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Grand Prix (CD)

By: Teenage Fanclub (Artist)

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Teenage Fanclub Artist Snapshot:

Drawing heavily on the spangled power-pop of cult favorites Big Star, Teenage Fanclub's sound was fresh and captivating in the pre-grunge 1980s. At the height of its fame, the Glaswegian quartet was at the forefront of the Britpop scene that eventually exploded with the likes of Blur and Oasis. While its raggedly melodic pop tunes teemed with big guitars and hooks, TFC supplanted the cheerfulness of its '60s-pop roots with lyrics that were melancholy and knowing.

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DISC 1 for Grand Prix (CD) Album By Teenage Fanclub (Artist)
1   About You
2   Sparky's Dream
3   Mellow Doubt
4   Don't Look Back
5   Verisimilitude
6   Neil Jung
7   Tears
8   Discolite
9   Say No
10   Going Places
11   I'll Make It Clear
12   I Gotta Know
13   Hardcore / Ballad
 

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Review

Q (12/99, p.84) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."
Q (2/96, p.63) - Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995.
Q (6/00, p.64) - Ranked #72 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums"
Q (7/95, p.131) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...the band have honed a particularly agreeable sound, chimingly melodic guitar rock replete with history but thoroughly modern....saner folk will simply revel in the abundant tunefulness, zest and melancholy of a great band."
Alternative Press (8/95, pp.99-100) - "...a lovely record, beautifully textured, gentle, warm, and sad in turns, snatchingly humourous, engagingly derivative..."
NME (Magazine) (12/23-30/95, pp.22-23) - Ranked #5 in NME's 'Top 50 Albums Of The Year' for 1995 - "...simple, savoury, soul-tickling tunes and sweet melancholic harmonies. If the Beach Boys had been born in Glasgow they might...have sounded this great."

Title Note

Teenage Fanclub: Norman Blake, Raymond McGinley (vocals, guitar); Gerald Love (vocals, bass); Paul Quinn (drums).

Additional personnel: David Bianco (vocals, guitar, piano); Jules Singleton, Sonia Slany (violin); Jocelyn Pook (viola); Dinah Beamish (cello); Nigel Hitchcock (alto saxophone); Jamie Talbot (tenor saxophone); Chris White (baritone saxophone); Steve Sidwell (trumpet); Dave Barker, Chas Banks, Jim Parsons (handclaps).

Recorded at The Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, England between September 5 and October 9, 1994.

The adorable Fannies are in danger of becoming a 'much-loved institution' like the Kinks and XTC: great for warm-hearted feelings, but lousy for record sales. Grand Prix breaks the band's Byrdsian mould slightly, but there are enough jangly G chords to satisfy everyone. Virtually every song is a flawless gem, complete with the most precise harmonies; each rolls into the next with love and care, played, sung and produced with supreme clarity. With the fantastic boon of possessing three talented songwriters, TFC offer plenty of variety; in particular, Gerard Love's irresistible 'Sparky's Dream' achieves classic pop song status, and his 'Don't Look Back' is this accomplished album's highlight.

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