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Track Listings
| 1. It's All In My Mind |
| 2. Time Stops |
| 3. Nowhere |
| 4. Save |
| 5. Slow Fade |
| 6. Only With You |
| 7. Cells |
| 8. Feel |
| 9. Fallen Leaves |
| 10. Flowing |
| 11. Born Under A Good Sign |
| 12. Don't Hide |
Product Description
Album Description
The long-awaited 7th studio album from Scotland's Teenage Fanclub is finally nearing release. The band's meteoric rise to critical acclaim in the early 1990's as part of the Creation Records family (a family which also included My Bloody Valentine) and later Geffen Records on which they released Bandwagonesque (an album heralded by Spin Magazine as Best Album of 1991 and humorously by others as "a shit album with shit songs") has been, at times, inconsistent. In spite of personnel changes and critical woes, the band has never wavered from its endearing and affectionate embrace of its heroes -- Big Star, The Beatles, Neil Young, and The Byrds. Man-Made is no exception to the rule and should be universally heralded by critics as one of Teenage Fanclub's best efforts (if not their very best). These 12 songs find harmonic convergences of pitch-perfect vocals, warm and inviting multi-layered fuzztone guitars and keyboards planting their classic brand of '60s and '70s pop earworms gently. If the hundreds of bands that were launched in the wake of Teenage Fanclub's popularity weren't enough evidence, then Man-Made is proof positive of why the Fannies no longer merely pay homage to their power pop influences; they have firmly established their place among the upper echelons of power pop's most important and influential artists. Pema. 2005. * No US release until June.
Album Details
2005 Full Length Recorded by John Mcentire (Tortoise, the Sea and Cake) at his Soma Electronic Studio in Chicago. It's the Follow-up to 2002's 'words of Wisdom and Hope'.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Man Made shows Teenage Fanclub has lot of life left,
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This review is from: Man Made (Audio CD)
Fifteen years after the most pop band almost no one ever heard of released their masterpiece, Teenage Fanclub reconvene and bring us Man Made. After splitting with more high profile indie labels than most bands can only wish to have been associated with, they've signed a deal with possibly the most illustrious of all, Merge Records. The last few years have seen some impressive releases by this label, and Man Made fits right in. The band recorded this at Soma Studios in Chicago with John McEntire (Tortoise, Stereolab etc.) at the controls. The result is an album of sweet pop tunes wrapped up in the warm glow of tube amp hum and room reverb. The songs are built on really simple but well fleshed out ideas. Only With You, for example, starts with a stark piano run. Then the band kicks in and fills in all the blanks. Opener It's All In My Mind features a very simple set of lyrics that become a sunny Saturday morning mantra wrapped up in solid beats and guitars. The Bandwagonesque days are over, for sure, but Teenage Fanclub still have some great hooks up their sleeve, as this album demonstrates.
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4.4 out of 5 stars (16 customer reviews) 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cool doesn't necessarily mean tepid,
By Howlinw - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Man Made (Audio CD)
For those of you who (unfairly) criticize this latest effort by the vastly underappreciated Teenage Fanclub as being lackluster, I wish to offer a different interpretation. Yes it is a subdued and carefully-produced effort, in keeping with their later work rather than the Bandwagonesque-era looseness and feedback-drenched Big Star rock. But it is not without soul or passion. It is simply a more relaxed record, more sculpted, more careful. The music still flows nicely, the lyrics are stronger than usual, and hooks abound. Just about every song has worthwhile aspects anda high level of attention to detail. It is obvious to me that the band put a lot into this one, from picking a new producer to writing a collection of grade-A material. Why only 4 stars then? Well, Bandwagonesque is classic, and a high, high bar was set way back when. If this came from anyone else, maybe 5 stars would be more in line.For those of you who are new to Fanclub and have stumbled onto this page by accident, let me tell you, you have to buy either the best-of collection or Bandwagonesque, or both. Really. Then you will want all the rest. I cheered when Nirvana kicked Michael Jackson off the charts in 1991 or whenever that was, but I would have cheered far more if Fanclub had subsequently booted Nirvana from those charts. It could have happened- for all the Cobain-tragedy publicity, Fanclub writes better songs. This band has been quietly and unpretetiously chugging along since 1990 at least, while nobody seems to really notice. Give them your support, they are a treasure. 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hang in there,
By S. Moore - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Man Made (Audio CD)
I am a huge fan, but I admit this one really disappointed me...at first. The vocals are often very low in the mix and the TFC keep getting mellower with every record. I put this one away for a week and just went back to it. It really is starting to grow on me...it's taken longer than any of their other records, so hang in there! It'll be worth it!
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
They live!,
By arturobandini - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Man Made (Audio CD)
Throw my hat in with the double-thumbs-up crowd. I think "Man-Made" is TFC's best album since "Grand Prix," and perhaps their most consistent. They had me worried after "Howdy," with its opening track ("I Need Direction") suggesting a crisis of professional confidence. And then the liner notes to their subsequent greatest hits anthology blatantly insinuated that the mighty Fanclub had called it a day.Now "Man-Made" shows up a few years later, and what a euphoric surprise. Mellower, yes, but no less melodic or meticulous. (No band does 3-part harmonies this wondrous except for The Byrds.) While their previous albums may contain better stand-alone tracks, on "Man-Made," everything flows. I'm so grateful they're still with us. And even happier that they sound stronger than ever recording for their own label. |
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