The King | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 27 August 1991 [1] | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 32:38 | |||
Label | Creation | |||
Producer | Don Fleming, Paul Chisholm, Teenage Fanclub | |||
Teenage Fanclub chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Great Rock Discography | 4/10 [3] |
The King is the second album by Scottish alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, deleted on its day of release in 1991.
The album is often derided as a hastily assembled contractual obligation to US label Matador (allowing the group to sign to Geffen without penalty). In 2020, Matador co-owner Gerard Cosloy confirms that The King was pitched to the label as the second release, but passed, saying it felt more like a contractual obligation fulfillment than a real album. [4] However the group have denied this, claiming that the shambolic, spontaneous nature of the contents was a direct influence of producer Don Fleming, whose music was often improvised. "One night we all got completely wasted. ... and we said, "Let’s make a LP overnight. We’ll just improvise some songs and do some covers and cobble it all together", Norman Blake said in 2016. [5] In a 2006 interview, Blake and Brendan O'Hare confirmed that the album had been recorded immediately after completing Bandwagonesque using pre-booked studio time that became available when the aforementioned album was finished sooner than anticipated. They also claimed that the album was intended to be a mid-price edition of 1,000 but their then UK label Creation Records pressed 20,000 and sold them at full price [ permanent dead link].
The album was rereleased on vinyl for Record Store Day 2019. [6]
All tracks are written by Teenage Fanclub unless otherwise noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Heavy Metal 6" | 1:31 | |
2. | "Mudhoney" | 6:04 | |
3. | " Interstellar Overdrive" | Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason | 3:24 |
4. | "Robot Love" | 2:16 | |
5. | " Like a Virgin" | Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg | 4:31 |
6. | "The King" | 2:23 | |
7. | "Opal Inquest" | Paul Chisholm, Teenage Fanclub | 5:36 |
8. | "The Ballad of Bow Evil (Slow And Fast)" | 5:26 | |
9. | "Heavy Metal 9" | 1:27 |
The King | ||||
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![]() | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | 27 August 1991 [1] | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 32:38 | |||
Label | Creation | |||
Producer | Don Fleming, Paul Chisholm, Teenage Fanclub | |||
Teenage Fanclub chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Great Rock Discography | 4/10 [3] |
The King is the second album by Scottish alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, deleted on its day of release in 1991.
The album is often derided as a hastily assembled contractual obligation to US label Matador (allowing the group to sign to Geffen without penalty). In 2020, Matador co-owner Gerard Cosloy confirms that The King was pitched to the label as the second release, but passed, saying it felt more like a contractual obligation fulfillment than a real album. [4] However the group have denied this, claiming that the shambolic, spontaneous nature of the contents was a direct influence of producer Don Fleming, whose music was often improvised. "One night we all got completely wasted. ... and we said, "Let’s make a LP overnight. We’ll just improvise some songs and do some covers and cobble it all together", Norman Blake said in 2016. [5] In a 2006 interview, Blake and Brendan O'Hare confirmed that the album had been recorded immediately after completing Bandwagonesque using pre-booked studio time that became available when the aforementioned album was finished sooner than anticipated. They also claimed that the album was intended to be a mid-price edition of 1,000 but their then UK label Creation Records pressed 20,000 and sold them at full price [ permanent dead link].
The album was rereleased on vinyl for Record Store Day 2019. [6]
All tracks are written by Teenage Fanclub unless otherwise noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Heavy Metal 6" | 1:31 | |
2. | "Mudhoney" | 6:04 | |
3. | " Interstellar Overdrive" | Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason | 3:24 |
4. | "Robot Love" | 2:16 | |
5. | " Like a Virgin" | Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg | 4:31 |
6. | "The King" | 2:23 | |
7. | "Opal Inquest" | Paul Chisholm, Teenage Fanclub | 5:36 |
8. | "The Ballad of Bow Evil (Slow And Fast)" | 5:26 | |
9. | "Heavy Metal 9" | 1:27 |