Rings Around the World cover

Rings Around the World

Released

Following their Welsh-language release Mwng, Super Furry Animals wanted to make a big mark with their first full major label release. They did that and then some, with Rings Around the World being a kaleidoscopic overview of the band’s expansive blend of sonic styles fused together into something that was wholly themselves. Whether the sweeping, near Barry White level lushness of “Juxtaposed With U,” the wry country twang of “Run Christian Run” or the increasingly frazzled stomp of “Receptacle for the Respectable,” it’s SFA at its finest.

Ned Raggett

Recommended by

Suggestions
Talk Talk Talk cover

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs
Futures cover

Futures

Butterfly Child
Gotta Let This Hen Out! cover

Gotta Let This Hen Out!

Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
McCartney III cover

McCartney III

Paul McCartney
Absolutely Free cover

Absolutely Free

Absolutely Free
Manifesto cover

Manifesto

Roxy Music
The Honeymoon Suite cover

The Honeymoon Suite

Butterfly Child
Time Skiffs cover

Time Skiffs

Animal Collective