Staff pick of the
week:
This week Michael gets a break, Geoff picks Teenage
Fanclub's Grand Prix
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.
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