YOUNG TEAM

'''Young Team''' (also known as '''Mogwai Young Team''') is the debut studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai.

Contents

Overview

Album title

Track listing

Personnel

Release history

Notes

External links

Overview

''Young Team'' was recorded in Summer 1997 at MCM Studios (now known as Chem19 Studios) in Hamilton, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Savage and Andy Miller. The album features extreme dynamic contrast between quiet and loud, a technique which Mogwai are well known for. It is largely instrumental, with one notable exception ("R U Still in 2 It"). It features limited instrumentation, consisting mainly of guitar, bass and drums, although other instruments can sometimes be heard throughout the album, such as glockenspiel ("Tracy"), piano ("Radar Maker", "With Portfolio", "A Cheery Wave from Stranded Youngsters") and flute ("Mogwai Fear Satan").
When questioned about his opinion on ''Young Team'', Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite has said:
Mogwai drummer Martin Bulloch has also given his thoughts on the album:
Despite the members of Mogwai's negative opinions about the album, ''Young Team'' was listed as #97 on Pitchfork Media's ''Top 100 Albums of the 1990s'' ^[1], and is considered their best by many listeners,^[2] including Kele Okereke of Bloc Party, who cited ''Young Team'' as the record that changed his life.^[3]

Album title

Mogwai guitarist John Cummings explains the source of the album title:
The "MYT" logo found inside the cover was created by Adam Piggot. John Cummings and Dominic Aitchison both have tattoos of this logo on their inner left arm and neck, respectively. Mogwai sometimes perform live with a giant replica of the "MYT" logo behind them. The Japanese sign on the cover reads "Fuji Bank". The picture was taken and inverted by Brendan O'Hare.

Track listing

All tracks written by Stuart Braithwaite, Dominic Aitchison, Martin Bulloch, and John Cummings, except "R U Still in 2 It?", lyrics by Aidan Moffat.
# "Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home" – 5:57
# "Like Herod" – 11:41
# "Katrien" – 5:24
# "Radar Maker" – 1:35
# "Tracy" – 7:19
# "Summer (Priority Version)" – 3:28
# "With Portfolio" – 3:10
# "R U Still in 2 It" – 7:20
# "A Cheery Wave from Stranded Youngsters" – 2:18
# "Mogwai Fear Satan" – 16:19

Personnel

★ Stuart Braithwaite (listed as "pLasmatroN" in the liner notes) – guitar, glockenspiel

★ Dominic Aitchison (listed as "DEMONIC" in the liner notes) – bass guitar

★ Martin Bulloch (listed as "bionic" in the liner notes) – drums

★ John Cummings (listed as "Cpt. Meat" in the liner notes) – guitar

★ Brendan O'Hare (listed as "+the relic+" in the liner notes) – piano

★ Barry Burns – backmasked monologue on "Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home"

★ Mari Myren – monologue on "Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home"

★ Aidan Moffat – vocals on "R U Still in 2 It"

★ Shona Brown – flute on "Mogwai Fear Satan"

★ Paul Savage – producer

★ Andy Miller – producer

Release history

''Young Team'' was released in various countries in 1997.

Country	Release date	Record label	Format	Catalogue number
United States	21 October 1997	Jet Set	CD	TWA07CD
United States	21 October 1997	Jet Set	Vinyl	TWA07
United Kingdom	28 October 1997	Chemikal Underground	CD	CHEM018CD
United Kingdom	28 October 1997	Chemikal Underground	Vinyl	CHEM018
Australia/New Zealand	28 October 1997	Spunk	CD	URA013

Notes

1. Pitchfork Media:Top 100 Albums of the 1990s
2. Online Mogwai Shop
3. ''Mojo'' #162, May 2007

External links

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