Mwng | 
| Artist: Super Furry Animals
Label: Xl Recordings
Category: Music
Buy New: $67.02
New (3) Used (6) from $13.75
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 206742
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 85041
UPC: 060761850412
EAN: 0060761850412
ASIN: B0007NMKD0
Release Date: April 12, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Drygioni | | • | Ymaelodi A'r Ymylon | | • | Y Gwyneb Iau | | • | Dacw Hi | | • | Nythod Cacwn | | • | Pan Ddaw'r Wawr | | • | Ysbeidiau Heulog | | • | Y Teimlad | | • | Sarn Helen | | • | Gwreiddiau DWFN/Mawrth Oer Ar y Blaned Neifion |
Disc 2
| • | Cryndod Yn Dy Lais [*] | | • | Trons Mr Urdd [*] | | • | Calimero [*] | | • | Sali Mal [*] | | • | (Nid) Hon Yw'r Gan Sy'n Mynd I Achub Yr Laitl [*] |
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Album Details
Japanese Version featuring Six Bonus Tracks: Cryndod Yn Dy Lais, Trons Mr Urdd, Calimero, Sail Mail, (Nid) Hon Yw'r Gan Sy'n, and Mynd I Achub Yr Laith.
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| Customer Reviews:
 welsh is a tricky language, phonetically November 6, 2005
Stargrazer (deep in the heart of Michigan)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
My unfamiliarity with the native language of this album makes it a little challenging to discuss. I've never learned the song names, so besides the revved-up "Calimero" I'm not real sure which song is which.
As a piece the album functions very well. It's full of great melodies that stick with you between listens. The abbreviated second disc is the highlight for me, especially the aforementioned "Calimero" (which Gruff Rhys claims in concert is "a song about a chicken.") and the opening acoustic track.
SFA cuts a wide swath through popular music forms, touching down on many sounds. On different days the disc recalls different artists -- classic Peter Gabriel, the Beatles, Talking Heads -- all spun together into a confectionary pop miasma.
Lost without translation July 6, 2007
Matthew T. Medlock (Cincinnati, OH)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The very nature of this record might make someone immediately write it off as a doodle-doo between more crystallized efforts. After all, unless you speak Welsh, the song names and lyrics are complete gibberish. But that's like dismissing a record from France or Japan or Germany simply because it's in a different language (hell, American audiences couldn't get enough of "99 Luftballoons" in the 80s). And because of its accessible musical style, it's not even the most challenging Furries record (that would be Radiator, still their best album).
And even though Mwng struggles to meet the highs of Rings and Radiator, it doesn't miss greatness because of the words. There's an inexplicable lack of energy at several junctures. Slow, dreamy pop isn't off-limits, but they seem to be doing some of it lazily. "Pan Ddaw'r Wawr" is mostly elegiac, but it has moments of startling strength and beauty; meanwhile, I just wanted "Nythod Cacwn" to MOVE. One of the better songs is the quick toss off opener, "Drygioni," which could have become a true standout if it didn't fade too fast. But "Dacw Hi" and "Ysbeidiau Heulog" rank with the best of the Furries.
Best cuts: "Dacw Hi," "Pan Ddaw'r Wawr," "Ysbeidiau Heulog," "Drygioni," "Y Teimlad," "Ymalodi A'r Ymylon," "Sarn Helen"
 music is the best... September 27, 2005
Alphonse maroon
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This record is the bands finest and least accessible lyrically. Unless you speak Welsh.
I don't know the language but my ancestors were from Cardiff.
This one calms me. Rock on SFA!
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