 | Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals
Buy new: £6.67 / Used from: £2.18 Where it began; to be honest I've never liked this that much, although Hometown Unicorn and If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You are both fabulous. A good start, but better was to come.
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 | Radiator by Super Furry Animals
Buy new: £7.79 / Used from: £0.99 This is where they get REALLY good, REALLY fast; Radiator is just a collection of brilliant, skewed, psychedelic, late 90s pop, mixing great hooks with terrific production and fantastic creativity.
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 | Outspaced by Super Furry Animals
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.21 Collection of early b-sides and rareties, including the classic Man Don't Give A F*** single; this hangs together really well and has a handful of classic moments like the groovy Smokin'.
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 | Ice Hockey Hair by Super Furry Animals
Buy used from: £1.79 Wicked stand-alone EP with two amazing songs and two interesting sonic diversions, too; one song made it onto Out Spaced, but the title track is worth finding.
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 | Guerrilla by Super Furry Animals
Buy used from: £0.90 Amazingly, they then improved; this perhaps loses some of the songwriting peaks of Radiator, but takes SFA into outer space as far as compelling, experimental pop goes. Astounding.
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 | Mwng by Super Furry Animals
Buy used from: £5.94 First non-Creation release, this Welsh-language LP is still required listening even for English heathens; less overtly techno-influenced, it has a raft of SFA's best songs, and beautiful arrangements.
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 | Rings Around the World by Super Furry Animals
Buy new: £5.37 / Used from: £1.55 First album for Sony, and SFA's most ambitious record; swings wildly from country ballads (with political lyrics) to full-on techno experiments. A fan fave, if not mine.
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 | Phantom Power by Super Furry Animals
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.91 Despite the brown cover, this is a technicolour record; doesn't so much break new ground, as redo all SFA did before, just as well. Because of this it can get forgotten, but it's great. Piccolo Snare!
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 | Love Kraft by Super Furry Animals
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.96 Last album for Sony, and arguably their weakest; maturity sets in a little, songs elongate and tempos reduce. Some amazingly accomplished music, just a little less compelling than before.
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 | Hey Venus! by Super Furry Animals
Buy new: £12.78 / Used from: £1.53 First album for Rough Trade, and the band's shortest, poppiest, rockiest so far. A much needed reinvigoration and reminder of their psychedelic pop roots.
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 | Dark Days/Light Years by Super Furry Animals
Buy new: £11.78 / Used from: £9.83 SFA's grooviest album; lots of krautrock and motorik rhythms are thrown into the psychedelic pop mix here, and the results are terrific; my favourite since Guerilla.
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