9 October 2020
Band: The Charlatans (UK)
Active: Since 1988
Album: Some Friendly – debut LP
Released: 8 October 1990 – 30 years ago
Frontman Tim Burgess wasn’t satisfied at all: “A few
tracks had to go on there, just to make up the numbers.”
Turn Up The Volume: “There’s only one track I know
that was/still is truly flabbergasting.”
Full album…
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THE CHARLATANS: Facebook
R.I.P. Rob Collins and Jon Brookes
28 August 2020
Band: The Charlatans (West-Midlands, UK)
Active: Since 1988
Album: The Charlatans – fourth LP
Released: 28 August 1995 – 25 year ago today
Score: #1 in the UK
AllMusic wrote: “The Charlatans demonstrated signs of a revival on ‘Up to Our Hips’,
yet that record in no way suggested the full-fledged return to form of The Charlatans, the group’s most ambitious, focused, and successful album. The group hasn’t changed its sonic approach, yet its music has deepened, incorporating heavy dance elements without losing its core sound. The Charlatans illustrates how a working rock & roll band can balance traditional rock and modern post-acid house music, and the results are frequently glorious.” Score: 4/5
Singles: Just Crashin’ In / Just Lookin’ / Just When You’re Thinkin’ Things Over
– CRASHIN’ IN –
– JUST LOOKIN’ –
– JUST WHEN YOU’RE THINKIN’ THINGS OVER –
THE CHARLATANS: Facebook
R.I.P. Jon Brookes and Rob Collins
Top singles from the past…
14 May 2020
Band: The Charlatans
Active: 1988-present
Single: The Only One I Know
B-side: Everything Changed
Label: Situation Two
Released: 14 May 1990 – 30 years ago
Score: #9 in the UK
Album: Some Friendly
R.I.P. John Brooks and Rob Collins
Here’s the original clip…
THE CHARLATANS: Facebook
19 February 2020
Band: The Charlatans
Single: Oh! Vanity
B-sides: ‘Complete Control’ (on the 7″) and ‘Complete Control’ /
‘The Only One I Know’ (live) and ‘Oh! Vanity’ (live at Manchester Ritz) on CD
Released: 25 February 2008 as a free digital download, but also on CD and 7″
Album: You Cross My Path – the band’s tenth LP
Here’s the swirling stomper…
THE CHARLATANS: Facebook
Knockouts from the past…
30 May 2019
Today TIM BURGESS, the flamboyant frontman of West Midlands‘ popsmiths
THE CHARLATANS turns 52. Happy birthday. To celebrate here’s LOVE IS THE KEY,
one of those underrated Charlatans songs that should have been a global hit. It was
part of their blissful 2001 album Wonderland. Capture the falsetto vibe right here…
THE CHARLATANS: Facebook
Great albums from the past…
5 February 2019
‘Tellin’ Stories‘ by THE CHARLATANS
The band’s fifth longplayer
Released: 21 April 1997
Three Top tracks right here…
– NORTH COUNTRY BOY –
Delightful swagger…
– ONE TO ANOTHER –
Amplified pop splendour…
– HOW HIGH –
Buzzing electricity…
Album in full…
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THE CHARLATANS: Facebook
Great albums from the past…
12 December 2018
‘The Charlatans’ by THE CHARLATANS
Released: 28 August 2005
Their fourth longplayer
A psychedelic blues trip
Three Top Tracks: Crashin’ In / Toothache / Nice Acre Court
– CRASHIN’ IN –
– TOOTHACHE –
– NINE ACRE COURT –
ALBUM in full…
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THE CHARLATANS: Facebook – All Albums
Clips that have a lasting impact on Turn Up The Volume’s eyes and ears…
‘Oh! Vanity’ by THE CHARLATANS
Probably their catchiest moment ever.
That keyboard/organ sound is ace.
When I was a little child
What you’d call a runaway
Find me with a latch and key
Crawling in the dirt
There’s a problem just for me
I have a thousand worlds to see
Always one for running wild
And dressing up to be like You
Oh Vanity, oh vanity
Will keep me from insanity
This heart of mine would rather die
Than live a life of humanity
(Keyboard Solo)
And now I’m all grown up to be
A paranoid schizophenic
My friends are all like me and You
I cannot tell ’em what to do
There’s another world to see
Lie down with dogs and you’ll get fleas
When Paris gave her hand to me
It felt like an eternity
From their 2008 ‘YOU CROSS MY PATH‘ album – stream it here…
Great longplayers from the past…
‘Up To Our Hips’
THE CHARLATANS
Third album
21 March 1994
Review
Album in full…
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THE CHARLATANS: Website – Facebook – Discography