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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This is the greatest album ever made. One of the first albums I bought when I was a teenager and had just got access to CDs. I remember seeing God! Show Me Magic on an old TV show called The Chart Show in the UK and just thinking, "Here's my new favourite band". Ranting aside, for the uninitiated this plays like an electric version of Hunky Dory by Bowie (which also rules), except with recorders, balalaikas and techno undertones here and there. For those who've heard SFA's later stuff but not this, this is a louder sound with more guitars and less smoothness, and frankly, I think it's better. Imagine Guerrilla with less steel drum and more glam rock, and you're maybe half-way there. It's awesome.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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i bought this the week it came out, i was hunting aroung the legendary naffness of 'ourprice' and they had this as their 'album of the week' or something like that. i was intrigued to say the least. purchased it. went home. put it on the player and...God!!. never looked back, SFA rule, as far as i'm concerned they are relatively unsuccessful and that in itself is a travesty of musical justice. they are a tremendous amalgam of all things that ever made music good and only he/she who is a fool would not dig this (and the rest of the albums) to be classics. being a bit of a muso dweeb, i hadnt felt so emotional about hearing an album since the stone roses released their legendary 1st album. i seen them live also, their live version of demons, on 2nd album, had bleedin mariachi mexican trumpeters! oooh yeas). Never mind wanting to get in on the welsh thing, this is a purely musical thing. strips away all boundaries and conventions and the impression that it is just a sonic mindblower is apparent... S'pose the point is this is the one that started it all and it is absolutely, core-shakingly, undeniably and hunt-me-down-and-kill-me if i'm wrong...essential.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Full of fantastic songs and sometimes completely incomprihensible lyrics, this is by far SFA's best album. Much better than 'Rings around the world', the band stand out as a fantastically refreshing, original and imaginative band who can't be matched with songs like 'Hometown unicorn', 'If you don't want me to destroy you' and in fact, any of the songs on this album. They're catchy, lively and imaginative. There isn't one bad song on this album. Other very good albums by the Super Furry Animals are Radiator, Guerilla (a pun on their name), and Mwng.
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Fantastic debut
I'm a huge fan of bands debut albums. Whether it be Oasis, The Clash, Weezer or R.E.M. There's something really pure and unspoilt about that first effort that artists make. Read more
Published on 25 April 2007 by Mr. S. A. Perrin
Good ... but they did get better
I enjoyed the slightly later SFA albums (Rings Around the World, Guerilla especially) and this is a slight disappointment compared to those. Read more
Published on 8 April 2006
Buy this album its cheap and great!
This is far the greatest super furries album in my opinion it has all you should expect from such a band as well as new concepts and tweaks on the tired indie genre. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2003 by N. Carlisle
Artificial intelligence
SFA are gloriously unique in their combination of several decades-worth of pop music, ranging through stomping glam rock to warped psychedelia and gentle folk. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2000 by knowledeayton
Another fantastic album from the Super Furry Animals
Grips you from the first song "God!show me magic." A great piece of music with Gruff Rhys singing to his full potential. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2000 by russell@resplin.freeserve.co.uk
Solid debut by the Welsh-est band in the world!
Debut album by the most Welsh of all the new wave of Welsh bands to come out in the 90s (their contract limits them to two Welsh language songs per album, in return for St David's... Read more
Published on 21 Sep 2000 by paul.hughes@scotland.gov.uk
What an absolutely amazing album!
Listening to this, you would never believe it is now about 4 or 5 years old. The mix of rock pscychdelica is simply excellent. From the opening guitar scream of 'God! Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2000
Its on my mind every day and every night!
Well, too be blunt, its brilliant. I think that God Show Me Magic is a terrific start for the band as the first song on the first Super Furries album. Read more
Published on 22 April 2000 by mrurdd@hotmail.com
brilliant left-field pop
What a great album, and certainly their best one so far. Not a single filler on here. The first 6 tracks in themselves will just blow you way, especially Hometown Unicorn,... Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2000 by "frangi98"
Pure, raw talent jam-packed into a stunning debut album
What can I say?, from the frantic to the sublime, the songs on this album are some of the best ever written and cover a broad spectrum of styles. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 1999
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