Name: Guerrilla
Brand: Super Furry Animals

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

4050538514599

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Colour

Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-11-01

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Warner Music Group

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

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Black LPx2

4050538514568

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With 25 Bonus Tracks.

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Super Furry Animals

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

BMG Rights Management, formerly known as Bertelsmann Music Group, is a global music conglomerate with a rich history in the industry. Originally formed in 1985 as a joint venture between Bertelsmann AG and RCA, BMG has since evolved into a powerhouse of music production and distribution.

In 1986, Bertelsmann acquired full ownership of RCA and Arista Records through the purchase of their joint venture's stock from General Electric. The following year, these labels were merged under the umbrella of Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), solidifying its position as a major player in the music world.

In 2004, BMG joined forces with Sony Music to create Sony BMG Music Entertainment. However, in 2008, Bertelsmann sold its stake in the company, leading to the formation of BMG Rights Management. Today, BMG continues to thrive as a leading record label and distributor worldwide.

Super Furry Animals is a Welsh rock band formed in 1993. Known for their psychedelic rock and electronic experimentation, the band consists of Gruff Rhys, Huw Bunford, Cian Ciáran, Guto Pryce, and Dafydd Ieuan.

With their unique blend of genres and innovative soundscapes, Super Furry Animals have carved out a distinct place in the music industry. Their captivating performances and thought-provoking lyrics have garnered them a dedicated fan base worldwide.

From their early beginnings to their continued success today, Super Furry Animals continue to push boundaries and challenge musical conventions. With each album release, they showcase their artistic growth and evolution while staying true to their roots.

Guerrilla is the third album by Super Furry Animals. The record was released on 14th June, 1999 by Creation Records and peaked at number 10 in the UK Albums Chart.

With a bigger budget from Creation and choosing to self-produce the album with studio wingman / engineer, Michael Brennan, in rural splendour, the band determinedly set about making an upbeat, pop record that would deliver a punch inside 45 minutes. What actually emerged was a kaleidoscopic and indefinable gathering of vibrant songs that, while brimming with intended positivity, embraced accidental studio discoveries, missteps in the recording process and a new sense of democracy as the band shared production duties.

Featuring two hidden tracks, "Citizen’s Band" (inspired by Gruff’s experiences during the 1980’s CB radio craze in remote North Wales) coming in before the official opener, "Check It Out", and "Chewing Chewing Gum (Reprise") sitting in the gap after the ‘closing’ glam-rock stomp of "Keep The Cosmic Trigger Happy", Super Furry Animals were found to be in playful mood. 

Their selection of singles offered a potent, at-a-glance guide of the band’s career-spanning sounds, with "Northern Lites" (No.11, UK Singles Chart) poppy, steel drum-infused calypso foretelling the unashamed, hit-making approach that would follow them into 2001’s Rings Around The World and 2003’s Phantom Power. At the same time, gentle acoustic ballad, "Fire In My Heart" (No.25, UK Singles Chart) and punky, gobbledygook third single, "Do Or Die" (No.20, UK Singles Chart) shared the charming, naïve immediacy of their debut, Fuzzy Logic and it’s follow-up Radiator. Constantly casting their gaze into the future, "Wherever I Lay My Phone (That’s My Home)" foretold of iPhone dominance in the age when heavyweight, low-tech Nokias ruled the world, taking rhythmic cues from one of the band’s mobile ring tones and the sampled sound of guitarist, Huw tripping over a lead. For every attempt made at a pop song, there was a "The Sound Of Life Today", an interlude formed of 22 seconds of the tender, yet warped eighth track, "Some Things Come From Nothing", being played backwards. Electricity also pulses obviously through the record, with Ciarán’s growing assemblage of gadgetry forming a studio within a studio at Real World, casting bleeps and wailing circuits across the album more liberally than had been heard on earlier recordings.

Guerrilla

Music GB

Discover Guerrilla by Super Furry Animals. The third album from the Welsh band, released in 1999 on Creation Records. Available in CD and LP formats.