Phantom Power - Super Furry Animals
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87 out of 100

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  • Summary: The quirky Welsh quintet's sixth album was produced by Mario Caldato Jr. (Beastie Boys).

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Junkmedia
    100
    It is every bit the equal of recent pop classics like the Flaming Lips' The Soft Bulletin, Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, or The Shins' Oh, Inverted World.
  2. Urb
    80
    Phantom Power is pretty much your perfect experience, certainly alongside some jazzy cigarettes and a nubile lovely. [Oct 2003, p.84]
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  3. Dot Music
    80
    A dreamy, sun-dappled delight, blending pastoral folk, psychedelia, free-wheeling, West Coast Americana and orchestral pop with such apparent effortlessness that its darker lyrical themes - the workings of sinister, invisible forces and the destruction wrought by war - are uncovered only by careful listening.
  4. Outburn
    80
    Phantom Power's Technicolor ballads, flowery pop synths and acoustic touches will leave a smile on your face even as the winter days approach. [#23, p.102]
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  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
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  1. TylerL
    10
    I think that Phantom Power is one of the top cds of our modern era
  2. JonH
    10
    I love this album, even more then rings around the world, though i know most would disagree with me
  3. DomS.
    8
    Although not even close in scope or ass-beating originality as "Rings Around the World," "Phantom Power" is still classic furries and will undoibtedly pull more fans into their clutches, albeit unwillingly and, possibly, brutally.… Expand
  4. John
    5
    The latest from the Furries is very aptly titled: the power within this album is very hard to see, if it exists at all. I should not be complaining though, it is still miles ahead of most everything cluttering up the pop charts, but, and I do hate to say this, Phantom Power is a, well, boring. Rings Around the World was far more adventurous and I wish they would have grown in that direction.… Expand

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