Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 collects all of the Super Furry Animals

Super Furry Animals

Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band that lean towards psychedelic rock and electronic experimentation. Since their formation in Cardiff, Wales in 1993, the band has consisted of Gruff Rhys , Huw Bunford , Guto Pryce , Cian Ciaran and Dafydd Ieuan Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band...

 singles released between 1996 and 2004 as well as B-side "Blerwytirhwng?" (which can be found on their 1995 Welsh

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

 only debut EP Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (In Space)

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (In Space)

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobwllantysiliogogogochynygofod is the debut EP by Super Furry Animals. The title refers to a village in northwest Wales, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, which has one of the longest place names of any location in the world...

). Songbook... was released in the UK in October 2004, debuting at #18 on the UK album charts. The collection didn't see a U.S. release until January 2005.

According to bassist

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 Guto Pryce

Guto Pryce

Guto Dafydd Pryce is a bass guitar player in the band Super Furry Animals.The name Guto is pronounced in Welsh....

 the album was "something that the record company wanted to do, and we were fine with that, but we were in the middle of making ... Love Kraft

Love Kraft

Love Kraft is the seventh studio album by Welsh indie rock band Super Furry Animals, released on 22 August 2005 through Epic Records in the United Kingdom....

[so that] was where our heads were at". Despite this they did pick the tracklisting, a process they found easy. The band performed just two gigs in support of the album as they considered a 'greatest hits tour' "wasn't really us".

Track listing

1. "Something 4 the Weekend
   Something 4 the Weekend
   "Something 4 the Weekend" is the third single by Super Furry Animals. The title track is a more mellow reworking of the song "Something For the Weekend" from the band's debut album Fuzzy Logic. The original version is included as the last track on the single. It reached #18 on the UK Singles Chart...
   
   " – 2:55
2. "It's Not the End of the World?
   It's Not the End of the World?
   "It's Not the End of the World?" is a song by Welsh band Super Furry Animals. It was the last single to be released from the Rings Around the World album and reached number 30 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in January 2002...
   
   " – 3:31
3. "Northern Lites
   Northern Lites
   "Northern Lites" is the ninth single by Super Furry Animals. It was the first single to be taken from the Guerrilla album and reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart after its release on 10 May 1999. The song was written by singer Gruff Rhys and was inspired by the El Niño phenomenon...
   
   " – 3:33
4. "Juxtapozed with U
   Juxtapozed with U
   "Juxtapozed with U" is 3 minutes 8 seconds long and is in the key of A major. The track begins with a drum fill, featuring flanging, before a harp, strings, acoustic guitar and bass join at 2 seconds. An electric guitar joins at 13 seconds playing a melody line...
   
   " – 3:13
5. "Slow Life
   Slow Life
   Slow Life is an EP by the Welsh alternative rock band Super Furry Animals, released in 2004. The EP was made available as a free download and also saw a limited CD release, bundled with remix album Phantom Phorce...
   
   " – 7:01
6. "Fire in My Heart
   Fire in My Heart
   "Fire in My Heart" is the tenth single by Welsh rock band the Super Furry Animals. It was the second single to be taken from the group's 1999 album Guerrilla, and reached number 25 in the UK Singles Chart after its release on 9 August 1999...
   
   " – 2:52
7. "The Man Don't Give a Fuck
   The Man Don't Give a Fuck
   "The Man Don't Give a Fuck" is a song by Super Furry Animals, twice released as a single by the group.It is based round a sample from the Steely Dan song "Show Biz Kids" - "You know they don't give a fuck about anybody else"...
   
   " – 4:48
8. "Hermann Loves Pauline" – 4:09
9. "Play It Cool
   Play It Cool (Super Furry Animals song)
   "Play It Cool" is the eighth single by Super Furry Animals. It reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in September 1997.-Release and critical reception:...
   
