Barafundle‎

{{For|the beach in Wales|Barafundle Bay}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Barafundle

| type = Album

| artist = Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

| cover = gzmbarafundle.jpg

| alt =

| released = 7 April 1997

| recorded = Autumn 1996

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock, psychedelic folk, neo-prog, Britpop

| length = 47:57

| label = Fontana

| producer = Gorwel Owen, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

| prev_title = Bwyd Time

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Gorky 5

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/barafundle-mw0000027176|title=Barafundle – Gorky's Zygotic Mynci|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=3 April 2020|last=Raggett|first=Ned}}

| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Gorky's Zygotic Mynci|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|year=2007|isbn=978-0195313734}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = A−{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/09/26/barafundle/|title=Barafundle|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=26 September 1997|accessdate=3 April 2020|last=Smith|first=Ethan}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|title=Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: Barafundle (Fontana)|work=The Guardian|date=11 April 1997|last=Sullivan|first=Caroline}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5Score = 8/10{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000154reviews.html|title=Gorky's Zygotic Mynci – Barafundle|magazine=NME|date=5 April 1997|accessdate=3 April 2020|last=Cameron|first=Keith|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991113211242/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000154reviews.html|archive-date=13 November 1999|url-status=dead}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone

| rev6Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/193728/gorkyszygoticmynci?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1|title=Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: Barafundle|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=30 October 1997|accessdate=3 April 2020|last=Levine|first=Robert|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309035637/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/193728/gorkyszygoticmynci?pageid=rs.ArtistDiscography&pageregion=triple1|archive-date=9 March 2005|url-status=dead}}

| rev7 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|chapter=Gorky's Zygotic Mynci|last=Sinagra|first=Laura|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/339 339]}}

| rev8 = Select

| rev8Score = 4/5{{cite magazine|title=Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: Barafundle|magazine=Select|issue=83|date=May 1997|last=Male|first=Andrew}}

| rev9 = Sputnikmusic

| rev9Score = 4.5/5{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/38225/Gorkys-Zygotic-Mynci-Barafundle/|title=Gorky's Zygotic Mynci – Barafundle|publisher=Sputnikmusic|date=28 July 2010|accessdate=3 April 2020|author=Jared P.}}

| rev10 = Wall of Sound

| rev10score = 85/100{{cite web|url=http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/3321_37Index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010415152304/http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/3321_37Index.html|title=Review: Barafundle|publisher=Wall of Sound|author=Himmelsbach, Erik|archive-date=15 April 2001|accessdate=30 October 2020|url-status=dead}}

}}

Barafundle is the fourth album by Welsh psychedelic folk band Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, which was released 7 April 1997 in the United Kingdom. The album's title comes from the name of a beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Songs are often sung in both Welsh and English, and the album's influences range from twee-pop to traditional folk music. Lynn Childs, father of singer Euros and violinist Megan, plays shawm and other traditional instruments on the album's occasional medieval interludes (for example, on "Starmoonsun").