The Charlatans (album)

For the album of the same name by the American psychedelic rock band The Charlatans, see The Charlatans (1969 album).
The Charlatans
Studio album by The Charlatans
Released 28 August 1995
Recorded 1995
Genre Alternative rock
Length 52:05
Label Beggars Banquet Records
Producer The Charlatans, Dave Charles and Ric Peet with Steve Hillage
The Charlatans chronology
Up To Our Hips
(1994)		 The Charlatans
(1995)		 Tellin' Stories
(1997)
Singles from The Charlatans
  1. "Crashin' In"
    Released: 28 December 1994
  2. "Just Looking"/"Bullet Comes"
    Released: 8 May 1995
  3. "Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over"
    Released: 7 August 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly (B)[2]

The Charlatans is the fourth album by the British band The Charlatans (known in the United States as The Charlatans UK), released on 28 August 1995. It went to the top of the UK Albums Chart the same year. The Charlatans is rated 84 in the Melody Maker's top 100 albums of all time list from 2000.

The album's original title was slated to be The First Shag In Ages,[3] named after a chapter from Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting. Several promo shirts bearing this title were printed and early vinyl versions of the album have this written between the leadout groove.

The track "Here Comes A Soul Saver" uses a riff from the Pink Floyd song Fearless.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Blunt/Brookes/Burgess/M. Collins/R. Collins.

  1. "Nine Acre Court" – 3:45
  2. "Feeling Holy" – 5:16
  3. "Just Lookin'" – 3:49
  4. "Crashin' In" – 5:00
  5. "Bullet Comes" – 5:23
  6. "Here Comes A Soul Saver" – 3:23
  7. "Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over" – 4:51
  8. "Tell Everyone" – 3:32
  9. "Toothache" – 5:15
  10. "No Fiction" – 3:58
  11. "See It Through" – 4:07
  12. "Thank You" – 3:35

Singles

The first single to the album, called "Crashin' In" or "Crashing In"[4] was released by The Charlatans on 28 December 1994.[5] In addition to the album songs Crashin' In and See It Through the single also featured the title Green Flashing Eyes which was later released on the compilation album Songs from the Other Side.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ^ http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/then/char-203.html
  4. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2000/apr/24/artsfeatures.charlatans
  5. ^ http://www.thecharlatans.net/disco/cgoob.html
Preceded by
Said and Done by Boyzone		 UK number one album
September 9, 1995 – September 15, 1995		 Succeeded by
Zeitgeist by The Levellers
The Charlatans
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) • Who We Touch (2010)
Compilations
Live albums
Live It Like You Love It (2002) • Live at Delamere Forest (2007) • Some Friendly - 20th Anniversary Concerts (2010) • Who We Touch Tour 2010 (2010)
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 • Crashin' 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 • Mis-Takes • Oh Vanity (re-issue) • Love Is Ending • My Foolish Pride • Your Pure Soul
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