Grand Prix by Teenage Fanclub

Pros: Infectious melodies combined with crunching guitars

Cons: None that spring to mind

The Bottom Line: The poppy conclusion to 80s indie rock...if you like REM, Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr. (et all) then get this album ASAP!

Review: It's my firm belief that Teenage Fanclub are the only band to write the perfect power-pop tunes. Despite the mainstream success of REM and the catchy hooks of Husker Du, both Michael Stipe and Bob Mould were/are too introspective and opinionated to cram...

Pros: great guitar pop, Gerry Love is my idol, guaranteed to put a smile on your face

Cons: needs more Gerry

Review: How often do you hear music that makes you bounce up and down? Not mosh, not pogo, but bounce up and down, just from the sheer joy the music makes you feel. Teenage Fanclub will do that to you.

One of my favorite shows in all my years of...

Pros: Dead-on production, classic guitar pop

Cons: Uh... let me think

The Bottom Line: Crunch and Munch power pop fully formed. Beatles, Big Star and friends ground into a fine powder(finger). Pinnacle of their career.

Review: I remember when Bandwagonesque came out and Rolling Stone mag's review called it the death of alternative music. I believe this was the exact same month Nirvana hit it big. Go figure. Spin magazine was closer to accurate when they listed it as their...

Pros: Jangly guitars and soaring plaintive harmonies

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: 13 guitar pop classics on one record

Review: Teenage Fanclub annoyingly always get compared to The Byrds or Big Star in the same way as Oasis get compared to the Beatles (snigger). However they should be treated as an entity in their own right and this album wipes the floor with anything that their...