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Manchester-bashers will be shocked by the third effort from the Charlatans, which bares nary a trace of the hollow psychedelic dance-pop that became synonymous with that town and this band in the late 1980s. Up to Our Hips has a slow, bluesy feel and strong, well-crafted tunes. Maybe the band sobered up after keyboardist Rob Collins was arrested for armed robbery; maybe it gleaned more than style from its new-found love for German art-rockers Can, or maybe it was the influence of unlikely producer Steve Hillage of Gong. Whatever the case, Up to Our Hips is a substantive, rewarding effort. --Jim DeRogatis
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This album is clearly and without doubt their best recording and even the b-sides which accompanied the singles are special to say the least. Martin Blunt was the driving force which left the sound bass heavy and very very soulful. This is the one album in my collection that I come back to time and time again and never tire of. If you are considering a starting point for the charlatans then buy this album ( and its singles ) and also their first album ( some friendly ) as these are the tunes which made them. Lets hope they put out a special 10th anniversary edition complete with the songs that never made it on to the album. Feel flows originally had lyrics and was called " it's only the music". I managed to find a demo of the song and think it should get a release as it's such a good tune. Maybe I'll have to e-mail their old record company and beg them for a special edition :)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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"Up To Our Hips" came out in that glorious year of 1994 - the year Britpop finally became massive - and if we take a look back at it, it's a pity that an album like this only got such little notice from both fans and critics alike. Less accessible than The Charlatans' post-Britpop works, "Up To Our Hips" still manage to offer some exciting moments - the surprise being the choice of prog-rock/psychedelics as main source of inspiration, rather than the usual Northern soul charm. Particular favourites: the opening "Come in Number 21" - Stone Roses with killer organs, "Patrol" - laid-back, groovy bass by Martin Blunt on this one, "Feel Flows" - clavinet vs bass instrumental showdown, and the closing epic "Inside Looking Out". An underrated masterpiece.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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You can't help but reflect, when listening to this album, what it would have sounded like had Rob Collins (RIP) not been banged up during the recording of the album. The Snyth Sounds of the much under rated Between 10th and 11th, the Charlatans previous album, gives way to a bass driven, dirty, bluesy sound that the charlatans have never recaptured since. Listen to the sleazy sounds of Patrol or Another Rider Up in Flames, to see what i measn, There are darker monets that you would normally expect such as I never want an easy life,Apparently tim Burgess's Homage to rob Collins.
This isn't the charlies best album, but it is ther most adventurous. Between 10th and 11th was an attempt to get away from the madchester soaked, Some Friendly and Since Up to our Hips the Charlies slowly slid away into Tim Burgess's Bob Dylan Heaven (not that is a bad thing)
On this album, without the rare talents of Rob Collins, the rest of the band seem to have expressed themselves more, filling the gapping chasm that Robs absence must have left in the studio,They always had a fantasic singer and an highly talanted Drumer, but the bassist and mark Collins the gituarist come to the floor, the bass lines drive through the album, more like Mani in the roses or Paul Ryder did in the Mondays. Its gives the Album a fuller heaveir sound a quality that ecohes in later songs like Forever.
Whats more Classic sounding charlies songs such as Can't Get Out Of Bed and Jesus hair do contrast with the moodier darker songs giving the album an exciting feel.Like I said, not there finest moment but one that showed, if there was any doubt, that they were more that a Stone Roses Cover band.
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