Search - Super Furry Animals :: Guerrilla

Have you heard the hidden track?

Stuart Tucker | Surbiton, UK | 02/10/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I love getting new cd's, especially when they're as good as this one. Just when I thought I knew this cd like the back of my hand I found out about a hidden track called 'Citizen's Band.' Just put the cd in and play it like normal, then hit the rewind or review button and you can rewind for 5 minutes before 'Check It Out' to the hidden track. It's like getting a new single only it's been on your shelf for ages!"

SFA's most eclectic, ambitious and best work.

Richard White | Edinburgh, Scotland | 01/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"At the height of the Furries innovation came 1999's Guerrilla, a chaotic clash of styles which somehow moulded itself into their best work. Similar to Rings Around The World but without the trappings of major label backing, this is a stunning collection which goes at breakneck speed.



From punk-pop (Do Or Die) to calypso (Northern Lites, surely the best opening single ever released off an album) to novelty techno (the utterly bonkers and utterly wonderful Wherever I Lay My Phone That's My Phone), Guerrilla somehow retains a focus despite it's eclecticism, with the band's genius knack for melody never faltering no matter what genre is attempted.



The centrepiece is Something's Come From Nothing, a 6 minute work of pure majesty. For all the intricacies on the other tracks, Somethings... is beautifully simple, straight-forward bass, guitar and drums providing the backbone. But this is Cian Ciaran's finest hour, delivering an absolute knock-out of a spaced-out melody that is undoubtedly the most staggeringly, heartbreakingly wondrous electronic piece of music ever released this side of Boards Of Canada.



"Something's come from nothing, nothing seems to come from something", is the songs key repeatedly line, Gruff barely singing, barely registering above the backing. It's fitting that SFA's best song (which is some compliment) also sadly sums up their UK career today. For all the pop gems that have loitered around the Top 20 for a week or so, it is absolutely criminal that Britain's best pop band have yet to have a Top 5 album or a Top 10 single. So while Keane, Stereophonics and the rest can have their now guaranteed success from next to nothing, the band creating most defintely something, heck, EVERYTHING, are left as a relatively popular cult band. And that is heartbreaking."

Recklessly Inventive UK Rocktronica

unterbdr | Lititz, pa USA | 08/23/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Super Furries have yet to dissapoint me. Every album to this point (including Phantom power) has been an incredible platter of outstanding songs, thoughtful lyrics and ingenious sound construction, but Guerrilla really stands head and shoulders above the rest. SFA have an unparrelled ability to incorporate disparate genres, styles and sounds into hyper-charged modern rock tunes, and this album sees them assimilating island rythms, steel drums, wistful electronic flourishes, spazzy fuzz guitar freakouts and general playfulness with such a focused drive that you find it hard to believe that no one has ever thought of this before. SFA's ability to blend innovation and familiarity reaches its zenith on the album's centerpiece song suite, which includes "Wherever I Lay My Phone", "Specific Ocean" and the gorgeous "Some Things Come from Nothing." Electronica blends seemlessly with rock, and that hyperactive playfullness rears its addled head.
Overall, SFA's best album (so far), and an excellent introduction to the band."