Grand Prix (album)

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Grand Prix
Studio album by Teenage Fanclub
Released	May 1995
Recorded	The Manor, Shipton-On-Cherwell, 5 September-9 October 1994
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	42:09
Label	Creation Records
Producer	David Bianco, Teenage Fanclub
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (Not Rated - Positive) link
Teenage Fanclub chronology
Deep Fried Fanclub (1995) Grand Prix (1995) Songs from Northern Britain (1997)

Grand Prix is the fifth album by British alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, released in 1995.

Now defunct Formula One racing team Simtek provided the car that appears on the cover. ^[1]

In 2000 Q magazine placed Grand Prix at number 72 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.

[edit] Track listing

1. "About You" (McGinley) – 2:41
2. "Sparky's Dream" (Love) – 3:17
3. "Mellow Doubt" (Blake) – 2:42
4. "Don't Look Back" (Love) – 3:43
5. "Verisimilitude" (McGinley) – 3:31
6. "Neil Jung" (Blake) – 4:48
7. "Tears" (Blake) – 2:43
8. "Discolite" (Love) – 3:07
9. "Say No" (McGinley) – 3:12
10. "Going Places" (Love) – 4:28
11. "I'll Make It Clear" (Blake) – 2:33
12. "I Gotta Know" (McGinley) – 3:27
13. "Hardcore/Ballad" (Blake) – 1:48

[edit] Personnel

• Norman Blake - Vocals, guitar
• Gerard Love - Vocals, bass
• Raymond McGinley - Vocals, guitar
• Paul Quinn - Drums
• David Bianco - Occasional guitar, piano, vocals
• Dinah Beamish - Cello
• Jules Singleton - Violin
• Sonia Slany - Violin
• Jocelyn Pook - Viola
• Nigel Hitchcock - Alto saxophone
• Steve Sidwell - Trumpet
• Jamie Talbot - Tenor saxophone
• Chris White - Baritone saxophone
• Dave Barker - Handclaps
• Chas Banks - Handclaps
• Jim Parsons - Handclaps

[edit] References

^  See album sleeve notes.