teenage fanclub

王朝百科·作者佚名 2011-05-17

简介Teenage Fanclub 是一支来自于苏格兰格拉斯哥的另类摇滚乐队。乐队由Norman Blake(主唱，吉他手），Raymond McGinley（主唱，主吉他手），Gerard Love（主唱，吉他手）和鼓手Francis MacDonald组成。 Blake, McGinley 和 Love平时一起分担不同的歌曲创作。在音乐会上，乐队一般都由三位主唱分别唱自己创作的歌曲，平均分配演唱时间。

乐队的声音主要依靠于架子鼓合奏， Byrds-esque 吉他以及谐音合唱。Teenage Fanclub 常让人们把他们和Byrds, Big Star 和Neil Young比较。虽然被称作另类摇滚乐队，但从他们的音乐里还是能听出不同种类的音乐元素的融合。

乐队拥有一系列的鼓手，这使他们在低音方面极具特色。 Francis MacDonald, Justin Cobley, Brendan O’Hare 组成了鼓手的阵容。其中Francis曾退出过一段时间，此期间由 Paul Quinn顶替他的位置。键盘手 Finlay MacDonald也是乐队的一员。

2010年五月末，乐队推出了他们的第九张专辑《Shadows》，其中单曲《Baby Lee》获得广泛好评。

英文介绍Teenage Fanclub emerged from the Glasgow C86 scene. Their sound is reminiscent of West Coast bands like thethe Beach Boysandthe Byrds, and their seventies counterparts Big Star. Originally a noisy and chaotic band, their first albumA Catholic Educationis largely atypical of their later sound, with the possible exception of "Everything Flows".The King, their next album, received critical reviews; it consisted of a number of self-confessedly shambolic guitar thrashes and an ironiccoverof Madonna's "Like a Virgin".

Their next album,Bandwagonesque, released on Geffen in the US and Creation Records in the UK, brought Teenage Fanclub a measure of commercial success. Bandwagonesque was more deliberately constructed, the hooks became stronger, theguitarriffs were brought under control, and the harmony vocals took shape.Bandwagonesquewon Spin magazine's 1991 end-of-year poll for best album, beatingNirvana'sNevermind, their Creation stablematesMy Bloody Valentine's albumLoveless, andR.E.M.'s hugely successfulOut of Time.

The subsequent,Thirteen, was more grungy thanBandwagonesquein style. It suffered scathing reviews on release, possibly motivated by a backlash against the critical praise heaped onBandwagonesqueand also instigated in part by the group who, with typical honesty (and probably fatigued by the protracted recording process), did not hide their disappointment with the album from interviewers. Brendan O'Hare left Teenage Fanclub during this period due to "musical differences" to be replaced by Paul Quinn (formerly of the Soup Dragons).

Grand Prix, Teenage Fanclub's fifth album, was both a critical and commercial success in Britain, becoming their first top ten album. Released at the height ofBritpopit almost certainly benefited from being released on the Creation records label. In America however the band failed to regain the ground thatThirteenhad lost them. Around this timeLiam Gallagherof Britpop giants (and labelmates)Oasiscalled the band "the second best band in the world" — second only to Oasis.

Songs from Northern BritainfollowedGrand Prixand built on the former's success. The album's folky, acoustic sound resonated with listeners, and was their highest charting release in the UK and contains their biggest hit single to date, "Ain't That Enough."

The follow-up album,Howdy!, released onColumbia Recordsin the UK after the demise of Creation, continued the sound ofSongs from Northern Britain. The album, however, was poorly marketed and ultimately a commercial failure. Francis Macdonald rejoined as the drummer for the tour supporting the album after Paul Quinn left the band. Quinn went on to form The Primary 5.

In 2002, they releasedWords of Wisdom and Hopewith cult icon Jad Fair of Half Japanese.

Their final release on aSonylabel,Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds - A Shortcut to Teenage Fanclub, collected the Fanclub's best songs along with three new songs (one from each member).

Their next album,Man-Made, was released on 2 May 2005, on the band's ownPeMalabel.Man-Madewas recorded in Chicago in 2004, and produced by John McEntire ofTortoise.

The band began work on their ninth album in August 2008, booking an initial three weeks at Leeders Farm recording studio in Norfolk.The album is calledShadowsand is released on the band's ownPeMalabel. It became available in Europe, Australasia and Japan on 31 May 2010, and will be available from Merge Records in North America on 8 June 2010. Gerard Love is also working on a solo album for release onGeographicbacked by musicians including Bob Kildea, Tom Crossley, Dave McGowan and Brendan O'Hare.

专辑A Catholic Education (1990)

The King (1991) #53 UK

Bandwagonesque (1991) #22 UK, #137 US

Thirteen (1993) #14 UK

Grand Prix (1995) #7 UK, #68 Japan

Songs from Northern Britain (1997) #3 UK

Howdy! (2000) #33 UK

Words of Wisdom and Hope (2002) [with Jad Fair]

Man-Made (2005) #34 UK

Shadows (2010) #30 UK

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