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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This album never seems to get a fair shake when the Charlatans catalogue is reviewed (even the band members themselves aren't fond of it, apparently), but for me, they've never equalled the dizzy heights of their second LP. The bass-heavy production by Flood is pure perfection, and the songs themselves are dazzling-not a weak track to be found. It also boasts the most formidable one-two-three punch I've ever heard on an album: "I Don't Want To See The Sights", "Ignition" and "Page One" (the latter two, along with "Chewing Gum Weekend", are among the very best tracks they've ever recorded) would be enough on most albums, but the momentum never lags. More emphasis is always placed on the mid to late '90s albums, which are great themselves, but THIS is the Charlatans' golden moment for me. Since its release in 1992, I have yet to hear an album surpass this one. I never tire of it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The Charlatans with this album make you just lose your mind into incredible sounds. It makes you forgot your fearest dreams and your worst nightmares. A perfetc synchronicity between them! Play it and you will be reward!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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From the day I bought this album (after hearing Tremolo song on the evening session with Mark Goodacre...ah, memories...) it has been one of my all-time favourites, the tape actually got worn out forcing me to buy it again on CD.
The stand out tracks such as 'Don't want to see the sights', 'Weirdo', 'Tremolo Song' and 'Can't even be bothered' are a strange mix of early-90's indie, funk and pog rock, the 2 minute organ solo/ad-lib jam session making an unexpected but welcome return....
This album is the Charlatans at their peak, when they defined their own sound from the rest of the Madchester scene and when Rob Collins was in full, crunchy-slide-bar-organ-stylie flow.
Infact my one criticism would be it always feels a trifle short, but then the best things always come in small packages...
BUY THIS ALBUM!!!
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One of their best
Really good album, Some Friendly, Tellin' Stories and Wonderland are really great and 10th and 11th is only just behind, Standouts are "I Don't Want to See the Sights" great guitar... Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2008 by D. Gillaspy
i cant even be bothered....
Totally agree with previous reviewer who said,at the time, it sounded claustraphobic and experimental. Read more
Published on 8 May 2005
yep i agree with that summary
i'm not sure where the charlatans were at with this album, but i loved the feel of it... very awkward, experimental and claustrophobic
this coincided roughly with the brighton... Read more
Published on 5 May 2001
An underated classic
This, The Charlatans second album, is much overlooked. Probably the darkest of their albums, it comes closest in feel to their 1999 album "Us And Only Us". Read more
Published on 11 Nov 1999 by d.lodge@hw.ac.uk
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