logic
Type = album
Single 1 = Hometown Unicorn
Single 1 date = 26 February, 1996
Single 2 = God! Show Me Magic
Single 2 date = 29 April, 1996
Single 3 = Something 4 the Weekend
Single 3 date = 1 July, 1996
Single 4 = If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You
Single 4 date = 30 September, 1996

"Fuzzy Logic" is the debut album by the Super Furry Animals. It was listed in Q Magazine's Best British Albums Ever in July 2004, and in the same magazine's Top 10 Britpop Albums Ever in December 1996 and features in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" [ [http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/1001albums.htm Outline Page ] ] . It contains two top 20 hits in "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" and "Something 4 the Weekend"; it also contains the singles "God! Show Me Magic" and "Hometown Unicorn". It reached #23 in the UK Albums Chart on release.cite web|last=|first=|title=Search Results -- Albums|work=http://www.everyhit.com|date=2008-03-24|url=http://www.everyhit.com|accessdate=2008-03-24]

The name comes from a mathematical term which describes terms that are easy to understand by humans but are not so easily understood by computers.

Recording

In a 2008 interview with "Uncut" Gruff Rhys described the process of making the album:

Although the album was conceived as a reaction to Britpop which the band felt represented a "conservative backwards movement in music" they soon realised that they were in an "old 70's studio making [a] 70's rock album".

Former members Rhys Ifans and Dic Ben contributed to the track "Long Gone" by leaving an answerphone message which plays as the song comes to a close.cite album-notes |title=Fuzzy Logic |albumlink=Fuzzy Logic (album) |bandname=Super Furry Animals |year=1996 |notestitle= |url= |first= |last= |pages= [p.6] |format=CD booklet |publisher=Creation Records|publisherid=CRECD190 |location=London |mbid=01d75a71-fef6-430b-832f-41a3dc02d594]

Cover

"Fuzzy Logic" is often noted for its cover depicting a variety of photos of international drug smuggler Howard Marks. Marks, who is paid tribute to on the song "Hangin' with Howard Marks", visited Rockfield during the making of the album at the band's request "wearing leather trousers and a cloak with a big entourage". As a result, the band later struck up a friendship with Marks, and are referenced in his autobiography "Mr Nice".

In 2005, the album was reissued with a second bonus disc containing additional tracks recorded around the same time period as the album.

Track listing

All songs by Super Furry Animals.

#"God! Show Me Magic" – 1:50
#"Fuzzy Birds" – 2:27
#"Something For the Weekend" – 2:50
#"Frisbee" – 2:21
#"Hometown Unicorn" – 3:33
#"Gathering Moss" – 3:22
#"If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" – 3:17
#"Bad Behaviour" – 4:26
#"Mario Man" – 4:07
#"Hangin (with Howard Marks)" – 4:20
#"Long Gone" – 5:20
#"For Now and Ever" – 3:32

Reissue Bonus CD

# "Organ yn Dy Geg" – 2:56
# "Crys Ti" – 1:56
# "Lazy Life (Of No Fixed Identity)" – 2:15
# "Death by Melody" – 2:32
# "Waiting to Happen" – 2:34

Personnel

FA

*Gruff Rhys – Vocals, Guitars, Analogues, Claps
*Dafydd Ieuan - Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Piano, Claps
*Cian Ciaran – Keyboards, Analogues, Vocals, Claps
*Guto Pryce - Bass Guitar, Hammond, Claps, Analogues
*Huw Bunford – Guitars, Vocals, E-Bow, Cello, Claps

Additional musicians

*Gorwel Owen - Piano, Hammond, Rhodes
*Jez Francis - Piano on "God! Show Me Magic"
*Matthew Everett - Violin
*Chris Williams - Violin
*Helen Sparro - Viola
*Catherine Tanner - Cello
*Martin Smith - Trumpet, Tenor Horn
*Simon James - Saxophone, Flute
*Andrew Frizell - Saxophone, Recorder, Trombone
*Lindsay Higgs - Balalaika
*Rhys Ifans & Dic Ben - Answering machine message on "Long Gone"

Credits

* SFA - Songs, Production
* Gorwel Owen - Production
* Andy Wilkinson - Engineering
* Nick Brine - Assistance
* Brian Cannon @ Microdot - Design, Art Direction
* Toby Egelnick - Inside Design, Layout

References