Some Friendly

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Some Friendly
Some Friendly cover
Studio album by The Charlatans
Released October 8, 1990 (1990-10-08)
Recorded 1990
Genre Alternative Rock, Madchester
Length 47:54
Label Dead Dead Good Records, Situation Two, Beggars Banquet Records
Producer Chris Nagle
Professional reviews
The Charlatans chronology
Some Friendly
(1990)		 Between 10th and 11th
(1992)
Singles from Some Friendly
  1. "The Only One I Know"
    Released: May 14, 1990 (1990-05-14)
  2. "Then"
    Released: September 10, 1990 (1990-09-10)

Some Friendly is the debut album by the British band The Charlatans (known in the United States as The Charlatans UK because of the 1960s San Francisco band The Charlatans), released in 1990 (see 1990 in music).

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.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "You're Not Very Well" (John Baker, Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Tim Burgess, Rob Collins) – 3:31
  2. "White Shirt" (Blunt, Burgess, Collins) – 3:25
  3. "The Only One I Know" (Baker, Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) – 3:58
  4. "Opportunity" (Blunt, Brookes, Burgess) – 6:41
  5. "Then" (Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins) – 4:11
  6. "109 Pt.2" (Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins) – 3:18
  7. "Polar Bear" (Baker, Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins) – 4:56
  8. "Believe You Me" (Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins) – 3:41
  9. "Flower" (Baker, Blunt, Burgess, Collins) – 5:27
  10. "Sonic" (Brookes, Burgess, Collins) – 3:32
  11. "Sproston Green" (Baker, Blunt, Burgess, Collins) – 5:08

Track listing note: The original vinyl release of Some Friendly did not include "The Only One I Know", as it was the band's wish to take only one single from each album.

[edit] Personnel


[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Peak Position
1990 The Billboard 200 (U.S.) 73 [1]
1990 UK Album Charts 1 [2]

Single

Year Single Chart Peak Position
1990 "The Only One I Know" UK Singles Chart 9 [2]
1990 "Then" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 4 [1]
1990 "Then" UK Singles Chart 12 [2]
1990 "The Only One I Know" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 5 [1]
1991 "Sproston Green" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 25 [1]
1991 "White Shirt" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 18 [1]
1991 "The Only One I Know" Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 37 [1]

[edit] Certifications

Organization Level Date
BPI – UK Gold October 11, 1990 (1990-10-11) BPI[3]


[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f allmusic. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  2. ^ a b c UK Top 40 Hit Database. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  3. ^ BPI Certified Awards. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  • Willis, D. The Charlatans : the Authorised history, Virgin Books, 1999. ISBN 0-7535-0194-5

[edit] External links

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The Charlatans
Tim Burgess • Mark Collins • Martin Blunt • Tony Rogers • Jon Brookes
Studio Albums
Some Friendly (1990) • Between 10th and 11th (1992) • Up to Our Hips (1994) • The Charlatans (1995) • Tellin' Stories (1997) • Us and Us Only (1999) • Wonderland (2001) • Up at the Lake (2004) • Simpatico (2006) • You Cross My Path (2008)
Compilations
Melting Pot (1998) • Songs from the Other Side (2002) • Forever: The Singles (2006) • Collection (2007)
Live Albums
Singles
Indian Rope • The Only One I Know • Then • Over Rising • Me. In Time • Weirdo • Tremelo Song • Can’t Get Out of Bed • I Never Want an Easy Life If Me and He Were Ever to Get There • Jesus Hairdo • Crashing In • Just Lookin/Bullet Comes • Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over • One to Another • North Country Boy • How High • Tellin’ Stories • Forever • My Beautiful Friend • Impossible • Love is the Key • A Man Needs to Be Told • Up at the Lake • Try Again Today • Loving You Is Easy • Blackened Blue Eyes • NYC (There's No Need to Stop) • You're So Pretty - We're So Pretty • You Cross My Path • Oh Vanity • The Misbegotten
DVDs
Just Lookin' 1990-1997 • Live at Last • Forever: The Singles
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