# Radiator (album)

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For the album by Radiator, see [*Radiator* (Radiator album)](/source/Radiator_(Radiator_album)).

1997 studio album by Super Furry Animals

Radiator Studio album by Super Furry Animals Released 25 August 1997 Recorded 1997 Genre Alternative rock[1] neo-psychedelia[2] Length 46:54 Label Creation Producer Gorwel Owen, Super Furry Animals Super Furry Animals chronology Fuzzy Logic (1996) Radiator (1997) Ice Hockey Hair (1998) Singles from Radiator "Hermann ♥'s Pauline" Released: 12 May 1997 "The International Language of Screaming" Released: 14 July 1997 "Play It Cool" Released: 22 September 1997 "Demons" Released: 24 November 1997

***Radiator*** is the second studio album by Welsh [alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock) band [Super Furry Animals](/source/Super_Furry_Animals). It was released in August 1997 by [Creation Records](/source/Creation_Records), and later the same year in the United States under Flydaddy Records. It peaked at number eight on the [UK Albums Chart](/source/UK_Albums_Chart).[3] In 2005, it was reissued with a bonus disc of other tracks from the time.

Singer [Gruff Rhys](/source/Gruff_Rhys) has described *Radiator* as "more interesting" than the band's debut *[Fuzzy Logic](/source/Fuzzy_Logic_(Super_Furry_Animals_album))* with the group taking advantage of producer [Gorwel Owen's](/source/Gorwel_Owen) "[Atari](/source/Atari) computers, and banks of old vintage [synths](/source/Synthesizer)" to create an album which was "musically ... much more adventurous".[4] In 2013, *[NME](/source/NME)* ranked it at number 92 in its list of [the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time](/source/NME's_The_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time).[5] The *Radiator* campaign also marked the first time the band worked with graphic artist [Pete Fowler](/source/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!](/source/Hey_Venus!)* have collaborated together on each album since.

## Release and reception

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [6] Encyclopedia of Popular Music [7] The Guardian [8] Mojo [9] NME 9/10[10] Pitchfork 8.6/10[11] Q [12] Record Collector [13] The Rolling Stone Album Guide [14] Uncut 9/10[15]

In 2000 [*Q* magazine](/source/Q_(magazine)) placed *Radiator* at number 73 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. *[Stylus Magazine](/source/Stylus_Magazine)* named *Radiator* in a list of ten essential albums released by [Creation Records](/source/Creation_Records) in a 2003 article about the label.[16] In a 2017 list of the 50 Best Britpop Albums, [Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website)) placed *Radiator* at number 39.[17] In 2013, *[NME](/source/NME)* ranked it at number 92 in its list of [the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time](/source/NME's_The_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time).[18]

## Track listing

All tracks are written by [Super Furry Animals](/source/Super_Furry_Animals).

Disc 1: 2017 Remaster No. Title Length 1. "Furryvision™" (instrumental) 1:25 2. "The Placid Casual" 2:49 3. "The International Language of Screaming" 2:14 4. "Demons" 5:12 5. "Short Painkiller" (instrumental) 0:38 6. "She's Got Spies" 4:43 7. "Play It Cool" 3:16 8. "Hermann ♥'s Pauline" 4:43 9. "Chupacabras" 1:26 10. "Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir" 1:54 11. "Bass Tuned to D.E.A.D" 3:20 12. "Down a Different River" 5:37 13. "Download" 3:19 14. "Mountain People" 6:14

Disc 1: 'Ice Hockey Hair' EP (2017 Remaster) No. Title Length 15. "Smokin’" 5:05 16. "Ice Hockey Hair" 6:57 17. "Mu-Tron" 3:15 18. "Let’s Quit Smoking" 1:48

Disc 1: Miscellaneous tracks No. Title Length 19. "Smoke" 4:00 20. "Dim Ysmygu (Alternate Mix of 'Smoke')" 3:00 21. "The Boy with the Thorn on His Side" 8:00

