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| 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>}}
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'''''Radiator''''' is the second album by [[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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217184104/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/super%20furry%20animals/|archivedate=17 February 2011}}</ref> In 2005, it was reissued with a bonus disc of other tracks from the time.
'''''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&nbsp;... 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>
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&nbsp;... 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>[http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm Rocklist.net NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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==
==Release and reception==
{{Album ratings
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/radiator-mw0000237272|title=Radiator – Super Furry Animals|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=6 April 2016}}</ref>
| 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]]''
| rev2 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|last=Larkin|first=Colin|authorlink=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| 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]]''
| 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>
| 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]]''
| rev4 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Prior|first=Clive|title=Super Furry Animals: Radiator|work=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|issue=286|date=September 2017|page=107}}</ref>
| 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]]''
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5Score = 9/10<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cameron|first=Keith|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000355reviews.html|title=Super Furry Animals – Radiator|work=[[NME]]|date=23 August 1997|accessdate=6 April 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817180624/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000355reviews.html|archivedate=17 August 2000}}</ref>
| 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]]''
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 8.6/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Hogan|first=Marc|url=http://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>
| 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]]''
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Catchpole|first=Chris|title=Super Furry Animals: Radiator|work=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|issue=376|date=September 2017|page=119}}</ref>
| 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]]''
| 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|work=[[Record Collector]]|issue=470|date=September 2017|accessdate=28 September 2017}}</ref>
| 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]]''
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Super Furry Animals|last=McLeod|first=Kembrew|authorlink=Kembrew McLeod|page=796|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Fireside Books]]|location=London|edition=4th|isbn=0-7432-0169-8}}</ref>
| 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]]''
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = 9/10<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pinnock|first=Tom|title=Super Furry Animals: Radiator|work=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|issue=244|date=September 2017|page=53}}</ref>
| 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>
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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}}</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>[http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm Rocklist.net NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Super Furry Animals]]
| all_writing = [[Super Furry Animals]]
⚫
| headline = Disc 1: 2017 Remaster
| title1 = Furryvision™
| title1 = Furryvision™
| note1 = Instrumental
| note1 = instrumental
| length1 = 1:25
| length1 = 1:25
| title2 = The Placid Casual
| title2 = The Placid Casual
| length2 = 2:49
| length2 = 2:49
| title3 = [[The International Language of Screaming]]
| title3 = [[The International Language of Screaming]]
| length3 = 2:14
| length3 = 2:14
| title4 = [[Demons (Super Furry Animals song)|Demons]]
| title4 = [[Demons (Super Furry Animals song)|Demons]]
| length4 = 5:12
| length4 = 5:12
| title5 = Short Painkiller
| title5 = Short Painkiller
| note5 = Instrumental
| note5 = instrumental
| length5 = 0:38
| length5 = 0:38
| title6 = She's Got Spies
| title6 = She's Got Spies
⚫
| length6 = 4:43
| title7 = [[Play It Cool (song)|Play It Cool]]
| length6 = 4:43
| title7 = [[Play It Cool (song)|Play It Cool]]
| length7 = 3:16
| length7 = 3:16
| title8 = [[Hermann Loves Pauline|Hermann ♥'s Pauline]]
| title8 = [[Hermann Loves Pauline|Hermann ♥'s Pauline]]
| length8 = 4:43
| length8 = 4:43
| title9 = Chupacabras
| title9 = Chupacabras
| length9 = 1:26
| length9 = 1:26
| title10 = Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir
| title10 = Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir
| length10 = 1:54
| length10 = 1:54
| title11 = Bass Tuned to D.E.A.D
| title11 = Bass Tuned to D.E.A.D
| length11 = 3:20
| length11 = 3:20
| title12 = Down a Different River
| title12 = Down a Different River
| length12 = 5:37
| length12 = 5:37
| title13 = Download
| title13 = Download
| length13 = 3:19
| length13 = 3:19
| title14 = Mountain People
| title14 = Mountain People
| length14 = 6:14
| length14 = 6:14
}}
}}
{{track listing
{{tracklist
⚫
| headline = Disc 1: 'Ice Hockey Hair' EP (2017 Remaster)
| collapsed = no
⚫
| title15 = Smokin’
| headline = 2005 reissue bonus CD
| title1 = Mu-Tron
| length15 = 5:05
| title16 = Ice Hockey Hair
⚫
| length1 = 3:15
| title2 = nO.K
| length16 = 6:57
| length2 = 2:12
| title17 = Mu-Tron
| title3 = Foxy Music
| length17 = 3:15
⚫
| title18 = Let’s Quit Smoking
⚫
| length3 = 3:49
| title4 = Hit & Run
| length18 = 1:48
⚫
| length4 = 3:29
| title5 = Wrap It Up
⚫
| length5 = 3:25
}}
}}
{{track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = Disc 1: Miscellaneous tracks
| collapsed = no
| headline = 2017 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - CD1/Vinyl: Radiator + Bonus Tracks [Ice Hockey Hair E.P. (15-18) / Etc. (19-21)]
⚫
| title15 = Smokin’ (2017 Remastered Version)
| length15 = 05:08
⚫
| title16 = Ice Hockey Hair (2017 Remastered Version)
