The King (album)

Infobox Album | Name = The King
Type = Album
Artist = Teenage Fanclub


Released = August 1991
Recorded = ??
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 32:37
Label = Creation
Producer = Don Fleming, Paul Chisholm, and Teenage Fanclub
Reviews =
Last album = "A Catholic Education
(1990)"
This album = "The King"
(1991)
Next album = "Bandwagonesque"
(1991) |

"The King" is the second album by British alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, deleted on its day of release in 1991. The album is often derided as a hastily assembled contractual obligation to US label Matador (allowing the group to sign to Geffen without penalty). However the group have denied this, claiming that the shambolic, spontaneous nature of the contents was a direct influence of producer Don Fleming, whose music was often improvised. In a 2006 interview, Norman Blake and Brendan O'Hare confirmed that the album had been recorded immediately after completing "Bandwagonesque" using pre-booked studio time that became available when the aforementioned album was finished sooner than anticipated. They also claimed that the album was intended to be a mid-price edition of 1,000 but their then UK label Creation Records pressed 20,000 and sold them at full price [http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/70812.html] .

Track listing

All songs written by Teenage Fanclub unless otherwise stated.
#"Heavy Metal 6"
#"Mudhoney"
#"Interstellar Overdrive" (Barrett/Waters)
#"Robot Love"
#"Like a Virgin" (Kelly/Steinberg)
#"The King"
#"Opal Inquest" (Chisholm/Teenage Fanclub)
#"The Ballad of Bow Evil (Slow And Fast)"
#"Heavy Metal 9" –

Personnel

*Norman Blake - Vocals, guitar
*Gerard Love - Vocals, bass
*Raymond McGinley - Vocals, guitar
*Brendan O'Hare - Drums