Name: Bandwagonesque.
Brand: Teenage Fanclub

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

19075869091

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-02-18

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Sony

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

190758690919

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Teenage Fanclub

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Bandwagonesque is the third album by Teenage Fanclub, released in November 1991 on Creation Records. 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 and 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.

Bandwagonesque.

Music GB