Side A
Artist	Song
Charlatans UK	The Only One I Know
Charlatans UK	White Shirt
Charlatans UK	You're Not Very Well
Charlatans UK	Then
Charlatans UK	Believe You Me
Charlatans UK	Sproston Green
Charlatans UK	I Don't Want To See The Sights
Charlatans UK	Ignition
Charlatans UK	Page One
Charlatans UK	Weirdo
Charlatans UK	(No One) Not Even The Rain
Charlatans UK	Come in Number 21
Charlatans UK	I Never Want An Easy Life...
Charlatans UK	Can't Get Out Of Bed
Charlatans UK	Jesus Hairdo
Charlatans UK	Up To Our Hips
Charlatans UK	Feeling Holy
Charlatans UK	Just Lookin'
Charlatans UK	Bullet Comes
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Charlatans UK	Here Comes A Soul Saver
Charlatans UK	With No Shoes
Charlatans UK	North Country Boy
Charlatans UK	Tellin' Stories
Charlatans UK	One To Another
Charlatans UK	You're A Big Girl Now
Charlatans UK	How Can You Leave Us
Charlatans UK	Forever
Charlatans UK	A House Is Not A Home
Charlatans UK	My Beautiful Friend
Charlatans UK	The Blind Stagger
Charlatans UK	You're So Pretty -- We're So Pretty
Charlatans UK	Is It In You?
Charlatans UK	Ballad of the Band
Charlatans UK	Blackened Blue Eyes
Charlatans UK	NYC There's No Need To Stop
Charlatans UK	When The Lights Go Out In London

Comment:

File under Surprising Rediscoveries, if you will. Pulled their 1990 debut Some Friendly out of storage recently as was pleasantly surprised by how well it's held up over the years, certainly more so than much of the late 80s/early 90s Manchester/shoegaze retro/dance stuff. Maybe not quite as perfect as the Stone Roses' contemporaneous debut, but pretty damn close. Anyway, I didn't pay much attention to them after that, but recently notices that they issued a new album this year. Did some backtracking, and was kinda surprised to find they've been steadily releasing new music throughout the past 15 years, mostly well below the radar screen (at least here in the states). I picked up most of the back catalog, and there are a lot of real gems there. Maybe none of their albums is as start-to-finish consistent as the debut (though 1997's Telling Stories is pretty great), but all have a handful of great songs. Yes, there is a tendency towards a certain saminess -- I could probably have done this as a single-cd mix without losing any essential tracks -- but the grooves are strong, and the hooks are worth waiting for. Recent efforts are a bit less interesting, but they had a really strong run in the mid-90s that merits reexamination; give 'em another shot if you get a chance.

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