Radiator (album)

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{For|the album by Radiator|Radiator (Radiator album){{!}}''Radiator'' (Radiator album)}} {{Infobox album | name = Radiator | type = [[Album]] | artist = [[Super Furry Animals]] | cover = Radiator-SFA.png | alt = | released = 25 August 1997 | recorded = 1997 | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/best/albums/1997/indie|title=Best Alternative Rock Albums of 1997 {{!}} Sputnikmusic|website=www.sputnikmusic.com|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref> |[[neo-psychedelia]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.albumoftheyear.org/genre/155-neo-psychedelia/1990s/|title=The Best Neo-Psychedelia Albums of the 1990s|website=Album of The Year|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref>}} | length = 46:54 | label = [[Creation Records|Creation]] | producer = [[Gorwel Owen]], Super Furry Animals | prev_title = [[Fuzzy Logic (Super Furry Animals album)|Fuzzy Logic]] | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = [[Ice Hockey Hair]] | next_year = 1998 | misc = {{Singles | name = Radiator | type = album | single1 = [[Hermann ♥'s Pauline]] | single1date = 12 May 1997 | single2 = [[The International Language of Screaming]] | single2date = 14 July 1997 | single3 = [[Play It Cool (Super Furry Animals song)|Play It Cool]] | single3date = 22 September 1997 | single4 = [[Demons (Super Furry Animals song)|Demons]] | single4date = 24 November 1997 }} }} '''''Radiator''''' is the second studio album by Welsh [[alternative rock]] band [[Super Furry Animals]]. It was released in August 1997 by [[Creation Records]], and later the same year in the United States under Flydaddy Records. It peaked at number eight on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Super Furry Animals|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/super%20furry%20animals/|accessdate=3 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217184104/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/super%20furry%20animals/|archive-date=17 February 2011}}</ref> In 2005, it was reissued with a bonus disc of other tracks from the time.

Singer [[Gruff Rhys]] has described ''Radiator'' as "more interesting" than the band's debut ''[[Fuzzy Logic (Super Furry Animals 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|last=Martin|first=Piers|title=Album by album: Super Furry Animals|journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|issue=131|pages=70–72|date=April 2008}}</ref> In 2013, ''[[NME]]'' ranked it at number 92 in its list of [[NME's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20131124170335/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm Rocklist.net NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013]}}</ref> The ''Radiator'' campaign also marked the first time the band worked with graphic artist [[Pete Fowler]], who provided paintings for the album and accompanying singles' sleeve. The band felt working with Fowler had provided them with a distinct visual identity, and apart from ''[[Hey Venus!]]'' have collaborated together on each album since.

