"Ain't That Enough" is a song recorded by Scottish rock band

Teenage Fanclub Teenage Fanclub are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Bellshill near Glasgow in 1989. The group were founded by Norman Blake (vocals, guitar), Raymond McGinley (vocals, lead guitar) and Gerard Love (vocals, bass), all of whom shared ...

. The song was released on 30 June 1997 through Creation Records, as the lead single from the band's sixth studio album ''

Songs from Northern Britain ''Songs from Northern Britain'' is the sixth studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub. Produced by David Bianco (producer), David Bianco and the group themselves, the album was released on 29 July 1997 through Creation Record ...

''. The song was written and sung by vocalist and bassist Gerard Love.

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biographer Matt Collar writes that the song touches on themes of "nature, romantic fidelity, and the passing of time." The song peaked at number 17 on the

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, representing the band's best chart performance domestically.

Reception

'' Paste'' writer Ben Salmon placed the song in the top spot of his 2018 ranking of the band's best songs, calling it a "masterwork of '90s electric guitar tone, a clinic on melody making and harmony singing, and a lesson about optimizing our limited time here on Earth .."Ain't That Enough" is an ecstatic exhale of a song bathed in sunlight."

Charts

References

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