{"product_id":"super-furry-animals-love-kraft-20th-anniversary-edition","title":"SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - Love Kraft (20th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2LP - Black Vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve. 20th Anniversary Edition Remastered For 2025.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally released on Mon 22 August 2005, \u003cstrong\u003eSuper Furry Animals\u003c\/strong\u003e’ third and final album to be recorded by \u003cstrong\u003eEpic Records\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLove Kraft\u003c\/em\u003e is reissued on double vinyl, 2CDs, including the 22-track bonus CD, \u003cem\u003eKiss Me With Apocalypse\u003c\/em\u003e via the Cardiff-based independent label, \u003cstrong\u003eStrangetown Records\u003c\/strong\u003e. Four previously unheard tracks are drawn from the vaults, including the squidgy ELO-stomp of drummer, \u003cstrong\u003eDaf Ieuan\u003c\/strong\u003e-led \u003cem\u003eRock ‘N’ Roll Flu\u003c\/em\u003e, plus the distorted space-jam of \u003cem\u003eCae Marw\u003c\/em\u003e, the band’s deep-bass sketch of \u003cem\u003ePalo Alto\u003c\/em\u003e and ghostly, percussive morsel of \u003cem\u003eBedw Arian\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album followed six previous albums by the band, including their statement debut album, \u003cem\u003eFuzzy Logic\u003c\/em\u003e in 1996, melding an attention-demanding mix of literary, narcotic and musical influences. Maintaining a shape that was ill-fitting in the jigsaw of other 90’s guitar bands, their follow-up, UK Top Ten album, \u003cem\u003eRadiator\u003c\/em\u003e brought the hooky squelch of the bona fide indie dancefloor classic, \u003cem\u003eThe International Language of Screaming\u003c\/em\u003e. The next decade saw the release of the first Top 20-charting, Welsh language album, \u003cem\u003eMwng\u003c\/em\u003e (2000), followed by further experimentation and commercial success with \u003cem\u003eRings Around The World\u003c\/em\u003e (2001) and \u003cem\u003ePhantom Power\u003c\/em\u003e (2003). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove Kraft\u003c\/em\u003e’s sense of cohesion, collaboration and free-flow of rich harmony has been credited to the five-piece escaping Wales to record in the shimmering heat of Figueres, Catalunya. Bringing famed \u003cstrong\u003eBeastie Boys\u003c\/strong\u003e producer, \u003cstrong\u003eMario Caldato Jr\u003c\/strong\u003e along with them for the ride, the travelling band’s stay in the Catalonian hometown of Salvador Dali included found sounds, boozy petrol stations, gastronomic revelations and, finally, a rich album of strings, synths and opulent vocal harmonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile eventually finding their way to Baha, near to Rio di Janeiro to mix the album \u003cem\u003eLove Kraft\u003c\/em\u003e’s story began in Wales and \u003cstrong\u003ePleasure Foxxx Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e, where the band began to craft the album’s songs. Embracing the landmark of a seventh album, notably coming after the 2004 release of their first ‘best of…’ package, \u003cem\u003eSongbook: The Singles, Vol. 1\u003c\/em\u003e, Super Furry Animals pooled ideas and affected further democracy in their songwriting, taking a load off traditional lead-writer and front man, \u003cstrong\u003eGruff Rhys\u003c\/strong\u003e, and sharing in lead vocal duties (aside from the microphone-averse bassist, \u003cstrong\u003eGuto Pryce\u003c\/strong\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLove Kraft\u003c\/em\u003e was the first Super Furry Animals album recorded to hard disc instead of multi-track tape, and found the band typically explorative and open to happenstance. \u003cem\u003eZoom\u003c\/em\u003e’s opening splash into the recording studio’s swimming pool is accompanied by the on-location, pool table samples found elsewhere on the album. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpdated packaging features the original, meticulously built diorama design by long-time collaborator \u003cstrong\u003ePete Fowler\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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