Man-Made

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Man-Made
Manmadefanclubalbum.jpg
Studio album by
Teenage Fanclub
Released9 May 2005
RecordedFebruary–June 2004 [1] [2]
Studio
Genre Alternative rock
Length42:55
Label PeMa (Europe)
Merge (North America)
Producer John McEntire
Teenage Fanclub chronology
Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-Six Seconds – A Shortcut to Teenage Fanclub
(2003)		Man-Made
(2005)		 Shadows
(2010)
Singles from Man-Made
  1. "Fallen Leaves"
    Released: 30 May 2005 [3]
  2. "It's All in My Mind"
    Released: 21 November 2005 [4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
LAS Magazine8/10 [7]
Neumu 7/10 [8]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [9]
PopMatters 8/10 [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Man-Made is the eighth studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, released on 9 May 2005. [3] [12] It was released on the band's own PeMa label in Europe and on Merge Records in North America.

Contents

Recording

Guitarist Norman Blake said, "We'd liked what John McEntire had done on the Stereolab records, so we got in touch with him. He was up for it, and suggested we come to Chicago. We hardly took any equipment, just some guitars and a pair of drumsticks. We even borrowed a guitar from Jeff Tweedy. I'm glad we did, otherwise we'd have been fucked. We'd have had to buy one!" [13] The album was mostly recorded and mixed at McEntire's Soma Electronic Music Studios, with additional recording and editing at guitarist Raymond McGinley's home studio in Glasgow, and at Riverside Studios in Busby near Glasgow. [14]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's All in My Mind" Norman Blake 3:41
2."Time Stops" Gerard Love 4:11
3."Nowhere" Raymond McGinley 3:40
4."Save"Love4:14
5."Slow Fade"Blake1:54
6."Only with You"McGinley4:21
7."Cells"Blake3:20
8."Feel"McGinley3:51
9."Fallen Leaves"Love3:31
10."Flowing"Blake3:01
11."Born Under a Good Sign"Love3:00
12."Don't Hide"McGinley4:00

Personnel

Teenage Fanclub
Additional musicians [14]
Technical [14]

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  3. 1 2 "Teenage Fanclub new single and tour dates". Music-News.com. 3 May 2005. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
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  5. ↑ Collar, Matt. Review of Man-Made at AllMusic
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  7. ↑ LAS Magazine review
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  14. 1 2 3 Man-Made (CD liner notes). Teenage Fanclub. PeMa. 2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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