The Charlatans (1995 album)

The Charlatans is the fourth album by the British alternative rock band The Charlatans, 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. Select ranked the album at number 17 in its end-of-year list of the 50 best albums of 1995.[6]

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
Released28 August 1995
Recorded1994–1995
StudioMonnow Valley Studio, Rockfield Studios, Monmouth
GenreAlternative rock, Britpop
Length52:05
LabelBeggars Banquet
ProducerThe 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 Lookin'" / "Bullet Comes"
    Released: 8 May 1995
  3. "Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over"
    Released: 7 August 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]
The Guardian[3]
NME6/10[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

The album's original title was slated to be The First Shag in Ages,[7] 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".[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, M. Collins, R. Collins.

No.TitleLength
1."Nine Acre Court"3:45
2."Feeling Holy"5:16
3."Just Lookin'"3:49
4."Crashin' In"5:02
5."Bullet Comes"5:25
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"5:16
10."No Fiction"3:58
11."See It Through"4:08
12."Thank You"3:34
13."Chemical Risk (Toothache remix)" (Japanese bonus track)3:41

Singles

"Crashin' In" was the first of the three singles from the album and was released on 28 December 1994. It charted at number 31 in the UK Singles Chart.[9] The single also featured "Back Room Window" and "Green Flashing Eyes", which were later included in the compilation album Songs from the Other Side. The double A-side single "Just Lookin'/Bullet Comes" was released on 8 May 1995. The album's most successful single "Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over" was their highest charting single since "Then" in 1990, peaking at number 12 in the UK.[9]

Personnel

References
  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Charlatans – The Charlatans". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. Meyer, David (15 September 1995). "The Charlatans UK". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. Sullivan, Caroline (1 September 1995). "CD of the week: The Charlatans – remember them". The Guardian. p. 37.
  4. Cameron, Keith (26 August 1995). "The Charlatans – The Charlatans". NME. Archived from the original on 5 June 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. Stewart, Allison (2004). "Charlatans U.K.". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 153–54. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. "50 Albums of the Year". Select (67): 78–79. January 1996. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  7. http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/then/char-203.html
  8. Babcock, Jay (22 December 1999). "Thieves Like Us". LA Weekly. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  9. "Charlatans | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
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