Artist: Teenage Fanclub
Title: Grand Prix
Label: DGC
Format: CD
Price: $7.50 REGULAR PRICE

I first heard “Grand Prix” ten years ago on a trip to Seattle to visit Frank and Donna (the of Cowboy & Spingirl, more recently from Toothpaste 2000 and now from Mas Rapidos). I had driven down to St Louis to catch my flight and on the way to the airport stopped off at my friends Darla and Erik’s house. I brought what was then the new Teenage Fanclub record down specifically so that we could listen to it that evening. If memory serves, we sat silent for its entirety beginning to end -- awed by the perfection of the entire record. We were blown away. It was a totally amazing guitar pop record everything about it was perfect. We listened to it as much as possible before I had to take it to Seattle where I played it for Frank and Donna. The same scenario repeated with them saying something to the affect of “There really is no point in anyone ever recording again. This is it.” I think this is Teenage Fanclub at their very best. “Grand Prix” is a perfect summer record… even in the middle of winter. Give it a try.