Love Kraft
Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Iguana Music Spain Best albums 2005 2005 62
NME United Kingdom Albums of 2005 2005 26
Uncut United Kingdom Uncut 50 best albums of 2005 2005 12
Uncut United Kingdom Uncut 's 150 greatest albums of the 2000s 2009 118
The Village Voice United States Pazz & Jop Albums of 2005 2005 339
Critical response -- Accolades
Love Kraft is the seventh studio album by Welsh indie rock band Super Furry Animals, released on 22 August 2005 through Epic Records in the United Kingdom. The album was recorded in Spain with producer Mario Caldato Jr and was something of a departure for the band, with all members contributing songs and lead vocals alongside Gruff Rhys who had been main songwriter for the Super Furries until this point. In selecting tracks for Love Kraft a conscious effort was made by the band not to choose songs on their individual merit but rather to pick those which went well together in order to create as cohesive an album as possible. The album's name was taken from a sex shop, Love Craft, near the Cardiff offices of the Super Furries' management team and is also a nod to American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Critical response was generally positive with some reviews claiming the album was the best of the group's career. However, a few reviewers expressed reservations that Love Kraft was merely a very good Super Furry Animals effort and was not as impressive as the band's previous records. The track Lazer Beam was released as a single and reached #28 in the UK Singles Chart.