Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1
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Mario Caldato Jr, Super Furry Animals | ||||
Super Furry Animals chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Pitchfork Media | 8.9/10 link |
PopMatters | 8/10 link |
Rolling Stone | link |
Stylus Magazine | A link |
Yahoo! Music | [1] |
Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 collects all of the
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). Songbook... was released in the UK in October 2004, debuting at #18 on the UK album charts. The collection didn't see a U.S. release until January 2005.
According to bassist Guto Pryce the album was "something that the record company wanted to do, and we were fine with that, but we were in the middle of making ... Love Kraft [so that] was where our heads were at". Despite this they did pick the track listing, a process they found easy. The band performed just two gigs in support of the album as they considered a 'greatest hits tour' "wasn't really us".[2]
Track listing
- "Something 4 the Weekend" – 2:52
- "It's Not the End of the World?" – 3:29
- "Northern Lites" – 3:31
- "Juxtapozed with U" – 3:11
- "Slow Life" – 6:59
- "Fire in My Heart" – 2:52
- "The Man Don't Give a Fuck" – 4:48
- "Hermann Loves Pauline" – 4:09
- "Play It Cool" – 3:19
- "Ice Hockey Hair" – 6:57
- "Do or Die" – 2:06
- "(Drawing) Rings Around the World" – 3:32
- "God! Show Me Magic" – 1:50
- "Ysbeidiau Heulog" – 2:52
- "Demons" – 5:13
- "Golden Retriever" – 2:29
- "The International Language of Screaming" – 2:14
- "Hello Sunshine" – 2:54
- "Hometown Unicorn" – 3:36
- "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" – 3:18
- "Blerwytirhwng?" – 5:35
DVD
Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 | ||||
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Label | Epic | |||
Super Furry Animals chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | Not rated link |
The DVD of Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 contains 21 promotional music videos as well as the on-the-road documentary 'American Sasquatch', directed by Dylan Jones. Exclaim! called it "one of the best video collections available."[3]
Track listing
- "Something 4 the Weekend"
- "It's Not the End of the World?"
- "Northern Lites"
- "Juxtapozed with U"
- "Slow Life"
- "Fire in My Heart"
- "The Man Don't Give a Fuck"
- "Hermann Loves Pauline"
- "Play It Cool"
- "Ice Hockey Hair"
- "Do or Die"
- "(Drawing) Rings Around the World"
- "God! Show Me Magic"
- "Demons"
- "Golden Retriever"
- "The International Language of Screaming"
- "Hello Sunshine"
- "Hometown Unicorn"
- "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You"
- "Smokin'"
- "Focus Pocus/Debiel"
References
- ^ Webb, Adam (18 October 2004). "Super Furry Animals - Songbook". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
- ^ Foster, Richard (10 October 2005). "Incendiary interview Super Furry Animals". Incendiary Magazine. Retrieved 4 August 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lindsay, Cam (March 2005). "Super Furry Animals Songbook Volume One". Exclaim!. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
External links
- Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)