Disc 2: Clarity Just Confuses Me (Demo Sessions) / NOTE: Tracks 1–11 are 'B-Sides & Such' and tracks 12–23 are demo sessions. No. Title Length 1. "Cryndod Yn Dy Lais" 3:14 2. "Hit and Run" 3:30 3. "Foxy Music" 3:50 4. "Pass the Time" 3:50 5. "Calimero" 2:23 6. "(untitled)" 3:48 7. "Carry the Can" 4:46 8. "Wrap It Up" 3:29 9. "Trons Mr. Urdd" 4:39 10. "nO.K / Frosty Night in Gothenberg" 4:58 11. "Play It Cool (Original U.K. LP Mix)" 3:17 12. "SFA Theme (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)" 0:26 13. "The International Language of Screaming (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)" 1:12 14. "Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)" 2:08 15. "Down a Different River (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)" 4:28 16. "She's Got Spies (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)" 4:33 17. "Hit and Run (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)" 3:37 18. "Mountain People (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)" 4:02 19. "Play It Cool (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)" 3:49 20. "Bass Tuned to D.E.A.D. (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)" 3:17 21. "Naff Gan (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)" 3:48 22. "The Placid Casual (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)" 3:29 23. "Music Box (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)" 3:12

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

## Personnel

- [Gruff Rhys](/source/Gruff_Rhys) – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, Moog, claps

- [Huw Bunford](/source/Huw_Bunford) – electric guitar, backing vocals

- [Cian Ciaran](/source/Cian_Ciaran) – electronics, Rhodes piano, piano, backing vocals, claps

- [Guto Pryce](/source/Guto_Pryce) – bass, sub-bass, claps

- [Dafydd Ieuan](/source/Dafydd_Ieuan) – drums, percussion, backing vocals, piano

- Les Morrison – banjo (on "Demons")

- [Gorwel Owen](/source/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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Best Alternative Rock Albums of 1997 | Sputnikmusic"](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/best/albums/1997/indie). *www.sputnikmusic.com*. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The Best Neo-Psychedelia Albums of the 1990s"](https://www.albumoftheyear.org/genre/155-neo-psychedelia/1990s/). *Album of The Year*. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Super Furry Animals"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110217184104/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/super%20furry%20animals/). [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). Archived from [the original](http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/super%20furry%20animals/) on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Uncut_4-0)** Martin, Piers (April 2008). "Album by album: Super Furry Animals". *[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))* (131): 70–72.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Rocklist.net NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013](https://archive.today/20131124170335/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Erlewine, Stephen Thomas](/source/Stephen_Thomas_Erlewine). ["Radiator – Super Furry Animals"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/radiator-mw0000237272). [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic). Retrieved 6 April 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Larkin, Colin](/source/Colin_Larkin) (2011). "Super Furry Animals". [*The Encyclopedia of Popular Music*](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music) (5th concise ed.). [Omnibus Press](/source/Omnibus_Press). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-85712-595-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85712-595-8).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Bennun, David (22 August 1997). "Furry box of delights". *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Prior, Clive (September 2017). "Super Furry Animals: Radiator". *[Mojo](/source/Mojo_(magazine))* (286): 107.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Cameron, Keith (23 August 1997). ["Super Furry Animals – Radiator"](https://web.archive.org/web/20000817180624/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000355reviews.html). *[NME](/source/NME)*. Archived from [the original](https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000355reviews.html) on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 6 April 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Hogan, Marc (6 June 2005). ["Super Furry Animals: Fuzzy Logic / Radiator / Out Spaced / Guerilla / Mwng"](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11835-fuzzy-logic-radiator-out-spaced-guerilla-mwng/). *[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))*. Retrieved 6 April 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Catchpole, Chris (September 2017). "Super Furry Animals: Radiator". *[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))* (376): 119.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Rathbone, Oregano (September 2017). ["Super Furry Animals – Radiator"](http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/radiator-2). *[Record Collector](/source/Record_Collector)* (470). Retrieved 28 September 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** [McLeod, Kembrew](/source/Kembrew_McLeod) (2004). "Super Furry Animals". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). [*The New Rolling Stone Album Guide*](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide) (4th ed.). London: [Fireside Books](/source/Fireside_Books). p. [796](https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/796). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7432-0169-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7432-0169-8).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Pinnock, Tom (September 2017). "Super Furry Animals: Radiator". *[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))* (244): 53.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Stylus_16-0)** Plagenhoef, Scott (1 September 2003). ["Creation Records – Label Profile"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100205072526/http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/label_profile/creation-records.htm). *[Stylus Magazine](/source/Stylus_Magazine)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/label_profile/creation-records.htm) on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Pitchfork_17-0)** ["The 50 Best Britpop Albums"](https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10045-the-50-best-britpop-albums/?page=2). *[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))*. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** [Rocklist.net NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013](https://archive.today/20131124170335/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm)

## External links

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

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