- Mini-Disc (23 July 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Epic
- ASIN: B00005ML9J
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 244,796 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Alternate Route To Vulcan St |
| 2. Sidewalk Serfer Girl |
| 3. (Drawing) Rings Around The World |
| 4. It's Not The end Of The World? |
| 5. Receptacle For The Respectable |
| 6. (A) Touch Sensitive |
| 7. Shoot Doris Day |
| 8. Miniature |
| 9. No Symphony |
| 10. Juxtaposed With U |
| 11. Presidential Sweet |
| 12. Run! Christian, Run! |
| 13. Fragile Happiness |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
The fifth album from Welsh pop prodigies Super Furry Animals, Rings Around the World is their most staggeringly ambitious work to date. Featuring everything from Status Quo-style boogie-rockers to technofied drill & bass meltdowns--and even, on the DVD version, twelve specially commissioned film shorts rendered in dizzying surround sound--this is an immaculately conceived pop masterpiece with far more in common with the excitable genre-crushing of 1999's "Guerrilla" than their previous album, the very respectable but defiantly firework-less Welsh-language folk outing Mwng. One of the greatest joys is that while the lyrics are imbued throughout with a sense of dippy fun, closer inspection reveals a satisfyingly off-kilter --and frequently inspirational--intelligence. The gorgeous "Presidential Suite"--which, incidentally, features John Cale tickling the ivories--marries the classic SFA psychedelic shimmer to a weary lyric concerning the Monica Lewinsky scandal that rocked the Clinton presidency, frontman Gruff Rhys questioning it sadly like it's the most passé thing he can comprehend. Perhaps that's so: when you're playing with the sort of magic that's scattered liberally over Rings Around the World, even the salacious exploits of world leaders pale into tedium. --Louis Pattison
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album is the first I've heard from the Furries and to be honest, I need not hear any more. It can't get any better. A happy-slappy mix of all genres of music makes this album one the best for a long time. Stretching from the bass-filled Rings Around The World to the magnificent, if not bizarre, ending to No Sympathy, the sarcasm and apathetic look at life around these Welsh Wonders make this an album well worth at least several listenings.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Although I'm wrting this review almost a year after its release,"Rings Around The World" was one of the most ambitious and creative albums of 2001(which was a very good music year too!). Unlike their earlier albums, this a slower,more thoughtful look at the modern world with a widescreen sound and some superb harmonizing from Bunf,Cian and Gruff. No songs sound out of place in a seamless collection of tunes.SFA are the most prolific group in the Uk and this is easily their best LP since Radiator.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Having never bought any Super Furry's albums before, I bought this one with a great deal of thought, as usually it takes me a while to break into differant styles of music. And the furrys have their own individual style. On first listen, I was still a little unsure, until the album got to Run Christian Run, that is. This song is an incredible opus, composed with swirling guitars and vocals, and (if you own the special DvD edition of the album) a thought provocing and opinionated promo video. Its an incredible song, and it makes you go back and listen to all the other tracks and realise how fantastic they are too. Juxtaposed with you, Presidential Suite, Rings Around the World, they are all worthy of a single release. There arent really any weak songs on this album, but then again if you are expecting belting prog rock anthems aka Muse, dont bother. This albums beauty is the way it draws the listener in and makes them think and feel the lyrics and melody. A stunning effort.
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Their best album
Now I love the Super Furry's but this must be their best album :) Lovely ballads, rocking tracks, electro break-outs... it's got the lot. Read more
Published 15 days ago by onehappybunny
Best album of the Noughties
This ambitious album marks their major label debut, is the best record of the band's career and an immaculately conceived pop masterpiece. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Alister King
As good as all that
I just wanted to endorse the other positive reviews for Rings Around the World. I was somewhat suspicious and unconvinced when this came out; it was a bit too lush and glossy and... Read more
Published on 23 May 2009 by Lovely Baby J
Excellent service
This seller offers good value for money, a fast delivery and a customer service that is second to none. Read more
Published on 8 May 2009 by Mr. R. Mann
Summer of Furry 2001
Summer 2001. I had fallen in love with SFA long ago. But this happened to be the first release I had got on release day (have got every one ever since). Read more
Published on 27 July 2008 by Mr. N. Jones
Best album of the last decade
I absolutely love the Super Furries. They're light hearted, they defy labeling and, well, they make really cool music. Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2007 by JDB11
What?
I really don't see what the problem is. Reading the customer reviews of this album and the other SFA albums, a lot of people seem to think that Rings Around the World is an... Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2005 by Elliot Davies
So...they took me home ...but I didn't like it anymore...FF
May I compare this album to a Summer's day....a picnic of styles and soundz,..."it's daytime yet I feel like dancin..!!"
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A Super Furry Cataclism of Vibes. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2004 by S M Howard
Stop whingeing SFA oldie fans!
Having read a number of the more carping reviews by the band's more venerable listeners, I can't say I agree with any of them! Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2004
The Furries off form
SFA’s fifth album is, to crudely borrow a footballing cliché, an album of two halves. Well, perhaps that’s a bit unfair – it’s good for about two... Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2003 by J. Humphreys
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