Two sides for you today, fourteen songs in total and coming in at vinyl-friendly 20-odd minutes per side. The selection is mainly drawn from the mid-1990s and more specifically the Grand Prix era. This highlights more that I have relatively little of their output beyond the excellent compilation, Four Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Six Seconds, a clutch of singles and quite a lot of orphan tracks that have been culled from numerous music magazine promo CDs over the years.
With that revelation, I will be buying their forthcoming album, Nothing Lasts Forever, out in September, and also working my way through their back catalogue, starting with the first four albums.
In the meantime, I hope this offering does them justice, either as a reminder of how great they are or, if you're hearing most of these for the first time, a prompt to follow me and catch up with Teenage Fanclub.
Side One
1) About You (Album Version) (1995)
2) Getting Real (1995)
3) Middle Of The Road (1997)
4) Jesus Christ (Cover of Big Star) (1997)
5) Primary Education (1990)
6) I'm In Love (Album Version) (2016)
7) I Saw The Light (Cover of Todd Rundgren) (1991)
8) Mellow Doubt (Alternative Version) (1995)
Side Two
1) Star Sign (Album Version) (1991)
2) Everything Flows (Single Version) (1990)
3) The World'll Be OK (Album Version) (2002)
4) Answerphone Message 2 (1995)
5) Weird Horses (1993)
6) That's All I Need To Know (1995)
1991: Bandwagonesque: B1
1993: Radio EP: B5
1995: Grand Prix: A1
1995: Grand Prix (limited edition bonus 7"): B4
1995: Mellow Doubt EP: A2, A8
1995: Sparky's Dream EP: B6
1997: Ain't That Enough EP: A4
1997: I Don't Want Control Of You EP: A3
2003: Four Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Six Seconds: B3
2005: Scotland On Sunday EP (newspaper promo CD): A7
2016: Here: A6
You need Songs From Northern Britain in your life
ReplyDeleteThanks, CC. I'm embarrassed to admit that I miscounted and thought Songs From Northern Britain was one of the first four albums. Oops, sorry!
Deletei agree with Charity Chic!
ReplyDeleteI started with SFNB yesterday and of course it's a thing of great beauty. Thanks, Mike!
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ReplyDeleteThanks, Martin. This is like the best modern update of Jukebox Jury you could wish for. Having listened to SFNB a few times in the last 24 hours, you're all spot on of course. It's a hit!
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