The King

by Teenage Fanclub

The King cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 August 1991
  • Label: Creation
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 32:39
  • Community rating: 2.76/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Rushed to completion allegedly to fulfill contractual obligations, this chaotic, largely instrumental stopgap release features heavy improvisation and a notorious Madonna cover. 'The King' was swiftly deleted from the label's catalog upon release, cementing its status as an eccentric oddity in the Scottish group's legendary power-pop trajectory.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, improvisation, instrumental, jamming

Tracklist

  1. Heavy Metal 6 (1:31)
  2. Mudhoney (6:03)
  3. Interstellar Overdrive (3:23)
  4. Robot Love (2:16)
  5. Like a Virgin (4:28)
  6. The King (2:23)
  7. Opal Inquest (5:36)
  8. The Ballad of Bow Evil (Slow and Fast) (5:25)
  9. Heavy Metal 9 (1:31)

Credits

  • Simon Davey - lacquer cut by
  • Joe McAlinden - saxophone [sax]
  • Roger Waters - written-by
  • Syd Barrett - written-by
  • Steinberg & Kelly - written-by

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