| length16 = 07:03
| title17 = Mu-Tron (2017 Remastered Version)
⚫
| length17 = 03:17
⚫
| title18 = Let’s Quit Smoking (2017 Remastered Version)
| length18 = 01:55
| title19 = Smoke
| title19 = Smoke
| length19 = 03:59
| length19 = 4:00
| title20 = Dim Ysmygu (Alternate Mix of 'Smoke')
| title20 = Dim Ysmygu (Alternate Mix of 'Smoke')
| length20 = 03:00
| length20 = 3:00
| title21 = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
| title21 = The Boy with the Thorn on His Side
| length21 = 08:01
| length21 = 8:00
}}
}}
{{track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = Disc 2: Clarity Just Confuses Me (Demo Sessions) / NOTE: Tracks 1-11 are 'B-Sides & Such' and tracks 12-23 are demo sessions.
| collapsed = no
⚫
| title1 = Cryndod Yn Dy Lais
| headline = 2017 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - CD2: Clarity Just Confuses Me (Bonus Tracks) [B Sides & Such (1-11) / Demo Session, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, December 1996 (12-23)]
⚫
| length1 = 3:14
⚫
| title1 = Cryndod Yn Dy Lais (2017 Remastered Version)
| length1 = 03:14
| title2 = Hit and Run
| length2 = 3:30
| title2 = Hit and Run (2017 Remastered Version)
| length2 = 03:30
| title3 = Foxy Music
⚫
| length3 = 3:50
| title3 = Foxy Music (2017 Remastered Version)
⚫
| title4 = Pass the Time
| length3 = 03:50
⚫
| length4 = 3:50
⚫
| title4 = Pass the Time (2017 Remastered Version)
| length4 = 03:50
| title5 = Calimero
⚫
| length5 = 2:23
| title5 = Calimero (2017 Remastered Version)
| length5 = 02:23
| title6 = (untitled)
| title6 = B Side
| length6 = 3:48
⚫
| title7 = Carry the Can
| length6 = 03:48
⚫
| length7 = 4:46
⚫
| title7 = Carry the Can (2017 Remastered Version)
| length7 = 04:46
| title8 = Wrap It Up
⚫
| length8 = 3:29
⚫
| title8 = Wrap It Up (2017 - Remaster)
⚫
| title9 = Trons Mr. Urdd
⚫
| length8 = 03:29
⚫
| length9 = 4:39
⚫
| title9 = Trons Mr. Urdd (2017 Remastered Version)
⚫
| title10 = nO.K / Frosty Night in Gothenberg
⚫
| length9 = 04:39
⚫
| length10 = 4:58
⚫
| title10 = nO.K. / Frosty Night in Gothenberg (2017 Remastered Version)
⚫
| title11 = Play It Cool (Original U.K. LP Mix)
⚫
| length10 = 04:58
⚫
| length11 = 3:17
⚫
| title11 = Play It Cool (Original U.K. LP Mix; 2017 Remastered Version)
| length11 = 03:17
| title12 = SFA Theme (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| title12 = SFA Theme (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| length12 = 00:26
| length12 = 0:26
| title13 = The International Language of Screaming (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| title13 = The International Language of Screaming (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| length13 = 01:12
| length13 = 1:12
| title14 = Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| title14 = Torra Fy Ngwallt Yn Hir (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| length14 = 02:08
| length14 = 2:08
| title15 = Down a Different River (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| title15 = Down a Different River (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| length15 = 04:28
| length15 = 4:28
| title16 = She's Got Spies (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| title16 = She's Got Spies (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| length16 = 04:33
| length16 = 4:33
| title17 = Hit and Run (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| title17 = Hit and Run (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| length17 = 03:37
| length17 = 3:37
| title18 = Mountain People (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| title18 = Mountain People (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| length18 = 04:02
| length18 = 4:02
| title19 = Play It Cool (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| title19 = Play It Cool (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| length19 = 03:49
| length19 = 3:49
| title20 = Bass Tuned to D.E.A.D. (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| title20 = Bass Tuned to D.E.A.D. (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| length20 = 03:17
| length20 = 3:17
| title21 = Naff Gan (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| title21 = Naff Gan (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| length21 = 03:48
| length21 = 3:48
| title22 = The Placid Casual (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| title22 = The Placid Casual (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| length22 = 03:29
| length22 = 3:29
| title23 = Music Box (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| title23 = Music Box (Demo, Big Noise Studios, Cardiff, 16.12.96 - 19.12.96)
| length23 = 03:12
| length23 = 3:12
}}
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For the album by Radiator, see Radiator (Radiator album).
Radiator
Studio album by
Super Furry Animals
Released25 August 1997
Recorded1997
Genre
Length46:54
LabelCreation
ProducerGorwel Owen, Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals chronology
Fuzzy Logic
(1996) 		Radiator
(1997) 		Ice Hockey Hair
(1998)
Singles from Radiator
  1. "Hermann ♥'s Pauline"
    Released: 12 May 1997
  2. "The International Language of Screaming"
    Released: 14 July 1997
  3. "Play It Cool"
    Released: 22 September 1997
  4. "Demons"
    Released: 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.[3] 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 with the group taking advantage of producer Gorwel Owen's "Atari computers, and banks of old vintage synths" to create an album which was "musically ... much more adventurous".[4] In 2013, NME ranked it at number 92 in its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[5] 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

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
The Guardian[8]
Mojo[9]
NME9/10[10]
Pitchfork8.6/10[11]
Q[12]
Record Collector[13]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[14]
Uncut9/10[15]

In 2000 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.[16] In a 2017 list of the 50 Best Britpop Albums, Pitchfork placed Radiator at number 39.[17] In 2013, NME ranked it at number 92 in its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[18]

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Super Furry Animals

Disc 1: 2017 Remaster
No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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, the band's 1998 B-sides collection.

Personnel

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  • 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

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