Love Kraft
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| Studio album by Super Furry Animals | |||||
| Released | September 13, 2005 | ||||
| Recorded | 2005 | ||||
| Genre | Experimental Rock, Britpop | ||||
| Length | 54:22 | ||||
| Label | Sony BMG 5205011 (LP) / 5205012 (CD) / 5205016 (SACD) |
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| Producer | Mario Caldato Jr, Super Furry Animals | ||||
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Love Kraft is the seventh studio album by Welsh band Super Furry Animals, released on August 22, 2005 through Epic Records.
The album is named after a sex shop, Love Craft, near the Ankst Management offices in Cardiff although drummer Dafydd Ieuan explained in a 2005 interview with the Western Mail that the name also stems from the fact that "there are a lot of songs on the album about women and love in general or the lack of it, the pros and cons of it."[1]
The band's singer, Gruff Rhys, has described the album as "the most beautiful record we've made ... really orchestral and fairly timeless".[2]
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[edit] Background
The album represented a departure from their previous working methods: although all five members had always contributed to the development of the songs, Gruff Rhys had been the main songwriter. On Love Kraft this was no longer the case, as Rhys, Huw Bunford, Daf Ieuan and Cian Ciaran all contributed songs and lead vocals.[citation needed]
[edit] Reception
The album's cool commercial reception (it charted at just #19) suggested that they had returned to their familiar status of critically-acclaimed cult favourites.[citation needed] Love Kraft was also the last album released under Epic Records, as their contact expired in early 2006.
[edit] Influences
Much of the album seemingly pays tribute to L'Enfant Assassin Des Mouches, the 1972 experimental rock album by Jean-Claude Vannier{[citation needed], arranger to Serge Gainsbourg for some of his best work such as the album Histoire de Melody Nelson. Singer Gruff was indeed one of the guest vocalists for Jean-Claude Vannier on 21 October 2006 at London Barbican.[citation needed]
[edit] Singles
There was only one single from the album, "Lazer Beam", released on 15 August (chart #28), probably due to the fact that the record is less mainstream-influenced and more coherent as a whole than their previous albums. The laid-back ambience of the record recalls early-1970s Beach Boys albums such as Surf's Up (which SFA have referred to as one of their all-time favourite albums), whilst the heavy use of strings suggested the likes of Scott Walker and Curtis Mayfield.
[edit] Track listing
- "Zoom!" – 6:53
- "Atomik Lust" – 4:53
- "The Horn" – 3:01
- "Ohio Heat" – 4:07
- "Walk You Home" – 4:00
- "Lazer Beam" – 4:55
- "Frequency" – 4:39
- "Oi Frango" – 2:23
- "Psyclone!" – 4:19
- "Back on a Roll" – 3:46
- "Cloudberries" – 5:04
- "Cabin Fever" – 6:20
[edit] References
- ^ Super Furries define their Kraft
- ^ Martin, Piers (April 2008). "Album by album: Super Furry Animals". Uncut 131: 70–72.
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