Candylion is the second solo album by Super Furry Animals

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...

. It also features Lisa Jen from the Welsh language

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

 band 9Bach on backing vocals and xylophone

Xylophone

The xylophone is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets...

. On its release, record stores stocking the album were supplied with 96" cardboard sheets with patterns for making the cardboard candylion seen on the album cover, to hand out to purchasers.

Track listing

1. "This Is Just The Beginning"
2. "Candylion"
3. "The Court Of King Arthur"
4. "Lonesome Words"
5. "Cycle Of Violence"
6. "Painting People Blue"
7. "Beacon In The Darkness"
8. "Con Carino"
9. "Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru" ("Driving Driving Driving")
10. "Now That The Feeling Has Gone"
11. "Ffrwydriad Yn Y Ffurfafen" ("Explosion In The Sky")
12. "Skylon!"