Teenage Fanclub BANDWAGONESQUE - Vinyl

Teenage Fanclub: Norman Blake, Gerard Love, Raymond McGinley, Brendan O'Hare.
Additional personnel: Joseph McAlinden (brass & string synthesizers).
Recorded at Amazon Studios, Liverpool, England between April 9 & May 12, 1991.
Teenage Fanclub emerged from a fraternal milieu centred on the Scottish town of Bellshill. A common love of pop tradition bound the quartet together and elements of their mentors abound on this collection. Neil Young and Big Star are obvious reference points, but the Fannies are not merely Byrds copyists. Dizzy melodies, long-hair guitar and unpretentiousness abound, the set's attraction ultimately residing in its cumulative, carefree charm. An impishness enhances the entire proceedings; only the churlish can resist its obvious attractions. Since this release they have been sorely taken for granted and have become an institution rather than stars. Everybody loves them but not enough to buy them.

• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: Pop