Yr Atal Genhedlaeth
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Yr Atal Genhedlaeth is the debut solo album by Super Furry Animals
frontman Gruff Rhys
. Entirely in the language of Welsh, the title of the album and many of the songs are plays on words and puns that might not be obvious even to a Welsh-speaker:
Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band that lean towards psychedelic rock and electronic experimentation. Since their formation in Cardiff, Wales in 1993, the band has consisted of Gruff Rhys , Huw Bunford , Guto Pryce , Cian Ciaran and Dafydd Ieuan Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band...
frontman Gruff Rhys
Gruff Rhys
Gruffydd Maredudd Bowen Rhys is a Welsh musician, performing solo and with several bands, including Super Furry Animals who obtained mainstream success in the 1990s. He also most recently formed the electro-pop outfit Neon Neon with Boom Bip. Their album Stainless Style was nominated for the 2008...
. Entirely in the language of Welsh, the title of the album and many of the songs are plays on words and puns that might not be obvious even to a Welsh-speaker:
- Yr Atal Genhedlaeth – 'The Stuttering Generation', but 'atalgenhedlu' is Welsh for a contraceptive.
- Gwn Mi Wn – 'Yes, I Know', could also mean 'this is my gun', a reference to the battle in the song.
- Epynt – named after a mountain in Mid Wales, but about money, with the 'E' standing for the Euro, and 'pynt' sounding similar to the Welsh word for Pound.
- Rhagluniaeth Ysgafn – 'Light programming', but 'lluniaeth ysgafn' means a light snack.
- Pwdin Ŵy 1 & 2 – literally 'egg pudding', means '"egg custard', two love songs.
- Y Gwybodusion – 'The Experts'
- Caerffosiaeth – literally 'sewage fortress'. 'CaerCaerIn the Welsh language, caer means "fortress", "fort" or "citadel"/"castle".Caer is the Welsh name for the city of Chester, situated in northwest England. It also forms, as a prefix, the Welsh equivalent of -caster, -cester and -chester in place names...
' is a common part of Welsh place-names (for example, Caergybi), used to indicate that there was originally a castle or fortress in the town/city. - Ambell Waith – 'Sometimes'.
- Ni Yw Y Byd – 'We Are The World'.
- Chwarae'n Troi'n Chwerw – 'When Play Turns Bitter', from a Welsh proverb. A Welsh language standard originally written and sung by Caryl Parry-Jones.
Track listing
All songs by Gruff Rhys unless otherwise stated.- "Yr Atal Genhedlaeth" – 0:08
- "Gwn Mi Wn" – 2:33
- "Epynt" – 1:48
- "Rhagluniaeth Ysgafn" – 2:55
- "Pwdin Ŵy 1" – 1:42
- "Pwdin Ŵy 2" – 3:13
- "Y Gwybodusion" – 1:52
- "Caerffosiaeth" – 2:58
- "Ambell Waith" – 2:22
- "Ni Yw Y Byd" – 3:56
- "Chwarae'n Troi'n Chwerw" (Caryl Parry Jones) – 6:04