Four Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Six Seconds - A Short Cut To Teenage Fanclub is a greatest hits album by Scottish alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, released on 27 January 2003. The title refers to the album's total length, just 34 seconds short of the maximum running time possible on a single CD: as a consequence the tracks "Star Sign" and "My Uptight Life" were edited from its original versions in order to fit on to the album. "Everything Flows" was remixed for this collection.
| Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds – A Short Cut to Teenage Fanclub | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 27 January 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 1989–2002 | |||
| Studio | Various | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 79:26 | |||
| Label | Poolside (UK) Jetset (US) | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The A.V. Club | (favourable)[2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [3] |
| Pitchfork | 8.6/10[4] |
| Stylus Magazine | A[5] |
The album comprises fourteen singles, four album tracks, and three new songs written for the album. It reached #47 in the UK album charts.[6]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Concept" | Norman Blake | Bandwagonesque (1991) | 5:36 |
| 2. | "Ain't That Enough" | Gerard Love | Songs from Northern Britain (1997) | 3:43 |
| 3. | "The World'll Be OK" | Raymond McGinley | New track | 4:26 |
| 4. | "Everything Flows" (remix) | Blake | A Catholic Education (1990) | 5:16 |
| 5. | "Star Sign" (single version) (edit) | Love | Bandwagonesque | 3:53 |
| 6. | "Mellow Doubt" | Blake | Grand Prix (1995) | 2:42 |
| 7. | "I Need Direction" | Love | Howdy! (2000) | 4:11 |
| 8. | "About You" | McGinley | Grand Prix | 2:41 |
| 9. | "What You Do to Me" | Blake | Bandwagonesque | 1:58 |
| 10. | "Empty Space" | Love | New track | 4:33 |
| 11. | "Sparky's Dream" | Love | Grand Prix | 3:15 |
| 12. | "I Don't Want Control of You" | Blake | Songs from Northern Britain | 3:08 |
| 13. | "Hang On" | Love | Thirteen (1993) | 5:05 |
| 14. | "Did I Say" | Blake | New track | 2:24 |
| 15. | "Don't Look Back" | Love | Grand Prix | 3:41 |
| 16. | "Your Love Is the Place Where I Come From" | McGinley | Songs from Northern Britain | 3:28 |
| 17. | "Neil Jung" | Blake | Grand Prix | 4:47 |
| 18. | "Radio" | Love | Thirteen | 2:55 |
| 19. | "Dumb Dumb Dumb" | Blake | Howdy! | 3:18 |
| 20. | "Planets" | Blake, Francis Macdonald | Songs from Northern Britain | 2:51 |
| 21. | "My Uptight Life" (edit) | McGinley | Howdy! | 5:25 |
Personnel edit
Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[7]
See original albums for full credits.
- Teenage Fanclub
- Norman Blake – vocals, guitar (1-21)
- Gerard Love – vocals, bass (1-21)
- Raymond McGinley – vocals, guitar (1-21)
- Finlay Macdonald – keyboards (3, 7, 10, 14, 19, 21)
- Brendan O'Hare – drums (1, 4, 5, 9)
- Paul Quinn – drums (2, 6-8, 11, 12, 15-17, 19-21)
- Francis Macdonald – drums (3, 10, 14)
- Technical
- Teenage Fanclub – producer (1-21), remixing (4)
- Don Fleming – producer (1, 5, 9)
- Paul Chisholm – producer (1, 5, 9)
- David Bianco – producer (2, 6, 8, 11, 12, 15-17, 20)
- Andy Macpherson – producer (13, 18)
- Nick Brine – producer (3, 10, 14), remixing (4)
- Steve Rooke – mastering
- Scott King – art direction, design
- Donald Milne – cover concept, cover photography
- Norman Blake, Raymond McGinley, Sharon Fitzgerald – photography (booklet)
- Alan McGee, Chas Banks, Dave Barker, David Bianco, Don Fleming, Stephen Pastel, Peter Mason – liner notes
- New tracks (tracks 3, 10, 14)
- John McCusker – violin, viola
- Isobel Campbell – cello
- Nick Brine – engineer
- Darren Simpson – assistant engineer (Parr Street)
- Mike Cave – assistant engineer (Parr Street) )
- James Morgan – assistant engineer (Rockfield)
- Jason Harris – assistant engineer (Rockfield)
- Recorded at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool and Rockfield Studios, Rockfield, Wales. Mixed at Rockfield.
Charts edit
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums (OCC)[8] | 47 |
References edit
- ^ Collar, Matt. Review: Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds: A Short Cut to Teenage Fanclub at AllMusic
- ^ Murray, Noel (6 January 2004). "Review: Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds: A Short Cut to Teenage Fanclub". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Concise (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ Linhardt, Alex (12 November 2003). "Review: Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds: A Short Cut to Teenage Fanclub". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ Lindsay, Cam (1 September 2003). "Review: Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds: A Short Cut to Teenage Fanclub". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 551. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds – A Short Cut to Teenage Fanclub (Media notes). Teenage Fanclub. Cherry Red Records. 2003.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "UK Albums Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 May 2022.