Long Shot 7''
Creation
1998
Rating: 5 corner kicks out of 10
This seven inch is for the most die hard of Teenage Fanclub fans only, and even then it would only be for completest reasons. I ran across it in the bargain bin so no real gain or loss for me to be honest. The title track is an instrumental the band recorded for the 1998 World Cup, I presume to be used in commercials and promos and whatnot. It's a rather uneventful but upbeat number, and includes a brief portion of the Velvet Underground's "There She Goes Again" right in the middle of it for unknown reasons. The b-side is a twelve minute version of this same song called "Loops and Stings," which is designed solely for TV production use. The fact that they released this at all is pretty funny to me, and probably a sign of just how "football" crazy they are across the pond.
