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Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub
Bandwagonesque is an album by Teenage Fanclub, released in 1991. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 47 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “What You Do To Me”, on 18 lists with a best position of #93.
Bandwagonesque, Teenage Fanclub's third album, arrived on Creation in November 1991, and it's the Glasgow band pouring honeyed harmonies over a big, fuzzy wall of guitars. Norman Blake, Raymond McGinley and Gerard Love share the singing and songwriting, with Brendan O'Hare on drums, and the whole thing sounds like sunshine seen through a cracked amp.
"The Concept" ambles along sweet and lazy on a bed of distortion, "Star Sign" chimes and churns, and "What You Do to Me" is a tiny, perfect sugar rush. All three went top 20 on the US modern rock chart, "Star Sign" highest of all, and they gave the band its real foothold in America. One American music magazine even crowned it album of the year for 1991, ahead of Nevermind and R.E.M.'s Out of Time, a choice it has since both apologized for and stood by.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Bandwagonesque on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What You Do To Me | 18 | #93 | – | 1992–2026 | |
| 2 | Star Sign | 22 | #5 | – | 1991–2023 | |
| 3 | The Concept | 7 | #6 | – | 1991–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.