Radiator (album) 2519380 225222721 2008-07-12T15:24:52Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Otheruses|Radiator (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Radiator | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[Super Furry Animals]] | Cover = Radiator-SFA.jpg | Released = [[25 August]] [[1997]] | Recorded = 1997 | Genre = [[Alternative rock]] | Length = 46:54 | Label = [[Creation Records|Creation]] | Producer = Gorwel Owen | Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4mzyxdsb1olk~T00 link] *[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] (8.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/super-furry-animals/radiator.shtml link] | Last album = ''[[Fuzzy Logic (album)|Fuzzy Logic]]''<br />(1996) | This album = '''''Radiator'''''<br />(1997) | Next album = ''[[Ice Hockey Hair]]''<br />(1998) | Misc = {{Singles | Name = Radiator | Type = album | Single 1 = [[Hermann ♥'s Pauline]] | Single 1 date = [[24 May]], 1997 | Single 2 = [[The International Language of Screaming]] | Single 2 date = [[12 October]], 1997 | Single 3 = [[Play It Cool (Super Furry Animals song)|Play It Cool]] | Single 3 date = [[22 September]], 1997 | Single 4 = [[Demons (Super Furry Animals song)|Demons]] | Single 4 date = [[17 November]], 1997 }} }} '''''Radiator''''' is the second album by the [[Super Furry Animals]]. It peaked at #8 on the UK charts.<ref name="everyhit">{{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}}</ref> In 2005, it was reissued with a bonus disc of other tracks from the time. In 2000 [[Q magazine|''Q'' magazine]] placed ''Radiator'' at number 73 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. Singer [[Gruff Rhys]] has described ''Radiator'' as "more interesting" than the band's debut ''[[Fuzzy Logic (album)|Fuzzy Logic]]'' with the group taking advantage of producer [[Gorwel Owen|Gorwel Owen's]] "[[Atari]] computers, and banks of old vintage [[synthesizer|synths]]" to create an album which was "musically ... much more adventurous".<ref name=Uncut>{{cite journal|first = Piers|last = Martin|title = Album by album: Super Furry Animals|journal = [[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|volume = 131|pages = 70–72|date = April 2008}}</ref> ==Track listing== #"Furryvision" – 1:26 #"The Placid Casual" – 2:49 #"[[The International Language of Screaming]]" – 2:14 #"[[Demons (Super Furry Animals song)|Demons]]" – 5:11 #"Short Painkiller" – 0:38 #"She's Got Spies" – 4:43 #"[[Play It Cool (Super Furry Animals song)|Play It Cool]]" – 3:16 #"[[Hermann ♥'s Pauline]]" <!-- sic --> – 4:43 #"Chupacabras" – 1:26 #"Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir" – 1:54 #"Bass Tuned to D.E.A.D" – 3:20 #"Down a Different River" – 5:37 #"Download" – 3:19 #"Mountain People" – 6:18 ===Reissue bonus disc=== #"Mu-tron" – 3:16 #"nO.K." – 2:12 #"Foxymusic" – 3:49 #"Hit & Run" – 3:29 #"Wrap It Up" – 3:25 "nO.K." plays the theme of "The International Language of Screaming" on an acoustic guitar, without the vocals, accentuating the alphabet being read in both English and Welsh in the background. As the title implies, the recitations of the alphabets omit the letter "K". This was in response to the popularity of [[Kula Shaker]] at the time who had adopted the letter K as part of their manifesto. SFA recorded nO.K leaving out the letter K as an anti Kula-Shaker stance. {{Fact|date=February 2008}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub}} {{Super Furry Animals}} [[Category:Super Furry Animals albums]] [[Category:1997 albums]] [[Category:Creation Records albums]]