| At the Club | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Kenickie |
| Cover: | Attheclub.jpg |
| Released: | 12 May 1997 17 June 1997 (US) |
| Length: | 50:41 |
| Producer: | John Cornfield, Andy Carpenter, Peter Gofton |
| Prev Title: | Skillex |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Get In |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
At the Club is the debut studio album by the British band Kenickie. It was released in 1997 and reached number nine on the UK Albums Chart.[1] At the Club includes the singles "Punka", "Millionaire Sweeper", "In Your Car", "Nightlife" and "Come Out 2nite", the lead track from the group's second EP, Skillex. "How I Was Made" and an earlier stage of recording of "Acetone" also previously appeared on Skillex; the latter recording had also been used as part of an acoustic Peel Session in February 1996 and therefore appears on the band's BBC Peel Sessions CD.
The album was produced by John Cornfield, Andy Carpenter and band member Peter Gofton (Johnny X). Receiving good reviews, the album was first released by Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs's label EMIdisc in the UK on CD, cassette and LP on 12 May 1997. The album was released the following month in the US by Warner Bros. with an additional two tracks. The front cover photograph was taken by Warren Du Preez.
In 2017, Pitchfork listed At the Club as the 23rd-best Britpop album, with staff writer Jazz Monroe commenting that Kenickie's "synth-dappled guitar-pop was deceptively vulnerable, a strange cocktail of elation and deflation", and adding, "Their songwriting sketched an alternative to girl power's individualist rush: Instead of assuming an audience with the tools to empower itself, Kenickie showed hedonism to be a release valve, something fought for and snatched from the daily grind on scrappy nights out."[2]
Track numbering relates to the track listing of the UK release.
- CD1 of this issue features the original single version of "Punka", CD2 the re-recorded album version.