hypersongs

Bandwagonesque

The third album, recorded in Liverpool with Don Fleming.
Teenage Fanclub, 1991

After meeting Fleming at CBGB in March 1991 the band recorded in Liverpool; he encouraged vocal harmonies. Keith Hartley engineered, Joseph McAlinden added brass and strings, and the cover's moneybag logo drew an objection from Gene Simmons. It reached 22 in the UK and 137 in the US, and "Star Sign" reached 4 on the US Modern Rock chart. Spin named it the best album of 1991, ahead of Nevermind and Out of Time; AllMusic, Mojo and Uncut gave it top marks, NME 9 out of 10, Pitchfork 8.7 and Rolling Stone two stars. The NME placed it 115th on its 2013 list of 500 greatest albums.

Track listing

  1. The Concept6:07
  2. Satan1:22
  3. December3:03
  4. What You Do to Me2:00
  5. I Don't Know4:36
  6. Star Sign4:53
  7. Metal Baby3:39
  8. Pet Rock2:35
  9. Sidewinder3:03
  10. Alcoholiday5:26
  11. Guiding Star2:48
  12. Is This Music?3:18

More from Teenage Fanclub

A Catholic Education (1990), The King (1991), Thirteen (1993), Grand Prix (1995), Songs From Northern Britain (1997), Howdy! (2000), Man-Made (2005), Shadows (2010), Here (2016), Endless Arcade (2021), Nothing Lasts Forever (2023), Do Not Dare To Dream (2026)

Sources

  1. Bandwagonesque, Wikipedia
  2. A conversation with Norman Blake, Magnet (2021-04-29)