Super Furry Animals – Radiator {20th Anniversary Edition} (1997/2017) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Super Furry Animals – Radiator {20th Anniversary Edition} (1997/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:39:17 minutes | 3,38 GB | Genre: Alternative, Indie
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: Qobuz | Front Cover | © BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd

RADIATOR is the acclaimed Welsh indie rockers seminal 2nd album. A fusion of power pop, punk rock, techno and progressive rock – creating a shimmering, melodic, irreverent and artsy rock & roll. A heady, impressive kaleidoscope of sounds which, giving Radiator an intoxicating, otherworldly atmosphere. One of the few late-’90s albums that sounds inventive, vibrant, and utterly contemporary. This 2CD Deluxe edition contains the original 1997 album beautifully remastered from the analogue tapes + B-sides, alternate versions and unreleased demos.

Using the psychedelicized prog-punk of Fuzzy Logic as a foundation, Super Furry Animals move even further into left field on their second album, Radiator. As before, the group displays a gift for catchy, deceptively complex melodic hooks, but now its songwriting and arrangements are mind-bogglingly intricate and eclectic. Songs boast intertwining melodies and countermelodies, with guitars and keyboards swirling around the vocals. Similarly, the production is dense and heavy with detail, borrowing heavily from prog rock and psychedelic pop, but pieced together with the invention of techno and played with the energy of punk. It’s a heady, impressive kaleidoscope of sounds, but what gives Radiator its weight is the way the sonics complement the songwriting. SFA’s songs are melodic, accessible, and utterly original – melodically, they may borrow from ’60s pop, but they rearrange the clichés in fresh ways. Also, Gruff Rhys has a fondness for revolutionary politics and the bizarre that helps give Radiator its intoxicating, otherworldly atmosphere, making it one of the few late-’90s albums that sounds inventive, vibrant, and utterly contemporary.

Tracklist

DISC 1:
01 – Furryvision
02 – The Placid Casual
03 – The International Language of Screaming
04 – Demons
05 – Short Painkiller
06 – She’s Got Spies
07 – Play It Cool
08 – Hermann Loves Pauline
09 – Chupacabras
10 – Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir
11 – Bass Tuned to D.E.A.D.
12 – Down a Different River
13 – Download
14 – Mountain People
15 – Smokin’
16 – Ice Hockey Hair
17 – Mu-Tron
18 – Let’s Quit Smoking
19 – Smoke
20 – Dim Ysmygu (Alternate Mix of ‘Smoke’)
21 – The Boy with the Thorn in His Side

DISC 2:
22 – Cryndod Yn Dy Lais
23 – Hit and Run
24 – Foxy Music
25 – Pass the Time
26 – Calimero
27 – B Side
28 – Carry the Can
29 – Wrap It Up
30 – Trons Mr. Urdd
31 – nO.K., Frosty Night in Gothenberg
32 – Play It Cool (Original U.K. LP Mix)
33 – SFA Theme (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 – 19.12.96)
34 – The International Language of Screaming (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 – 19.12.96)
35 – Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 – 19.12.96)
36 – Down a Different River (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 – 19.12.96)
37 – She’s Got Spies (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 – 19.12.96)
38 – Hit and Run (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 – 19.12.96)
39 – Mountain People (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 – 19.12.96)
40 – Play It Cool (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 – 19.12.96)
41 – Bass Tuned to D.E.A.D. (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 – 19.12.96)
42 – Naff Gan (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 – 19.12.96)
43 – The Placid Casual (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 – 19.12.96)
44 – Music Box (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 – 19.12.96)