==Release and reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/radiator-mw0000237272|title=Radiator – Super Furry Animals|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=6 April 2016}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Super Furry Animals|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' | rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Bennun|first=David|title=Furry box of delights|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=22 August 1997}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' | rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Prior|first=Clive|title=Super Furry Animals: Radiator|journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|issue=286|date=September 2017|page=107}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[NME]]'' | rev5score = 9/10<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cameron|first=Keith|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000355reviews.html|title=Super Furry Animals – Radiator|journal=[[NME]]|date=23 August 1997|accessdate=6 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817180624/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000355reviews.html|archive-date=17 August 2000}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev6score = 8.6/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Hogan|first=Marc|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11835-fuzzy-logic-radiator-out-spaced-guerilla-mwng/|title=Super Furry Animals: Fuzzy Logic / Radiator / Out Spaced / Guerilla / Mwng|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=6 June 2005|accessdate=6 April 2016}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Catchpole|first=Chris|title=Super Furry Animals: Radiator|journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=376|date=September 2017|page=119}}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[Record Collector]]'' | rev8score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rathbone|first=Oregano|url=http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/radiator-2|title=Super Furry Animals – Radiator|journal=[[Record Collector]]|issue=470|date=September 2017|accessdate=28 September 2017}}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' | rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Super Furry Animals|last=McLeod|first=Kembrew|author-link=Kembrew McLeod|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/796 796]|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|year=2004|publisher=[[Fireside Books]]|location=London|edition=4th|isbn=0-7432-0169-8}}</ref> | rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' | rev10score = 9/10<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pinnock|first=Tom|title=Super Furry Animals: Radiator|journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|issue=244|date=September 2017|page=53}}</ref> }} In 2000 [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]] placed ''Radiator'' at number 73 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' named ''Radiator'' in a list of ten essential albums released by [[Creation Records]] in a 2003 article about the label.<ref name=Stylus>{{cite web|last=Plagenhoef|first=Scott|title=Creation Records – Label Profile|work=[[Stylus Magazine]]|date=1 September 2003|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/label_profile/creation-records.htm|accessdate=5 January 2010|archive-date=5 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205072526/http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/label_profile/creation-records.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a 2017 list of the 50 Best Britpop Albums, [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] placed ''Radiator'' at number 39.<ref name=Pitchfork>{{cite web|title=The 50 Best Britpop Albums|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=29 March 2017|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10045-the-50-best-britpop-albums/?page=2|accessdate=9 July 2020}}</ref> In 2013, ''[[NME]]'' ranked it at number 92 in its list of [[NME's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20131124170335/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm Rocklist.net NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013]}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = [[Super Furry Animals]] | headline = Disc 1: 2017 Remaster | title1 = Furryvision™ | note1 = instrumental | length1 = 1:25 | title2 = The Placid Casual | length2 = 2:49 | title3 = [[The International Language of Screaming]] | length3 = 2:14 | title4 = [[Demons (Super Furry Animals song)|Demons]] | length4 = 5:12 | title5 = Short Painkiller | note5 = instrumental | length5 = 0:38 | title6 = She's Got Spies | length6 = 4:43 | title7 = [[Play It Cool (song)|Play It Cool]] | length7 = 3:16 | title8 = [[Hermann Loves Pauline|Hermann ♥'s Pauline]] | length8 = 4:43 | title9 = Chupacabras | length9 = 1:26 | title10 = Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir | length10 = 1:54 | title11 = Bass Tuned to D.E.A.D | length11 = 3:20 | title12 = Down a Different River | length12 = 5:37 | title13 = Download | length13 = 3:19 | title14 = Mountain People | length14 = 6:14 }} {{track listing | headline = Disc 1: 'Ice Hockey Hair' EP (2017 Remaster) | title15 = Smokin’ | length15 = 5:05 | title16 = Ice Hockey Hair | length16 = 6:57 | title17 = Mu-Tron | length17 = 3:15 | title18 = Let’s Quit Smoking | length18 = 1:48 }} {{track listing | headline = Disc 1: Miscellaneous tracks | title19 = Smoke | length19 = 4:00 | title20 = Dim Ysmygu (Alternate Mix of 'Smoke') | length20 = 3:00 | title21 = The Boy with the Thorn on His Side | length21 = 8:00 }} {{track listing | headline = Disc 2: Clarity Just Confuses Me (Demo Sessions) / NOTE: Tracks 1–11 are 'B-Sides & Such' and tracks 12–23 are demo sessions. | title1 = Cryndod Yn Dy Lais | length1 = 3:14 | title2 = Hit and Run | length2 = 3:30 | title3 = Foxy Music | length3 = 3:50 | title4 = Pass the Time | length4 = 3:50 | title5 = Calimero | length5 = 2:23 | title6 = (untitled) | length6 = 3:48 | title7 = Carry the Can | length7 = 4:46 | title8 = Wrap It Up | length8 = 3:29 | title9 = Trons Mr. Urdd | length9 = 4:39 | title10 = nO.K / Frosty Night in Gothenberg | length10 = 4:58 | title11 = Play It Cool (Original U.K. LP Mix) | length11 = 3:17 | title12 = SFA Theme (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96) | length12 = 0:26 | title13 = The International Language of Screaming (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96) | length13 = 1:12 | title14 = Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96) | length14 = 2:08 | title15 = Down a Different River (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96) | length15 = 4:28 | title16 = She's Got Spies (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96) | length16 = 4:33 | title17 = Hit and Run (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96) | length17 = 3:37 | title18 = Mountain People (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96) | length18 = 4:02 | title19 = Play It Cool (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96) | length19 = 3:49 | title20 = Bass Tuned to D.E.A.D. (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96) | length20 = 3:17 | title21 = Naff Gan (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96) | length21 = 3:48 | title22 = The Placid Casual (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96) | length22 = 3:29 | title23 = Music Box (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96) | length23 = 3:12 }}

* Some American releases were packaged with ''[[Out Spaced]]'', the band's 1998 B-sides collection.

==Personnel== *[[Gruff Rhys]] – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, Moog, claps *[[Huw Bunford]] – electric guitar, backing vocals *[[Cian Ciaran]] – electronics, Rhodes piano, piano, backing vocals, claps *[[Guto Pryce]] – bass, sub-bass, claps *[[Dafydd Ieuan]] – drums, percussion, backing vocals, piano *Les Morrison – banjo (on "Demons") *[[Gorwel Owen]] – E-Bow, samples, electric harpsichord, backwards Rhodes *Martin Smith – trumpet *Simon James – tenor sax and flute *Andrew Frizzell – trombone and alto sax *The Electra Strings: *Sonia Slany – violin *Jules Singleton – violin *Clair Arster – viola *Dinah Beamish – cello

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links==  *[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0qF-DdNGpIjlvbp1Mgp49its59KmwR7E ''Radiator''] at [[YouTube]] (streamed copy where licensed)

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