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The Charlatans - Some Friendly (35Th Anniversary Edition) The Charlatans
This expanded edition of Some Friendly celebrates their landmark 1990 debut album. The 20 songs on this edition include the original album plus a selection of bonus tracks curated especially for this release by Tim Burgess.
The Charlatans formed in 1988 and released their debut single “Indian Rope” in early 1990. They began recording Some Friendly shortly after with producer, Chris Nagle. The blistering lead single, “The Only One I Know”, was their first top-10 hit, and is still their most popular song. Two additional singles followed with “Then” and “Sproston Green”.
“Revisiting ‘Some Friendly’ turns out to be the best evidence that, whether anyone realised it at the time or not, the Charlatans were thoroughly versed in being enduring, and endearing, from the off.”- The Quietus
“The Only One I Know remains a classic and performs the near-impossible trick of sounding as good today as any of the Roses’ singles ever did – right down to a stinging guitar solo. Some Friendly was an awesome first album establishing the band as their own men.” - Record Collector
“One of the UK’s most enduring bands” - The Guardian
Track List
A1. You're Not Very Well
A2. White Shirt
“I was listening to Ballad Of The Band by Felt - I wanted a song with that kind of feel to it”
A3. The Only One I Know
“It’s a song about teenage feelings: I was 21 or 22, but had those powerful emotions. I was a big Byrds fan so the line “Everyone’s been burned before, everyone knows the pain” is a nod to their song “Everybody’s Been Burned”. I was ecstatic when the Byrds’ Roger McGuinn said he loved us. It’s an unusual song construction. I’m still not sure which bit is the chorus. The title and main hook is in the verse, but the intro – before the main song crashes in – gives people just enough time to get on the dancefloor.”
A4. Opportunity
A5. Then
A6. 109 Pt.2
“We had an instrumental 109 that we began our live set with (from the very beginning) This was an update - a chance to remix and recreate. I played the synth and worked the night shift with Chris Nagle after everyone had gone to bed. The voice you can hear is Robert De Niro - playing the devil in Angel Heart. We wrote to him to ask his permission to use it. We were knocked out when he said yes. De Niro doing that made me vow to help bands whenever I could. He really didn’t have to help us.”
B1. Polar Bear
B2. Believe You Me
“It’s about being a Gemini. Rob Collins incredibly double tracked all the Hammond on this track - he was beyond brilliant. There was nobody like him. A genius.”
B3. Flower
“Pixies ‘inspired’ bass line...one of the first songs we wrote when the five of us came to be The Charlatans”
B4. Sonic
B5. Sproston Green
C1. Then [7” Mix]
C2. Taurus Moaner
C3. Then [Alternate Take]
C4. Taurus Moaner [Instrumental]
C5. Over Rising
D1. Happen to Die [Edit]
D2. Way Up There
D3. Opportunity Three
D4. Happen to Die [Full Length]
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