   " – 3:19
10. "Ice Hockey Hair
    Ice Hockey Hair
    Ice Hockey Hair is an EP by the Welsh alternative rock band Super Furry Animals, released in 1998. The record contains four songs which the band felt did not fit in with either their previous album, 1997's Radiator, or its follow-up Guerrilla. The title track refers to an alternative name for the...
    
    " – 7:00
11. "Do or Die
    Do or Die (song)
    "Do or Die" is the eleventh single by Super Furry Animals. It was the last single to be taken from the Guerrilla album and was the band's last release for Creation Records. The track reached number 20 in the UK Singles Chart after its release on 17 January 2000...
    
    " – 2:07
12. "(Drawing) Rings Around the World
    (Drawing) Rings Around the World
    " Rings Around the World" is a song by Super Furry Animals and was the second single taken from the band's fifth album, Rings Around the World. The track reached number 28 on the UK Singles Chart on release in October 2001. Singer Gruff Rhys has described the song as being about "rings of...
    
    " – 3:34
13. "God! Show Me Magic
    God! Show Me Magic
    "God! Show Me Magic" is the second single by Super Furry Animals. It reached #33 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in April 1996, the first single by the band to reach the Top 40....
    
    " – 1:52
14. "Ysbeidiau Heulog
    Ysbeidiau Heulog
    "Ysbeidiau Heulog" is 2 minutes 51 seconds long and is in the key of B major. The track begins with an intro with a lead guitar melody, which plays twice, accompanied by drums, bass, distorted rhythm guitar and saxophone...
    
    " – 2:54
15. "Demons
    Demons (Super Furry Animals song)
    "Demons" is the eighth single by Super Furry Animals and the last to be taken from the album Radiator. It reached #27 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in November 1997.The video was filmed in Colombia.-Release and critical reception:...
    
    " – 5:15
16. "Golden Retriever
    Golden Retriever (song)
    "Golden Retriever" is a song by Super Furry Animals. It was the first single to be issued from the album Phantom Power and reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in July 2003...
    
    " – 2:29
17. "The International Language of Screaming
    The International Language of Screaming
    "The International Language of Screaming" is the seventh single by Super Furry Animals. It reached #24 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in July 1997.-Release and critical reception:...
    
    " – 2:14
18. "Hello Sunshine
    Hello Sunshine
    "Hello Sunshine" is a song by the Welsh band Super Furry Animals from their album Phantom Power. It was the seventeenth single released by the group and reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart in October 2003....
    
    " – 3:43
19. "Hometown Unicorn
    Hometown Unicorn
    "Hometown Unicorn" is the debut single by Super Furry Animals, released on Alan McGee's Creation Records label on February 26, 1996. It reached #47 in the UK Singles Chart and was voted as "Single of the Week" in the NME magazine....
    
    " – 3:38
20. "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You
    If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You
    "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" is the fourth single, and the last to be taken from the album Fuzzy Logic, by Super Furry Animals. It reached #18 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in September 1996....
    
    " – 3:19
21. "Blerwytirhwng?" – 5:34

DVD

The DVD of Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 contains 21 promotional music videos as well as the on-the-road documentary 'American Sasquatch', directed by Dylan Jones. Exclaim!

Exclaim!

Exclaim! is a monthly Canadian music magazine that features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with special focus on Canadian and cutting-edge artists...

called it "one of the best video collections available."

Track listing

1. "Something 4 the Weekend"
2. "It's Not the End of the World?"
3. "Northern Lites"
4. "Juxtapozed with U"
5. "Slow Life"
6. "Fire in My Heart"
7. "The Man Don't Give a Fuck"
8. "Hermann Loves Pauline"
9. "Play it Cool"
10. "Ice Hockey Hair (Radio Edit)"
11. "Do or Die"
12. "(Drawing) Rings Around the World"
13. "God! Show Me Magic"
14. "Demons"
15. "Golden Retriever"
16. "The International Language of Screaming"
17. "Hello Sunshine"
18. "Hometown Unicorn"
19. "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You"
20. "Smokin'"
21. "Focus Pocus/Debiel"