Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World (20th Anniversary Reissue)

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The 20th Anniversary reissue of Rings Around The World has been remastered from the original tapes which you can enjoy across all formats. The deluxe 3CD and digital albums include a bunch of unreleased recordings that we’ve unearthed from our archives!

Tracklistings:

Disc 1
1. Alternate Route To Vulcan Street
2. Sidewalk Serfer Girl
3. (Drawing) Rings Around The World
4. It’s Not The End Of The World?
5. Receptacle For The Respectable
6. Touch Sensitive
7. Shoot Doris Day
8. Miniature
9. No Sympathy
10. Juxtapozed With U
11. Presidential Suite
12. Run! Christian, Run!
13. Fragile Happiness
14. Tradewinds
15. The Roman Road
16. Happiness Is A Worn Pun
17. Patience
18. Edam Anchorman
19. All The Shit U Do

Disc 2
1. Gypsy Space Muffin
2. John Spex
3. Miami Vice
4. Sanitised (Rough Mix)
5. Chihuahua (Unfinished, Rough Mix)
? (Drawing) Rings Around The World (Acapella Phones) - unlisted, hidden track
6. (Drawing) Rings Around The World #1
7. (Drawing) Rings Around The World #2
8. (Drawing) Rings Around The World #3
9. No Sympathy
10. Tradewinds
11. Receptacle For The Respectable #1
12. Receptacle For The Respectable #2
13. Happiness Is A Worn Pun
14. Sidewalk Serfer Girl
15. Presidential Suite
16. The Roman Road
17. Patience #2
18. Shoot Doris Day
19. Edam Anchorman
20. Sanitised
21. Fragile Happiness

Disc 3
1. Alternate Route To Vulcan Street (Bench Remix)
2. Sidewalk Serfer Girl (Catatonia Remix)
3. (Drawing) Rings Around The World (Happy Chapel Remix)
4. It’s Not The End Of The World? (Force Unknown Remix)
5. Receptacle For The Respectable (Destructable Mix)
6. Touch Sensitive (Force Unknown Remix)
7. Shoot Doris Day (Wauvenfold Remix)
8. Miniature (Goem Remix)
9. No Sympathy (Kid 606 Remix)
10. Juxtapozed With U (SFA Remix)
11. Presidential Suite (High Llamas Remix)
12. Run! Christian, Run! (Massimo Remix)
13. Fragile Happiness (Brave Captain Remix)

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To celebrate the announcement, they released the audio of Paul McCartney chomping on celery and carrots that they used as percussion on receptacle for the respectable (lol):

This makes me feel old. I was rocking this heavy 20 years ago. Been really into the new Gruff Rhys lately too.

One of my favorite albums of all time. Giving a little side-eye to all the included remixes, though. The original track list plus associated b-sides are basically perfect, in my opinion.

I discovered SFA on the Rings USA tour, a friend dragged me to the show and it was one of the best shows I've been to.

Show was amazing, then we hung around after the show and the band invited me and some of my friends backstage where we hung out while they smoked some weed and spun some records.  Really nice dudes.  Got a tour poster signed and it's one of my prized possessions.

Because of this experience, this album will always have a special place in my life, not to mention it's also awesome.

Members of SFA and recording engineers discuss the making of the album:

And I love this video: