Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
(Creation Records 1991 CRELP106)
Matrix No’s: A3/B2 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– small scuff on top edge
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Teenage Fanclub are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Glasgow in 1989. The group were founded by Norman Blake (vocals, guitar), Raymond McGinley (vocals, lead guitar) and Gerard Love (vocals, bass), all of whom shared lead vocals and songwriting duties until Love’s departure in 2018. As of 2023, the band’s lineup consists of Blake, McGinley, Francis Macdonald (drums, vocals), Dave McGowan (bass, vocals) and Euros Childs (keyboards, vocals).
Bandwagonesque is the third studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, released in November 1991 on Creation Records. The album gave the band substantial US success when the single “Star Sign” reached number four on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, becoming their biggest hit in that country, with “What You Do to Me” and “The Concept” also becoming top 20 hits on that chart. Bandwagonesque was voted “album of the year” for 1991 by American music magazine Spin, beating R.E.M.’s Out of Time and Nirvana’s Nevermind; the magazine has subsequently both apologized for and defended the selection. The album peaked at no. 22 in the UK and 137 in the US.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “The Concept” | Norman Blake | 6:07 |
| 2. | “Satan” | Blake, Gerard Love, Raymond McGinley, Brendan O’Hare | 1:22 |
| 3. | “December” | Love | 3:03 |
| 4. | “What You Do to Me” | Blake | 2:00 |
| 5. | “I Don’t Know” | McGinley | 4:36 |
| 6. | “Star Sign” | Love | 4:53 |
| 7. | “Metal Baby” | Blake | 3:39 |
| 8. | “Pet Rock” | Love | 2:35 |
| 9. | “Sidewinder” | Love, O’Hare | 3:03 |
| 10. | “Alcoholiday” | Blake | 5:26 |
| 11. | “Guiding Star” | Love | 2:48 |
| 12. | “Is This Music?” | Love | 3:18 |
Personnel
- Teenage Fanclub
- Norman Blake – vocals, guitar, bass on “Is This Music?”
- Gerard Love – vocals, bass, guitar on “Is This Music?”
- Raymond McGinley – guitar, vocals on “I Don’t Know”
- Brendan O’Hare – drums, vocals on “Sidewinder”
- Additional musicians
- Joseph McAlinden – brass and strings
- Don Fleming – occasional guitar and vocals
- Dave Buchanan – handclaps
- Technical
- Don Fleming – production
- Teenage Fanclub – production, arrangements
- Paul Chisholm – production, engineering
- Keith Hartley – engineer
- Dave Buchanan – assistant engineering
- George Peckham – mastering
- Sharon Fitzgerald – cover design, photography
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