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This album's rep has gotten dinged a bit because Spin magazine anointed it 1991's best album — over Nirvana's Nevermind. (Personally, I don't think it was such a bad call, although Nevermind's importance has certainly lapped Bandwagonesque a few dozen times.) Scotland's Teenage Fanclub eventually moved on to sweeter, more orderly sounds, but here they mix in plenty of ragged guitars and dissonance with the classic pop hooks and harmonies. Note to power-pop aficionados: If this one somehow slipped past you, by all means remedy that oversight immediately.
This article appears in Jan 10-16, 2007.