Track Listing

1. God! Show Me Magic
2. Fuzzy Birds
3. Something For The Weekend
4. Frisbee
5. Hometown Unicorn
6. Gathering Moss
7. If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You
8. Bad Behaviour
9. Mario Man
10. Hangin' With Howard Marks
11. Long Gone
12. For Now And Ever

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #57604 in Music
• Released on: 2001-01-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

CD Description
Super Furry Animals' debut, FUZZY LOGIC, introduced the Welsh quintet's willfully idiosyncratic sensibility, catchy songcraft, and genre-synthesising rock in grand style. While the band's ambition is sometimes a liability, it is hard not to be intoxicated by the musical merry-go-round here, from the hard-driving punk-pop of "God! Show Me Magic" to the expansive psych-lounge vibe of "Mario Man". Crunching guitars, keyboard flourishes, and lushly layered harmonies combine to create a surreal, dynamically diverse, and totally engaging set.
The Super Furries include among their touchstones late-'60s psychedelia ("Fuzzy Birds"), surging punk ("Frisbee"), arty Britpop a la the Kinks ("Hometown Unicorn"), and tongue-in-cheek anthems ("If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You").Often the group will mix these elements within a single song, as on the alternately jittery and sweepingly melodic pop gem "Something 4 the Weekend". SFA would go on to release albums even more eclectic than FUZZY LOGIC, but the hooks, energy, and freewheeling fun of this record still make it one of their best.

Customer Reviews

Furrymania!
This is the greatest album ever made. One of the first albums I bought when I was a teenager and had just got access to CDs. I remember seeing God! Show Me Magic on an old TV show called The Chart Show in the UK and just thinking, "Here's my new favourite band". Ranting aside, for the uninitiated this plays like an electric version of Hunky Dory by Bowie (which also rules), except with recorders, balalaikas and techno undertones here and there. For those who've heard SFA's later stuff but not this, this is a louder sound with more guitars and less smoothness, and frankly, I think it's better. Imagine Guerrilla with less steel drum and more glam rock, and you're maybe half-way there. It's awesome.

they showed me magic
i bought this the week it came out, i was hunting aroung the legendary naffness of 'ourprice' and they had this as their 'album of the week' or something like that. i was intrigued to say the least. purchased it. went home. put it on the player and...God!!. never looked back, SFA rule, as far as i'm concerned they are relatively unsuccessful and that in itself is a travesty of musical justice. they are a tremendous amalgam of all things that ever made music good and only he/she who is a fool would not dig this (and the rest of the albums) to be classics. being a bit of a muso dweeb, i hadnt felt so emotional about hearing an album since the stone roses released their legendary 1st album. i seen them live also, their live version of demons, on 2nd album, had bleedin mariachi mexican trumpeters! oooh yeas). Never mind wanting to get in on the welsh thing, this is a purely musical thing. strips away all boundaries and conventions and the impression that it is just a sonic mindblower is apparent... S'pose the point is this is the one that started it all and it is absolutely, core-shakingly, undeniably and hunt-me-down-and-kill-me if i'm wrong...essential.

Good ... but they did get better
I enjoyed the slightly later SFA albums (Rings Around the World, Guerilla especially) and this is a slight disappointment compared to those. It is a little less polished or well-produced and although some people will see that as an advantage, I was left with the impression that SFA went on to better things.

Still, it has some good songs on it and any fan will find something in it to enjoy.