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Album name:Howdy!
Followers of Teenage Fanclub will find no surprises on Howdy, as the band members continue to cultivate material from territory seeded by classic popsters such as the Byrds, Big Star, and XTC. Evoking the past while sounding perpetually contemporary is the talent upon which this group's longevity is based, and all 12 songs on this album feature lovelorn characters and vagabond hearts paraded before backdrops of the big, bouncy pop sounds that characterized 1970s chart-toppers. In the early 1990s (circa Thirteen), Teenage Fanclub used this sound to rail against alternative music scenesterism and its tendency to make, and glorify, one-hit wonders. But three albums later, the band members' anger has blunted and their focus has turned inward, leaving them prone to sharp introspection. With sweetly intelligent lyrics, a consistently epic sound on every well-crafted song, and Beach Boys-esque vocal harmonies that showcase the three singer-songwriters' enormous talents, Howdy is as good an album to own as almost any other by this enduring band. --Sarah A. Sternau
1. I need direction 2. Teenage Fanclub 3. I can't find my way home 4. Teenage Fanclub 5. accidental life 6. Teenage Fanclub 7. hear you 8. Teenage Fanclub 9. happiness 10. Teenage Fanclub 11. dumb dumb dumb 12. Teenage Fanclub 13. the town and the city 14. Teenage Fanclub 15. the sun shines from you 16. Teenage Fanclub 17. straight and narrow 18. Teenage Fanclub 19. cul de sac 20. Teenage Fanclub 21. my up[tight life 22. Teenage Fanclub 23. if I never see you again 24. Nu Bop
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