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Track Listings
| 1. You're Not Very Well |
| 2. White Shirt |
| 3. Only One I Know |
| 4. Opportunity |
| 5. Then |
| 6. 109 |
| 7. Polar Bear |
| 8. Believe You Me |
| 9. Flower |
| 10. Sonic |
| 11. Sproston Green |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Regarded at the time as the runts of the baggy litter, the Charlatans have proved many doubters wrong by living through traumas that would have split many bands up (arrests, nervous breakdowns and even the death of keyboard player Rob Collins), and are still together when their original peers are caricatures (the Mondays), revered memories (the Roses), or half-remembered jokes (the Inspiral Carpets, Northside). However, despite the longevity that was to come, this is a only mediocre debut offering, with little matching the impact of singles "The Only One I Know" and "Then". All the ingredients are in place: Tim Burgess' nasal drone, Collins' Hammond Organ and the groovy bass-lines, but it was only with 1994's Up To Our Hips that the band applied their undoubted mastery of the single to a longer work, and 1998's Melting Pot compilation is their most essential release. --Ronita Dutta
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The Charlatans formed in the late '80s in a remote NorthernEngland town, one of hundreds of groups profoundly influenced by that chart-topping indie-rock band from neighboring Manchester, the Stone Roses. SOME FRIENDLY, the Charlatans' 1990 debut, is certainly brimming with Roses references. Almost all of the album's 11 songs feature the shuffling "Manchester" drum beat popularised by the Roses, and Charlatans singer Tim Burgess' laid-back, confident voice sounds quite similar to that of the Roses' Ian Brown.
Unlike most Roses-inspired bands, the Charlatans were willing and able to take their music beyond the narrow confines of the "Manchester sound". Their most distinctive element was Rob Collins' surgingHammond organ. Although the catchy keyboard hook on the single "The Only One I Know" was lifted from Deep Purple's 1968hit "Hush", the Charlatans' swirling, psychedelic sound gave the classic English rock sound of the '60s a distinctly modern twist. Several other songs - notably the majestic "Sproston Green" and "Polar Bear" - capture a similarly dreamy pop mood. Burgess' limited voice and the lack of compelling, Roses-styled melodies make SOME FRIENDLY an acquired taste, but this promising debut provided a foundation from which theCharlatans worked themselves into one of England's top rockbands.
Regarded at the time as the runts of the baggy litter, the Charlatans have proved many doubters wrong by living through traumas that would have split many bands up (arrests, nervous breakdowns and even the death of keyboard player Rob Collins), and are still together when their original peers are caricatures (the Mondays), revered memories (the Roses), or half-remembered jokes (the Inspiral Carpets, Northside). However, despite the longevity that was to come, this is a only mediocre debut offering, with little matching the impact of singles "The Only One I Know" and "Then". All the ingredients are in place: Tim Burgess' nasal drone, Collins' Hammond Organ and the groovy bass-lines, but it was only with 1994's Up To Our Hips that the band applied their undoubted mastery of the single to a longer work, and 1998's Melting Pot compilation is their most essential release. --Ronita Dutta
Description
The Charlatans formed in the late '80s in a remote NorthernEngland town, one of hundreds of groups profoundly influenced by that chart-topping indie-rock band from neighboring Manchester, the Stone Roses. SOME FRIENDLY, the Charlatans' 1990 debut, is certainly brimming with Roses references. Almost all of the album's 11 songs feature the shuffling "Manchester" drum beat popularised by the Roses, and Charlatans singer Tim Burgess' laid-back, confident voice sounds quite similar to that of the Roses' Ian Brown.
Unlike most Roses-inspired bands, the Charlatans were willing and able to take their music beyond the narrow confines of the "Manchester sound". Their most distinctive element was Rob Collins' surgingHammond organ. Although the catchy keyboard hook on the single "The Only One I Know" was lifted from Deep Purple's 1968hit "Hush", the Charlatans' swirling, psychedelic sound gave the classic English rock sound of the '60s a distinctly modern twist. Several other songs - notably the majestic "Sproston Green" and "Polar Bear" - capture a similarly dreamy pop mood. Burgess' limited voice and the lack of compelling, Roses-styled melodies make SOME FRIENDLY an acquired taste, but this promising debut provided a foundation from which theCharlatans worked themselves into one of England's top rockbands.
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