Grand Prix

by Teenage Fanclub

Type: Album
Released: 29 May 1995
Label: Creation
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 42:07
Community rating: 4.03/5 from 7 ratings

Artists on this release: Julia Singleton, Chris White, Dinah Beamish, Raymond McGinley, Gerard Love, Nigel Hitchcock, Steve Sidwell, Jamie Talbot, Sonia Slany, Jocelyn Pook, Norman Blake

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Widely regarded as their finest work, 'Grand Prix' refines Teenage Fanclub's fuzzed-out beginnings into pristine, masterfully crafted power pop. The Scottish group delivers incredibly melodic, harmony-rich jangle pop anthems imbued with a warm, bittersweet, and uplifting summer atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, jangly, harmonies, classic, radio

Tracklist

About You (2:41)
Sparky's Dream (3:17)
Mellow Doubt (2:42)
Don't Look Back (3:43)
Verisimilitude (3:31)
Neil Jung (4:48)
Tears (2:43)
Discolite (3:07)
Say No (3:12)
Going Places (4:28)
I'll Make It Clear (2:33)
I Gotta Know (3:27)
Hardcore / Ballad (1:48)

Credits

Teenage Fanclub - primary artist, design [sleeve design], producer
John Andrews - coordinator [car shoot]
Harry Rafferty - crew [driven]
Krista Cooper - crew [driven]
George Borowski - crew [guitar maintenance]
Tam Lynch - crew [vintage amplifier maintenance]
Robert Fisher - design [logo]
David Bianco - engineer, guitar [occasional], mixed by, piano [occasional], producer, vocals [occasional]
Jamie Seyberth - engineer [assistant]
Julie Gardner - engineer [assistant]
Toby Egelnick - layout
Stephen Marcussen - mastered by
Paul Quinn - performer
Marcus Tomlinson - photography by
Gerard Love - written-by
Norman Blake - written-by
Raymond McGinley - written-by
Nigel Hitchcock - alto saxophone
Chris White - baritone saxophone
Jamie Talbot - tenor saxophone
Steve Sidwell - trumpet
Dave Barker - handclaps
Chas Banks - handclaps
Jim Parsons - handclaps
Sonia Slany - arranged by, violin
Dinah Beamish - cello
Jocelyn Pook - viola
Julia Singleton - violin
Antoine Lehembre - sound