''Superfragilistically'' is the fifth studio album by Australian singer-songwriter
Gyan that was released in October 2010.
Gyan said the album was four years in the making, "I came to this record with the idea of capturing precious little moments of beauty and holding them up just long enough to take their picture before they run for cover, like most endangered species, Thus SuperFRAGILE, and the 'istically' part of the title
sa little present for Julie Andrews?"
Critical reception
''Superfagilistically'' was named Album of the Week on
ABC Radio National
Radio National, known on-air as RN, is an Australia-wide public service broadcasting radio network run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). From 1947 until 1985, the network was known as ABC Radio 2.
History
1937: Predecessors an ...
's Daily Planet.
Bruce Elder from ''
Sydney Morning Herald'' gave the album a four-star review, calling it "intensely beautiful, emotionally honest, sensitive and seductive". Matt Hill from ''The Northern Rivers Echo'' called it "a magical series of vignettes that feels like a book of short stories by the likes of Roald Dahl, Peter Carey or Gabriel Garcia Marquez".
The
Brisbane Courier
''The Courier-Mail'' is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner norther ...
called it a "staggeringly beautiful record".
Track listing
# "Fowl Play"
# "Triple Why"
# "Priest"
# "Jehova"
# "Girl With a Long Fuse"
# "Love You & Let You Go"
# "Come Settle You Down"
# "Superfragilistically"
# "www."
# "Reruns"
# "I've Lost the Sea"
# "Every Finger"
# "Time"
# "aSLEEP (Coda)"
References
2010 albums
Gyan Evans albums
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