Bandwagonesque (Black Vinyl)

VINYL FORMAT. This twentieth anniversary edition of Bandwagonesque is on 140 gram vinyl, pressed at Record Industry in Holland. Released for the first time in the US and re-mastered for the first time in over a decade, ORG Music is proud to present another album that helped inspire a revolution in music. Includes a faithful recreation of the original jacket and lyric sheet. '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 & 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, Bandwagoneque 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.' - Jason Ankeny / All Music Guide