George Best is the debut studio album by The Wedding Present. Named with the permission of football legend George Best, it is widely regarded as one of the defining British indie albums of the late 1980s, blending rapid-fire jangly guitars with David Gedge's sharply observed songs about relationships.

More to the point what a fantastic cover....a must for all Manchester United fans surely!

Album details

• Release date: 12 October 1987 (UK)
• Label: Reception Records (the band's own independent label)
• Recording studio: Recorded during 1987 in England. Contemporary sources identify the recording sessions as taking place at Woodlands Studio, Castleford, West Yorkshire, with engineering by Steve Lyon and Alan Jakoby.
• Producer: Chris Allison and The Wedding Present
• Length: 38:28 (original LP)

Original UK vinyl track listing

Side One

1. Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
2. What Did Your Last Servant Die Of?
3. Don't Be So Hard
4. A Million Miles
5. All This and More
6. My Favourite Dress

Side Two
7. Shatner
8. Something and Nothing
9. It's What You Want That Matters
10. Give My Love to Kevin
11. Anyone Can Make a Mistake
12. You Can't Moan Can You?

Legacy

George Best established The Wedding Present as one of the leading UK indie bands of the C86 era. The album was later expanded as George Best +9, adding the band's 1988 singles and B-sides, and in 2017 the band released George Best 30, a complete re-recording made with engineer Steve Albini to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary.