• Artist: Teenage Fanclub
• Rating:
• Styles: Pop Underground, Indie Pop, Indie Rock
• Track Picks: "Alcoholiday," "The Concept," "What You Do to Me"
• Similar Albums: Electric Soup: The Singles Collection, The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead [#1], Greatest Hits: Videos, Flop and the Fall of the Mopsqueezer!, Nonsuch, Goodbye Jumbo, 1985-1991, Dear 23, International Pop Overthrow, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Greatest Hits, Stray

Review

The gold standard of the early-'90s power pop revival, in its own way Bandwagoneque was as much a benchmark as contemporary records like Nevermind and Loveless; though not the generational rallying cry of the former nor the revolutionary sonic breakthrough of the latter, Teenage Fanclub's sophomore album nevertheless heralded the return of melody and craft, coupled with energy and spirit -- hallmarks of much of the greatest rock & roll of the past, and virtues as rare as hen's teeth in the years immediately prior to the disc's release. Although its incandescent harmonies, lazily immediate songs, and crunching guitars earned it endless comparisons to vintage Big Star, Bandwagonesque is in every way a product of its own time -- the thick, grungy sound of the Fannies' debut A Catholic Education remains intact for gems like "What You Do to Me" (arguably the most brilliantly simpleminded love song ever penned) and the instrumental "Satan," while the lyrics of other standout moments like "Star Sign" and "Alcoholiday" reflect a laissez faire irony and unassuming genius even more emblematic of the moment in question. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
The Concept	...	Norman Blake	Teenage Fanclub	(6:07)
Satan	...		Teenage Fanclub	(1:22)
December	...		Teenage Fanclub	(3:02)
What You Do to Me	...	Norman Blake	Teenage Fanclub	(1:59)
I Don't Know	...		Teenage Fanclub	(4:35)
Star Sign		Gerard Love, Norman Blake	Teenage Fanclub	(4:53)
Metal Baby			Teenage Fanclub	(3:39)
Pet Rock			Teenage Fanclub	(2:34)
Sidewinder			Teenage Fanclub	(3:02)
Alcoholiday			Teenage Fanclub	(5:26)
Guiding Star			Teenage Fanclub	(2:45)
Is This Music?			Teenage Fanclub	(3:17)

Credits

Teenage Fanclub (Producer), Teenage Fanclub (Main Performer), Keef Hartley (Engineer), Paul Chisholm (Guitar), Paul Chisholm (Vocals (Background)), Paul Chisholm (Producer), Paul Chisholm (Engineer), Don Fleming (Guitar), Don Fleming (Vocals), Don Fleming (Vocals (Background)), Don Fleming (Producer), Gerard Love (Bass), Gerard Love (Vocals), Gerard Love, Joseph McAlinden (Strings), Joseph McAlinden (Horn), Joseph McAlinden (Brass), Raymond McGinley (Guitar), Raymond McGinley (Vocals), Raymond McGinley, Brendan O'Hare (Drums), Brendan O'Hare, George Peckham (Mastering), Keith Hartley (Engineer), Norman Blake (Guitar), Norman Blake (Vocals), Norman Blake, Sharon Fitzgerald (Photography), Sharon Fitzgerald (Cover Design), Dave Buchanan (Percussion), Dave Buchanan (Handclapping), Dave Buchanan (Assistant Engineer)

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