Some Friendly
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| Studio album by The Charlatans | ||
| Released | October 8, 1990 | |
| Recorded | 1990 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 47:54 | |
| Label | Dead Dead Good Records, Situation Two, Beggars Banquet Records | |
| Producer(s) | Chris Nagle | |
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| The Charlatans chronology | ||
| N/A | Some Friendly (1990) |
Between 10th And 11th (1992) |
Some Friendly is the debut album by the British band The Charlatans (known in the United States as The Charlatans UK), released on October 8, 1990.
Recorded at The Windings near Wrexham, Wales in 1990 the sessions proved somewhat fraught - the band fell out with the owners of the studio; "it was one of those studio bust-ups ... Rob and Martin were up to their old tricks, smashing stuff up and that" said singer Tim Burgess later.
However lack of songs proved to be the major problem. Having been together for less than a year the band hadn't had the opportunity to stockpile songs and the album suffered as a result, featuring a few tracks that "had to go on there just to make up the numbers" (Burgess again).
The band also felt that some songs (especially "White Shirt" and "Polar Bear") were overproduced, with the bass being lost in the mix and that the whole album sounded rather 'thin'.
Both "The Only One I Know" and "Then" provided the Charlatans with hit singles however (peaking at #9 and #12 respectively in the British pop charts) and sales were good all over the world especially in the bands native UK where the album went straight in at #1 in the album charts.
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[edit] Track listing
- "You're Not Very Well" (Baker, Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) – 3:31
- "White Shirt" (Blunt, Burgess, R. Collins) – 3:25
- "The Only One I Know" (Baker, Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) – 3:58
- "Opportunity" (Blunt, Brookes, Burgess) – 6:41
- "Then" (Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) – 4:11
- "109 Pt.2" (Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) – 3:18
- "Polar Bear" (Baker, Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) – 4:56
- "Believe You Me" (Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) – 3:41
- "Flower" (Baker, Blunt, Burgess, R. Collins) – 5:27
- "Sonic" (Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) – 3:32
- "Sproston Green" (Baker, Blunt, Burgess, R. Collins) – 5:08
Bonus track on Japanese reissue CD:
- "Taurus Moaner" – 2:29
"Taurus Moaner" originally featured as a b-side on the UK single release of "Then"
The original vinyl release of Some Friendly did not include "The Only One I Know", it been the band's wish to take only one single from each album.
[edit] Personnel
- Tim Burgess - Lead vocals, harmonica
- John Baker - Guitars
- Rob Collins - Mellotron, organ, piano, backing vocals
- Martin Blunt - Bass
- Jon Brookes - Drums
[edit] References
- Willis, D. The Charlatans : the authorised history, Virgin Books, 1999. ISBN 0-7535-0194-5
