Shadows (Teenage Fanclub album)

Shadows
Studio album by Teenage Fanclub
Released 31 May 2010 (2010-05-31)
Recorded August 2008
Genre Alternative rock
Length 47:54
Label PeMa (Europe)
Merge (North America)
Teenage Fanclub chronology
Man-Made
(2005)
Shadows
(2010)

Shadows is the ninth studio album by British alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, released on 31 May 2010 on the band's own PeMa label in Europe and on Merge Records in North America. It is the band's first new album release in five years. The album contains twelve songs. Each grouping of 3 songs follows the same pattern: Gerard Love is the principal songwriter for the first, fourth, seventh and tenth songs, Norman Blake is the principal songwriter for the second, fifth, eighth and eleventh songs, and Raymond McGinley is the principal songwriter for the third, sixth, ninth and twelfth songs. Norman Blake's "Baby Lee" is the first single.

The liner notes credit David McGowan as a member, and he has been a constant tour fixture for a number of years now, playing keyboards, additional guitars, and, more recently, the slide guitar.

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Spin US The 40 Best Albums of 2010 2010 40[1]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Sometimes I Don't Need to Believe in Anything"   Love 4:34
2. "Baby Lee"   Blake, Jo Mango, Ziggy Campbell 4:26
3. "The Fall"   McGinley 5:27
4. "Into the City"   Love 4:29
5. "Dark Clouds"   Blake 2:43
6. "The Past"   McGinley 3:33
7. "Shock and Awe"   Love 3:43
8. "When I Still Have Thee"   Blake 3:31
9. "Live with the Seasons"   McGinley 3:26
10. "Sweet Days Waiting"   Love 3:38
11. "The Back of My Mind"   Blake 4:02
12. "Today Never Ends"   McGinley 4:31
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Consequence of Sound [3]
Drowned in Sound (8/10)[4]
Pitchfork Media (7.4/10)[5]
SPIN Magazine (3.5/5)[6]
A.V. Club (A-)[7]

References