''Four Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Six Seconds - A Short Cut To Teenage Fanclub'' is a greatest hits album by

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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 ...

, 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 "

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" 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. The album comprises fourteen singles, four album tracks, and three new songs written for the album. It reached #47 in the

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Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes. See original albums for full credits. ;Teenage Fanclub * Norman Blake – vocals,

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(1-21) *

Gerard Love 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 l ...

– vocals,

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Raymond McGinley 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 l ...

– vocals, guitar (1-21) * Finlay Macdonald –

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(3, 7, 10, 14, 19, 21) *

Brendan O'Hare Brendan O'Hare (born 16 January 1970) is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist musician, primarily known for being the drummer in the rock band Teenage Fanclub from 1989 until early 1994, and a member of and collaborator with Mogwai. Career O'Hare ...

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(1, 4, 5, 9) * Paul Quinn – drums (2, 6-8, 11, 12, 15-17, 19-21) *

Francis Macdonald Francis Macdonald (born 11 September 1970) drums with Teenage Fanclub. He makes music for filmmakers and TV and manages Camera Obscura and The Vaselines. On 30 March 2015, he released ''Music For String Quartet, Piano And Celeste'', described b ...

– drums (3, 10, 14) ;Technical *

– producer (1-21), remixing (4) * Don Fleming – producer (1, 5, 9) *Paul Chisholm – producer (1, 5, 9) * David Bianco – producer (2, 6, 8, 11, 12, 15-17, 20) *Andy Macpherson – producer (13, 18) *Nick Brine – producer (3, 10, 14), remixing (4) *Steve Rooke – mastering *Scott King – art direction, design *Donald Milne – cover concept, cover photography *Norman Blake, Raymond McGinley, Sharon Fitzgerald – photography (booklet) * Alan McGee, Chas Banks, Dave Barker, David Bianco, Don Fleming,

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, Peter Mason – liner notes ;New tracks (tracks 3, 10, 14) * John McCusker –

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* Isobel Campbell –

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*Nick Brine – engineer *Darren Simpson – assistant engineer (Parr Street) *Mike Cave – assistant engineer (Parr Street) ) *James Morgan – assistant engineer (Rockfield) *Jason Harris – assistant engineer (Rockfield) *Recorded at Parr Street Studios,

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, Rockfield, Wales. Mixed at Rockfield.

Charts

References

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