Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds – A Short Cut to Teenage Fanclub

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Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds – A Short Cut to Teenage Fanclub
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Greatest hits album by
Released27 January 2003
Recorded1989–2002
StudioVarious
Genre Alternative rock
Length79:26
Label Poolside (UK)
Jetset (US)
Producer
Teenage Fanclub chronology
Words of Wisdom and Hope
(2002)
Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds – A Short Cut to Teenage Fanclub
(2003)
Man-Made
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The A.V. Club (favourable) [2]
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Pitchfork 8.6/10 [4]
Stylus Magazine A [5]

Four Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Six Seconds - A Short Cut To Teenage Fanclub is a greatest hits album by Scottish alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, released on 27 January 2003. The title refers to the album's total length, just 34 seconds short of the maximum running time possible on a single CD: as a consequence the tracks "Star Sign" and "My Uptight Life" were edited from its original versions in order to fit on to the album. "Everything Flows" was remixed for this collection.

Contents

The album comprises fourteen singles, four album tracks, and three new songs written for the album. It reached #47 in the UK album charts. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."The Concept" Norman Blake Bandwagonesque (1991)5:36
2."Ain't That Enough" Gerard Love Songs from Northern Britain (1997)3:43
3."The World'll Be OK" Raymond McGinley New track4:26
4."Everything Flows" (remix)Blake A Catholic Education (1990)5:16
5."Star Sign" (single version) (edit)LoveBandwagonesque3:53
6."Mellow Doubt"Blake Grand Prix (1995)2:42
7."I Need Direction"Love Howdy! (2000)4:11
8."About You"McGinleyGrand Prix2:41
9."What You Do to Me"BlakeBandwagonesque1:58
10."Empty Space"LoveNew track4:33
11."Sparky's Dream"LoveGrand Prix3:15
12."I Don't Want Control of You"BlakeSongs from Northern Britain3:08
13."Hang On"Love Thirteen (1993)5:05
14."Did I Say"BlakeNew track2:24
15."Don't Look Back"LoveGrand Prix3:41
16."Your Love Is the Place Where I Come From"McGinleySongs from Northern Britain3:28
17."Neil Jung"BlakeGrand Prix4:47
18."Radio"LoveThirteen2:55
19."Dumb Dumb Dumb"BlakeHowdy!3:18
20."Planets"Blake, Francis Macdonald Songs from Northern Britain2:51
21."My Uptight Life" (edit)McGinleyHowdy!5:25

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes. [7]

See original albums for full credits.

Teenage Fanclub
Technical
New tracks (tracks 3, 10, 14)

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [8] 47

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