Bandwagonesque

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Template:DMCA Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Bandwagonesque is the third studio album by the 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.[1][2][3] The album peaked at no. 22 in the UK and 137 in the US.

Background and recording

Teenage Fanclub released their debut album, A Catholic Education, in 1990 on the small independent label Paperhouse, and followed it up with the God Knows It's True EP before signing with Creation Records.

Following an encounter with Don Fleming at CBGB in New York City in March 1991, Teenage Fanclub started recording at Amazon Studios in Liverpool, with Fleming as producer.[4] Fleming encouraged the band to work on adding vocal harmonies, noting that not many of their contemporaries were doing so.[5]

The album's release was preceded by that of The King, an album of covers and outtakes recorded using leftover studio time from the Bandwagonesque sessions.[6]

Cover art

The cover was designed by Sharon Fitzgerald. When Kiss member Gene Simmons, who had trademarked the logo of a moneybag with dollar symbol, was made aware of the record, he sent a letter to Geffen Records, who in turn gave in and sent Simmons a cheque, according to Simmons's book Sex Money Kiss.[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarStar[8]
Chicago TribuneStarStarStarStar[9]
Entertainment WeeklyB[10]
MojoStarStarStarStarStar[11]
NME9/10[12]
Pitchfork8.7/10[13]
QStarStarStarStar[14]
Rolling StoneStarStar[15]
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStar[16]
Uncut10/10[17]

The liner notes to the 2009 Big Star box set Keep an Eye on the Sky said that Bandwagonesque was "an album so in thrall to Chilton, Bell, and company that some critics had taken to calling it 'Big Star's 4th.'"[18]

Legacy

In 2000, Bandwagonesque was voted number 386 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[19] In 2013, NME ranked Bandwagonesque at number 115 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[20]

Bandwagonesque was performed live in its entirety in 2006 as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.[21]

"The Concept" was also featured prominently in the 2011 film Young Adult.[22] "What You Do To Me" was featured in the 2013 film The World's End and on its soundtrack album.[23]

On July 28, 2017, Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie released Bandwagonesque, an album covering the original 1991 release. He noted that it was "[his] favorite record by [his] favorite band of all time."[24]

Track listing

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Personnel

Teenage Fanclub
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

Charts

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Chart (1991–1992) Peak
position
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Chart (2018) Peak
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Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] Silver 60,000 

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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