Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1

Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1
Greatest hits album by Super Furry Animals
Released	4 October 2004
Recorded	1995–2003
Genre	Experimental rock
Label	Epic (UK), Beggars XL (US)
Producer	Chris Shaw, Gorwel Owen, Mario Caldato Jr, Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals chronology
Slow Life (2004) Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 (2004) Love Kraft (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
BBC	extremely favourable link
Coke Machine Glow	93% link
Drowned in Sound	link
NME	link
Pitchfork Media	8.9/10 link
PopMatters	8/10 link
Rolling Stone	link
Stylus Magazine	A link
Yahoo! Music	[1]

Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 collects all of the Super Furry Animals singles released between 1996 and 2004 as well as B-side "Blerwytirhwng?" (which can be found on their 1995 Welsh only debut EP Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (In Space)). 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 Guto Pryce 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 [so that] was where our heads were at". Despite this they did pick the track listing, 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".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Something 4 the Weekend" – 2:55
2. "It's Not the End of the World?" – 3:31
3. "Northern Lites" – 3:33
4. "Juxtapozed with U" – 3:13
5. "Slow Life" – 7:01
6. "Fire in My Heart" – 2:52
7. "The Man Don't Give a Fuck" – 4:48
8. "Hermann Loves Pauline" – 4:09
9. "Play It Cool" – 3:19
10. "Ice Hockey Hair" – 7:00
11. "Do or Die" – 2:07
12. "(Drawing) Rings Around the World" – 3:34
13. "God! Show Me Magic" – 1:52
14. "Ysbeidiau Heulog" – 2:54
15. "Demons" – 5:15
16. "Golden Retriever" – 2:29
17. "The International Language of Screaming" – 2:14
18. "Hello Sunshine" – 3:43
19. "Hometown Unicorn" – 3:38
20. "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" – 3:19
21. "Blerwytirhwng?" – 5:34

DVD

Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1
Video by Super Furry Animals
Released	4 October 2004
Genre	Indie
Label	Epic
Super Furry Animals chronology
Phantom Power (2003) Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 (2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	Not rated link

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! called it "one of the best video collections available."^[3]

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"

References

1. Webb, Adam (2004-10-18). "Super Furry Animals - Songbook". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
2. Foster, Richard (2005-10-10). "Incendiary interview Super Furry Animals". Incendiary Magazine. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
3. Lindsay, Cam (March 2005). "Super Furry Animals Songbook Volume One". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2010-03-19.

External links

• Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)