General Article name: Catholic Education
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: FIRE FIDELITY Number of tracks: 11 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Teenage Fanclub - Heavy Metal 2. Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows 3. Teenage Fanclub - Catholic Education 4. Teenage Fanclub - Too Involved 5. Teenage Fanclub - Don't Need A Drum 6. Teenage Fanclub - Critical Mass 7. Teenage Fanclub - Heavy Metal II 8. Teenage Fanclub - Catholic Education II 9. Teenage Fanclub - Eternal Light 10. Teenage Fanclub - Every Picture I Paint 11. Teenage Fanclub - Everybody's Fool   Description Description

Hard to believe now, but Teenage Fanclub first attracted critical attention for a record far removed from the sparkling power pop on which their fame largely rests -- with its gloriously sloppy and sludgy sound, their debut album A Catholic Education instead prefigures the emergence of grunge, its viscous melodies and squalling guitars owing far more to Neil Young than Big Star. With not one but two songs dubbed "Heavy Metal," it's pretty obvious where A Catholic Education is coming from; the title track (also here in duplicate) is a surprisingly snarky attack on the church (at least for a band not exactly renowned for its political agenda), while the great "Everybody's Fool" is a merciless scenester put-down without any of the gentle sarcasm that characterizes similarly themed efforts like Bandwagonesque's "Metal Baby." Regardless, for all its glaring differences in attitude and approach, there's no mistaking the effortless melodicism that remains the hallmark of all Teenage Fanclub records -- in particular, the opening "Everything Flows," for all its meandering abrasiveness, is still as good as anything the band ever recorded, and that's saying something. ~ Jason Ankeny

Jason Ankeny

Contributors Artist: Teenage Fanclub Record Label: Fire Fidelity