Phantom Power (Super Furry Animals album)

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Phantom Power
Studio album by Super Furry Animals
Released	21 July 2003
Recorded	2002
Genre	Indie
Length	54:30
Label	Epic Records 5024139 (LP) / (CD)
Producer	Super Furry Animals & Mario Caldato Jr.
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Drowned in Sound link NME (9/10) link Pitchfork (8.9/10) 7/25/03 Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone 8/7/03 Stylus Magazine (C) link
Super Furry Animals chronology
Rings Around the World (2001) Phantom Power (2003) Phantom Phorce (2004)
Singles from Phantom Power
"Golden Retriever" Released: 14 July, 2003 "Hello Sunshine" Released: 20 October, 2003 "Slow Life EP" Released: 19 April, 2004

Phantom Power is the sixth album by Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals.

The album was released in 2003, and featured a range of songs more acoustic in style, while retaining the Furries' techno subtleties. One of the most notable tracks is the seven-minute epic "Slow Life", which blends pop, techno and folk. The album has been received extremely well, with many critics suggesting it is the best album of their career.

Phantom Power makes reference, through such songs as "Liberty Belle", and "The Piccolo Snare", to the Iraq war. The album, like their last (Rings Around the World), was simultaneously released on CD, vinyl and DVD, accompanied by full-length videos, animations and remixes.

There was also a Japanese version of the album, which featured two extra songs, "Summer Snow" and "Blue Fruit", as track numbers 15 and 16 accordingly. In the UK, these were b-sides to the "Golden Retriever" single.

The album was remixed and re-released as Phantom Phorce in 2004.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 DVD 3 Track listing 3.1 Hidden footage 4 References

[edit] Track listing

1. "Hello Sunshine" – 3:35
2. "Liberty Belle" – 2:58
3. "Golden Retriever" – 2:25
4. "Sex, War & Robots" – 3:49
5. "The Piccolo Snare" – 6:08
6. "Venus and Serena" – 3:24
7. "Father Father #1" – 1:54
8. "Bleed Forever" – 3:39
9. "Out of Control" – 2:43
10. "Cityscape Skybaby" – 4:34
11. "Father Father #2" – 1:30
12. "Valet Parking" – 4:35
13. "The Undefeated" – 4:07
14. "Slow Life" – 6:59

[edit] DVD

Phantom Power
Video by Super Furry Animals
Released	21 July 2003
Genre	Indie
Label	Epic Records
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link

The DVD of Phantom Power contains the 14 songs featured on the CD version of the album (all of which are accompanied by videos/animations), 16 remixes, commentary by producer Mario Caldato Jr., song lyrics and hidden footage of the band firing machine guns.

In a 2008 interview with Uncut Gruff Rhys stated that "the idea behind the DVDs was that they'd be used like platform games where you'd go into the album and with every song there's different options for the mixes ... but no one gave a shit because people just want to rock n' roll!"^[1]

[edit] Track listing

1. "Hello Sunshine"
2. "Liberty Belle"
3. "Golden Retriever"
4. "Sex, War & Robots"
5. "The Piccolo Snare"
6. "Venus and Serena"
7. "Father Father #1"
8. "Bleed Forever"
9. "Out of Control"
10. "Cityscape Skybaby"
11. "Father Father #2"
12. "Valet Parking"
13. "The Undefeated"
14. "Slow Life"
15. "Hello Sunshine (Freiband Remix)"
16. "Hello Sunshine (Weevil Remix)"
17. "Liberty Belle (Mario's Remix)"
18. "Golden Retriever (Killa Kella)"
19. "Sex, War & Robots (Wauvenfold)"
20. "The Piccolo Snare (Fourtet Remix)"
21. "Venus and Serena (Massimo Remix)"
22. "Father Father (Boom Bip Remix)"
23. "Bleed Forever (Brave Captain Remix)"
24. "Out of Control (Zan Lyons Remix)"
25. "Cityscape Skybaby (Minotaur Shock)"
26. "Valet Parking (Force Unknown Remix)"
27. "Valet Parking (Sean O'Hagan Remix)"
28. "The Undefeated (Llwybr Llaethog Remix)"
29. "Slow Life (Bench Remix)"
30. "Sir Doufus Styles (Elec. Logoland Duih)"

[edit] Hidden footage

The hidden footage can be reached by selecting the song "The Undefeated", waiting 22 seconds until the lettering starts to blink and pressing 'Enter' ('Enter' must be pressed before the lettering blinks for a second time at 24 seconds)

[edit] References

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