Re-mastered and pressed on vinyl for the first time in America! Pressed on high quality European vinyl.

Thirteen is the fourth album from Scotland's Teenage Fanclub, which was named after the song of the same title, by the iconic noise pop band, Big Star. It is also a clear indicator of where Teeanage Fanclub's heads were at creatively in this ambitous and sprawling follow up to their commercial break through with Bandwagonesque. Rather than reaching for a bigger, cleaner and more commercial sound in order to continue on the fast track to commercial stardom, they decided to record the album themselves. This of course, was a move that was panned by commercial rock critics, who were more concerned with the identification and prompt dismissal of "fad" music, rather than accepting that the noise in the basement had finally risen to the surface. There were no more guitar Gods and a bunch of sloppy looking kids from Scotland (or for that matter Memphis, like Big Star or Seattle for irvana) could make music that defined the plurality of contemporary life and do so on one album. That is, some songs make you happy and you jump up and down, while other songs make you cry for some girl or boy you neverhad the guts to talk to in the first place...

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Track Listing

Hang On
The Cabbage
Radio
Norman 3
Song To The Cynic
120 Mins
Escher
Commercial Alternative
Fear Of Flying
Tears Are Cool
Ret Liv Dead
Get Funky
Gene Clark