Released The Mekons Rock ‘n Roll on A&M

The Mekons Rock ‘n Roll , released by A&M Records in 1989, was the band’s only album put out by a major label. It was not a commercial success, reportedly selling only around 23,000 albums in the U.S., but was met with critical acclaim. It was named eighth of the top 10 albums of 1989 in the Village Voice ‘s Pazz & Jop critics poll. In 1991, New York Times critic Jon Pareles called it “one of the best albums of the 1980s.”