Here (Teenage Fanclub album)

Here is the tenth studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, released on 9 September 2016 on the band's own PeMa label in Europe and on Merge Records in North America. It was the band's final album to feature co-founder Gerard Love, who left the band in November 2018.

Here
Studio album by
Teenage Fanclub
Released9 September 2016 (2016-09-09)
GenreAlternative rock
LabelPeMa (Europe)
Merge (North America)
Teenage Fanclub chronology
Shadows
(2010)		 Here
(2016)		 Endless Arcade
(2021)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.5/10[1]
Metacritic79/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Exclaim!8/10[4]
The Guardian[5]
The Independent[6]
Mojo[7]
Pitchfork7.8/10[8]
Q[9]
Record Collector[10]
The Skinny[11]
Uncut8/10[12]

Here received favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 79, which indicates "generally favourable reviews", based on 21 reviews.[2]

The album made the twenty-strong longlist for the Scottish album of the Year Award 2017 but did not make it to the ten-strong shortlist.[13]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm In Love"Blake2:41
2."Thin Air"Love3:11
3."Hold On"McGinley3:24
4."The Darkest Part Of The Night"Blake3:16
5."I Have Nothing More To Say"Love4:18
6."I Was Beautiful When I Was Alive"McGinley4:44
7."The First Sight"Love5:08
8."Live In The Moment"Blake3:03
9."Steady State"McGinley4:16
10."It's A Sign"Love3:36
11."With You"McGinley3:58
12."Connected To Life"Blake4:00

Personnel

Credits for Here are adapted from Allmusic.[14]

Teenage Fanclub

Additional personnel

  • Nigel Baillie - trumpet
  • Krista Blake - sleeve design
  • Linda Gerdes - mixing engineer
  • David Henderson - engineer
  • Robert Henderson - trumpet
  • Elspeth Mackay - cello
  • Sean Magee - mastering
  • John McCusker - viola, violin
  • Bertrand Montandon - mixing engineer
  • Sebastian Muxfeldt - mixing engineer
  • Helen Thomson - harp
  • Quentin Tillie - mixing engineer

References
  1. "Here by Teenage Fanclub reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. "Reviews for Here by Teenage Fanclub". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. Collar, Matt. "Here – Teenage Fanclub". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  4. Mix, Dave (8 September 2016). "Teenage Fanclub: Here". Exclaim!. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  5. Jonze, Tim (8 September 2016). "Teenage Fanclub: Here review – heart-tugging reacquaintance". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  6. Gill, Andy (8 September 2016). "Album reviews: Wilco – Wilco Schmilco, Jack White – Acoustic Recordings, MIA – AIM, and more". The Independent. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  7. Segal, Victoria (September 2016). "Always touched by their presence". Mojo (274): 91.
  8. Sodomsky, Sam (6 September 2016). "Teenage Fanclub: Here". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  9. Doyle, Tom (October 2016). "Teenage Fanclub: Here". Q (364): 110.
  10. Goldsmith, Mike (October 2016). "Teenage Fanclub – Here". Record Collector (458). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  11. Gordon, Andrew (5 September 2016). "Teenage Fanclub – Here". The Skinny. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  12. Mulvey, John (October 2016). "Teenage Fanclub: Here". Uncut (233): 39.
  13. http://www.sayaward.com/
  14. "Shadows - Teenage Fanclub : Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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