Some Friendly

Some Friendly

Infobox Album
Name = Some Friendly
Type = studio
Artist = The Charlatans


Released = start date|1990|10|8
Recorded = 1990
Genre = Alternative rock, Madchester
Length = 47:54
Label = Dead Dead Good Records, Situation Two, Beggars Banquet Records
Producer = Chris Nagle
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:n7ivad8kv8w1 link]
Last album =
This album = "Some Friendly" (1990)
Next album = "Between 10th and 11th" (1992)
Misc = Singles
Name = Some Friendly
Type = studio
single 1 = The Only One I Know
single 1 date = start date|1990|5|14
single 2 = Then
single 2 date = start date|1990|9|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.

Track listing

# "You're Not Very Well" (Baker, Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins) – 3:31
# "White Shirt" (Blunt, Burgess, 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, Collins) – 4:11
# "109 Pt.2" (Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins) – 3:18
# "Polar Bear" (Baker, Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins) – 4:56
# "Believe You Me" (Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins) – 3:41
# "Flower" (Baker, Blunt, Burgess, Collins) – 5:27
# "Sonic" (Brookes, Burgess, Collins) – 3:32
# "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.

Personnel

*Tim Burgess - vocals, harmonica
*John Baker - guitars
*Rob Collins - Mellotron, organ, piano, backing vocals
*Martin Blunt - bass
*Jon Brookes - Drums

Charts

Album

Notes

*Willis, D. "The Charlatans : the Authorised history", Virgin Books, 1999. ISBN 0-7535-0194-5

External links

* [http://www.thecharlatans.net/ Official website]


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