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4.0 out of 5 stars
The people writing reviews about this are silly., December 5, 2002
This review is from: Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World (DVD)
I've been searching for 'Rings Around the World' for a long time now, in record stores and bookstores. I finally chanced upon a copy today.
The DVD in the front room would not play the songs along with the videos. Being upset, I went to 'Settings', then to 'Audio Settings'. Not only is there a Dolby Digital Surround Sound option, which I chose and found the ENTIRE DISC TO BE FAULTLESS (so the people writing articles about defective audio seem pretty stupid to me) but there is a default setting of DTS, which most players from pre-2000 can't deal with. If you can hear it's default DTS setting, then I imagine you're in for a real treat.
The music videos themselves are all very pretty stylised visual experiments by companies like Broad Snout and that Peter Fowler guy. It's all very neat.
It's an acquired taste however, as the tracks are all very different, and the moods change frequently. The moods are all helped along by the spanky clean animations and videos matching style of the band.
The whole DVD is fun to navigate, I enjoy just flicking through it randomly without any song selections. *grin*
All in all, I'd suggest this DVD be given to adults and SFA fans, the content is, in places, a little naughty; the furries are in touch with all their senses, and the music reflects a sound knowledge of every medium. You can't go wrong here.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
best DVD i own, April 20, 2006
This review is from: Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World (DVD)
This is, hands down, the favorite DVD in my stash. It sounds the best (even better than DVD-A and SACD 5-channel mixes on other discs such as Talking Heads' Brick), and I use it to test out my stereo or to annoy the neighbors. The most inventive use of 5+ channels I've ever heard, and one of my favorite albums t'boot. Some of the videos are better than others, but the overall quality is tip-top. The remixes are pretty great too. Sometimes the menus hang up and the remote takes awhile to convince them to move along, but all is forgiven when the music starts -- the clarity of the highs and lows are exceptional in DTS. Hope they make another album this good, and I hope they slap it on DVD when they do. (For another transporting musical DVD experience, try "Point" by Cornelius.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect visual complement to their varied music, November 2, 2005
This review is from: Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World (DVD)
If you ever wondered what the potential of the DVD medium was when it came to presenting an album , the Super Furry Animals will show you on this DVD .
It is nothing less than a complete set of songs each with their own supporting piece of video .
If you like your music with a lot of creativity , then you will find that here . If you like visually stimulating images , then this is the DVD for you .
If you really like the songs , you can buy the CD too .
Perfect - pick it up today and you will see your TV turn into a strange reception device .
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