Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair - Words Of Wisdom And Hope (LP+7") (RSD 2026)
April 18 street date. 2026 RECORD STORE DAY release. Merge Records is reissuing "Words Of Wisdom And Hope", the 2002 album by Teenage Fanclub and Jad Fair. Available on vinyl for the first time since its original 2002 release, this edition of "Words Of Wisdom And Hope is accompanied by bonus 7-inch, "Always In My Heart" b/w "Rock Me Tonight", with the B-side's North American debut making this the definitive edition of the album. "Words Of Wisdom And Hope" is both a curio within Jad Fair's sprawling catalog and a left turn for Teenage Fanclub after the harmony-drenched jangle-pop of "Howdy!". Its charms - which are unrelenting from the moment Fair breaks in over the Fanclub's groove on "Behold The Miracle" to document the sparkle in the eye of a girl - are as obvious as they are mysterious: is it Fair's spur-of-the-moment earnestness bringing out the rawer edges of Teenage Fanclub? Is it the polish of a band at one of several career peaks revealing new facets of the legendary Half Japanese frontman's songwriting? Whatever it is, their sensibilities mesh together perfectly.
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$9.25Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair - Words Of Wisdom And Hope (LP+7") (RSD 2026)
April 18 street date. 2026 RECORD STORE DAY release. Merge Records is reissuing "Words Of Wisdom And Hope", the 2002 album by Teenage Fanclub and Jad Fair. Available on vinyl for the first time since its original 2002 release, this edition of "Words Of Wisdom And Hope is accompanied by bonus 7-inch, "Always In My Heart" b/w "Rock Me Tonight", with the B-side's North American debut making this the definitive edition of the album. "Words Of Wisdom And Hope" is both a curio within Jad Fair's sprawling catalog and a left turn for Teenage Fanclub after the harmony-drenched jangle-pop of "Howdy!". Its charms - which are unrelenting from the moment Fair breaks in over the Fanclub's groove on "Behold The Miracle" to document the sparkle in the eye of a girl - are as obvious as they are mysterious: is it Fair's spur-of-the-moment earnestness bringing out the rawer edges of Teenage Fanclub? Is it the polish of a band at one of several career peaks revealing new facets of the legendary Half Japanese frontman's songwriting? Whatever it is, their sensibilities mesh together perfectly.
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April 18 street date. 2026 RECORD STORE DAY release. Merge Records is reissuing "Words Of Wisdom And Hope", the 2002 album by Teenage Fanclub and Jad Fair. Available on vinyl for the first time since its original 2002 release, this edition of "Words Of Wisdom And Hope is accompanied by bonus 7-inch, "Always In My Heart" b/w "Rock Me Tonight", with the B-side's North American debut making this the definitive edition of the album. "Words Of Wisdom And Hope" is both a curio within Jad Fair's sprawling catalog and a left turn for Teenage Fanclub after the harmony-drenched jangle-pop of "Howdy!". Its charms - which are unrelenting from the moment Fair breaks in over the Fanclub's groove on "Behold The Miracle" to document the sparkle in the eye of a girl - are as obvious as they are mysterious: is it Fair's spur-of-the-moment earnestness bringing out the rawer edges of Teenage Fanclub? Is it the polish of a band at one of several career peaks revealing new facets of the legendary Half Japanese frontman's songwriting? Whatever it is, their sensibilities mesh together perfectly.
