Rings Around The World
by Super Furry Animals
  • Record Label: Epic
  • Release Date: Mar 19, 2002
Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    It's not, as has been signalled, Super Furries' best album. It's their worst. That's still aeons better than most other left-of-centre alternative British pop bands, but it's nonetheless a disappointment.
  2. Blender
    60
    Unless you've just fallen off a bong, the endless whimsy lacks meat. [Apr/May 2002, p.118]
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  3. Q Magazine
    60
    Aurally, Super Furry Animals are evolving into a hybrid of Blur and The Cardiacs. (Drawing) Rings Around The World, Shoot Doris Day and Presidential Suite are excellent, most of the remainder pass muster, but there's nothing to change anyone's world.

Awards & Rankings

8
#8 Best Album of 2002
47
#47 Most Discussed Album of 2002

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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 45 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 45
  3. Negative: 4 out of 45
  1. YFinnau
    May 3, 2011
    10
    I'll make one thing clear, this album isn't musically perfect. However, I rated this album so highly based on the ridiclousness of it. It'sI'll make one thing clear, this album isn't musically perfect. However, I rated this album so highly based on the ridiclousness of it. It's fun to listen to and that is something that's not heard often in music. Listening to this album is an adventure, you don't know what comes next. Take No Sympathy for exmple, it's a soft folky song until half way when all of a sudden it's taken over by a wave of techno. I get so much satisfaction from listening to this album and I'm sure SFA had the greatest fun making an album like this. Sadly SFA lost much of this playfulness in their later albums… Full Review »
  2. Scarletti420
    Nov 24, 2021
    10
    Sidewalk serfer girl is one of my favorite songs of all time and this album in general is just really good. Listen to it if you can
  3. Ricko
    Nov 10, 2019
    7
    This is definitely a good album but based on what I had heard from friends and reviews I had read, I expected a little more. There are tunesThis is definitely a good album but based on what I had heard from friends and reviews I had read, I expected a little more. There are tunes aplenty but much of it sounds overly familiar. A lot of it reminds of the more intelligent albums released during the Britpop era of the 90's, this coming on the tail end of that. "Rings Around The World" is a good set of psychedelic pop songs but very much leaning on what has gone before. Nothing wrong with this. It's an influential album in its own way, I can hear a lot of where Elbow get their ideas from on this album. Glad I bought this album, worthy of a place in the collection without a doubt.… Full Review »
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