Teenage Fanclub
Bandwagonesque
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MOG Editorial Review
Scottish alt-rockers Teenage Fanclub manage to blend a guitar-heavy sound with rich vocal harmonies and songwriting skills that bands from grunge to Brit-pop would kill for. Somehow their second record, Bandwagonesque, manages to sharpen this quality, all while fitting in solid punk tunes like "Satan." The year it came out, SPIN even ranked Bandwagonesque above classics by kindred spirits like Nirvana and My Bloody Valentine. Strong, melodic tracks like "December" and "Metal Baby" stand the test of time, while the hit "Star Sign," beginning with delay-heavy guitars before kicking into high-gear pop-rock, gets the juices flowing.
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AMG Review of Bandwagonesque
Jason Ankeny
All Music GuideThe 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 & 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.
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