Zoom! The Best of 1995–2016
| Zoom! The Best of 1995–2016 | ||||
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| Compilation album by Super Furry Animals | ||||
| Released | 4 November 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 1995–2016 | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock | |||
| Length | 2:35:36 | |||
| Label | BMG | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
| Super Furry Animals chronology | ||||
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Zoom! The Best of 1995–2016 is a compilation album by the Welsh alternative rock band Super Furry Animals, released on 4 November 2016.[1] It is the band's third compilation album, after the B-sides/rarities collection Out Spaced (1998), and Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 (2004).
Background
The release collects all of the band's singles as well as some 'deep cuts' from their studio albums. "Organ Yn Dy Geg" is originally from the Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobwllantysiliogogogochynygofod (in space) E.P.. "The Citizen's Band" was originally a hidden track found in the pregap of Guerrilla, it is presented as an individually advertised track for the first time, it had never been released with copies of Guerrilla released via digital markets and "Patience" is from the DVD version of Rings Around the World, and was only previously released on CD on the bonus disc for the U.S. release of Rings Around the World which contained the seven DVD bonus tracks in 2002.
The title of the album is named for "Zoom!", the opening track from the band's 2005 album Love Kraft which appears in a previously unreleased edit on this compilation where the sample of guitarist Huw Bunford jumping into a swimming pool at the start of the track is removed.
Packaging
The album's artwork was designed by longtime collaborator Pete Fowler and the sleeve notes were written by noted Welsh music journalist and author Simon Price.[2]
Track listing
| Disc one | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Slow Life" (from Phantom Power, 2003) | 6:57 |
| 2. | "(Drawing) Rings Around the World" (from Rings Around the World, 2001) | 3:30 |
| 3. | "Bing Bong" (from "Bing Bong" single, 2016) | 5:19 |
| 4. | "Organ Yn Dy Geg" (from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyndrobwllantysiliogogogochynygofod (in space) E.P., 1995) | 2:56 |
| 5. | "Run-Away" (from Hey Venus!, 2007) | 2:52 |
| 6. | "Northern Lites" (from Guerrilla, 1999) | 3:31 |
| 7. | "Inaugural Trams" (from Dark Days/Light Years, 2009) | 5:38 |
| 8. | "Demons" (originally from Radiator, 1997) | 5:13 |
| 9. | "Ice Hockey Hair" (from Ice Hockey Hair EP, 1998) | 6:58 |
| 10. | "Juxtapozed with U" (from Rings Around the World, 2001) | 3:11 |
| 11. | "The Gift That Keeps Giving" (from Hey Venus!, 2007) | 3:18 |
| 12. | "The International Language of Screaming" (from Radiator, 1997) | 2:16 |
| 13. | "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" (from Fuzzy Logic, 1996) | 3:18 |
| 14. | "Fire in My Heart" (from Guerrilla, 1999) | 2:49 |
| 15. | "Run! Christian Run!" (from Rings Around the World, 2001) | 7:18 |
| 16. | "The Piccolo Snare" (from Phantom Power, 2003) | 6:46 |
| 17. | "Zoom!" (edit, originally from Love Kraft, 2005) | 6:58 |
| Disc two | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Night Vision" (from Guerrilla, 1999) | 4:43 |
| 2. | "God! Show Me Magic" (from Fuzzy Logic, 1996) | 1:48 |
| 3. | "Hello Sunshine" (radio edit, originally from Phantom Power, 2003) | 2:54 |
| 4. | "Hermann ♥'s Pauline" (from Radiator, 1997) | 4:44 |
| 5. | "Patience" (from Rings Around the World (DVD version), 2001) | 4:04 |
| 6. | "Do or Die" (from Guerrilla, 1999) | 2:06 |
| 7. | "Ysbeidiau Heulog" (from Mwng, 2000) | 2:52 |
| 8. | "Show Your Hand" (from Hey Venus!, 2007) | 2:52 |
| 9. | "Something 4 the Weekend" (from Fuzzy Logic, 1996) | 2:53 |
| 10. | "Smokin'" (from Ice Hockey Hair EP, 1998) | 5:04 |
| 11. | "The Citizen's Band" (hidden track on Guerrilla, 1999) | 4:49 |
| 12. | "It's Not the End of the World?" (from Rings Around the World, 2001) | 3:29 |
| 13. | "Play It Cool" (single mix, originally from Radiator, 1997) | 3:17 |
| 14. | "Golden Retriever" (from Phantom Power, 2003) | 2:27 |
| 15. | "Lazer Beam" (from Love Kraft, 2005) | 4:59 |
| 16. | "Receptacle for the Respectable" (from Rings Around the World, 2001) | 4:34 |
| 17. | "Hometown Unicorn" (from Fuzzy Logic, 1996) | 3:36 |
| 18. | "Mt." (from Dark Days/Light Years, 2009) | 4:24 |
| 19. | "Mountain People" (from Radiator, 1997) | 6:17 |
| 20. | "The Man Don't Give a Fuck" ("The Man Don't Give a Fuck" single, 1996) | 4:46 |
References
- ↑ "iTunes - Music - The Best Of by Super Furry Animals". iTunes.
- ↑ "Super Furry Animals". PledgeMusic. Retrieved 4 November 2016.