Bandwagonesque became famous by beating Nirvana's landmark album Nevermind to be voted 'album of the year' for 1991 by American music magazine Spin.
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The liner notes to the 2009 Big Star Box set Keep an Eye on the Sky say "...the album was so in thrall to Chilton, Bell, and company that some critics had taken to calling it "Big Star's 4th.