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Teenage Fanclub
Released 1990

Catholic Education
00:00
98 plays

Catholic Education 2
00:00
96 plays

Eternal Light
00:00
94 plays

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songs

- 1
- Everything Flows
- 00:00
- 211 plays

- 2
- Everybody's Fool
- 00:00
- 123 plays

- 3
- Catholic Education
- 00:00
- 98 plays

- 4
- Eternal Light
- 00:00
- 94 plays

- 5
- Heavy Metal
- 00:00
- 104 plays

- 6
- Critical Mass
- 00:00
- 133 plays

- 7
- Too Involved
- 00:00
- 110 plays

- 8
- Don't Need a Drum
- 00:00
- 91 plays

- 9
- Every Picture I Paint
- 00:00
- 112 plays

- 10
- Catholic Education 2
- 00:00
- 96 plays

- 11
- Heavy Metal II
- 00:00
- 83 plays

album review

Hard to believe now, but Teenage Fanclub first attracted critical attention for a record far removed from the sparkling power pop on which their fame largely rests -- with its gloriously sloppy and sludgy sound, their debut album A Catholic Education instead prefigures the emergence of grunge, its viscous melodies and squalling guitars owing far more to Neil Young than Big Star. With not one but two songs dubbed "Heavy Metal," it's pretty obvious where A Catholic Education is coming from; the title track (also here in duplicate) is a surprisingly snarky attack on the church (at least for a band not exactly renowned for its political agenda), while the great "Everybody's Fool" is a merciless scenester put-down without any of the gentle sarcasm that characterizes similarly themed efforts like Bandwagonesque's "Metal Baby." Regardless, for all its glaring differences in attitude and approach, there's no mistaking the effortless melodicism that remains the hallmark of all Teenage Fanclub records -- in particular, the opening "Everything Flows," for all its meandering abrasiveness, is still as good as anything the band ever recorded, and that's saying something. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide