Man-Made

Album by Teenage Fanclub

Man-Made

Studio album by

Teenage Fanclub

Released| 9 May 2005
Recorded| February–June 2004[1][2]
Studio|

* Soma Electronic Music Studios (Chicago)
* Raymond's house (Glasgow)
* Riverside Studios (Busby)

Genre| Alternative rock
Length| 42:55
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)

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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 ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [5]
The Guardian| [6]
LAS Magazine| 8/10[7]
Neumu| 7/10[8]
Pitchfork| 7.4/10[9]
PopMatters| 8/10[10]
Rolling Stone| [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.

## Recording

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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

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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"| Love| 4:14
5.| "Slow Fade"| Blake| 1:54
6.| "Only with You"| McGinley| 4:21
7.| "Cells"| Blake| 3:20
8.| "Feel"| McGinley| 3:51
9.| "Fallen Leaves"| Love| 3:31
10.| "Flowing"| Blake| 3:01
11.| "Born Under a Good Sign"| Love| 3:00
12.| "Don't Hide"| McGinley| 4:00

## Personnel

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Teenage Fanclub

* Norman Blake – vocals, guitar
* Gerard Love – vocals, bass
* Raymond McGinley – vocals, guitar
* Francis Macdonald – drums

Additional musicians[14]

* John McCusker – violin, viola
* John McEntire – piano on "Only with You"

Technical[14]

* John McEntire – engineer, mixing
* Tim Iseler – engineer (Soma)
* Nick Brine – engineer (Raymond's house, Riverside Studios)
* Annabel Wright – artwork
* Peter Love – layout

## References

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1. ^ Mehr, Bob (21 July 2005). "Made in Chicago". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
2. ^ Woodhouse, Alan (11 May 2005). "Interview: Norman Blake". Uncut. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
3. ^ a b "Teenage Fanclub new single and tour dates". Music-News.com. 3 May 2005. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
4. ^ "Teenage Fanclub extend UK tour". NME. 23 October 2005. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
5. ^ Collar, Matt. Review of Man-Made at AllMusic
6. ^ Sweeting, Adam (6 May 2005). "Teenage Fanclub, Man-Made". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
7. ^ LAS Magazine review
8. ^ Goldberg, Michael. "Neumu review". Neumu. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
9. ^ Tangari, Joe (3 August 2005). "Pitchfork review". Pitchfork.
10. ^ MacNeil, Jason (8 June 2005). "Teenage Fanclub: Man-Made". PopMatters. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
11. ^ Walters, Barry (16 June 2005). "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008.
12. ^ Cosby, Jim (9 May 2005). "Teenage Fanclub – Man-Made". MusicOMH. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
13. ^ Alan Woodhouse. "Interview: Norman Blake". Uncut.
14. ^ a b c 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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Teenage Fanclub

* Norman Blake
* Raymond McGinley
* Francis MacDonald
* Dave McGowan
* Euros Childs

* Brendan O'Hare
* Paul Quinn
* Finlay MacDonald
* Gerard Love

Studio albums|

* A Catholic Education
* The King
* Bandwagonesque
* Thirteen
* Grand Prix
* Songs from Northern Britain
* Howdy!
* Words of Wisdom and Hope
* Man-Made
* Shadows
* Here
* Endless Arcade
* Nothing Lasts Forever

Compilations|

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

EPs|

* God Knows It's True
* Teenage Fanclub Have Lost It

Singles|

* "Star Sign"
* "The Concept"
* "What You Do to Me"
* "Fallin'"
* "Sparky's Dream"
* "Ain't That Enough"
* "I Don't Want Control of You"

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