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Some friendly
Studio album by The Charlatans

Publication
(s)

October 8, 1990

Label (s) Dead Dead Good / Situation Two / Beggars Banquet Records

Format (s)

LP, vinyl , CD

Genre (s)

Rock , Madchester

Title (number)

11

running time

47 min 54s

occupation
  • Bass : Martin Blunt

production

  • Chris Nagle

Studio (s)

The Windings, Wales

Some Friendly is the debut album by British band The Charlatans . It was released on October 8, 1990 and ranked number one on the UK Top 40 albums .

The album

The Charlatans were part of the Madchester movement around The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays . The release of Some Friendly was preceded by two successful singles ( The Only One I Know and Then ). Some Friendly was the first of three number one albums by the Charlatans in Great Britain and the band's most successful album in the USA (number 73). The songs The Only One I Know and Sproston Green have been played live regularly by the group throughout their careers.

The sound

The sound of this album is clearly influenced by that of other Madchester bands like Stone Roses or Happy Mondays. The album is shaped by the use of the keyboard, which makes the sound very reminiscent of that of the Inspiral Carpets that appeared at the same time .

Track list

  1. You're Not Very Well (Baker, Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) - 3:31
  2. White Shirt (Blunt, Burgess, R. Collins) - 3:25
  3. The Only One I Know (Baker, Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) - 3:58
  4. Opportunity (Blunt, Brookes, Burgess) - 6:41
  5. Then (Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) - 4:11
  6. 109 Pt.2 (Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) - 3:18
  7. Polar Bear (Baker, Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) - 4:56
  8. Believe You Me (Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) - 3:41
  9. Flower (Baker, Blunt, Burgess, R. Collins) - 5:27
  10. Sonic (Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins) - 3:32
  11. Sproston Green (Baker, Blunt, Burgess, R. Collins) - 5:08

Expanded Edition

For the 20th anniversary of the album, it was re-released as a 2CD Expanded Edition. The first CD corresponds to the original album without The Only One I Know , the second CD contains the following songs:

  1. The Only One I Know
  2. Imperial 109
  3. Everything changed
  4. Then (BBC Peel session)
  5. Always In Mind (BBC Peel session)
  6. You Can Talk To Me (BBC Peel session)
  7. Polar Bear (BBC Peel session)
  8. You're Not Very Well (BBC Goodier session)
  9. Indian Rope (BBC Goodier session)
  10. The Only One I Know (BBC Goodier session)
  11. White Shirt (BBC Goodier session)
  12. Then (alternate take)
  13. Taurus Moaner
  14. Polar Bear (12 ”mix)
  15. Over rising
  16. Way Up There
  17. Happen To Die (long version)
  18. Opportunity Three

Some Friendly and greatest hits live (roundhouse, london, 31 May 2010)

CD 1

  1. 109
  2. Your're [sic!] Not Very Well
  3. White shirt
  4. Opportunity
  5. Sonic
  6. Then
  7. Overising
  8. Way Up There
  9. Happen to Die

CD 2

  1. You can talk to me
  2. Polar bear
  3. Believe you me
  4. Flower
  5. The Only One I Know
  6. Indain [sic!] Rope
  7. Everything changed

CD 3

  1. Me in time
  2. Can't Even Be Bothered
  3. Sproston Green

Single releases

The Only One I Know

Released May 14, 1990, UK # 9, US Modern Rock # 5

1. The Only One I Know, 2. Imperial 109 (edit), 3. Everything Changed, 4. You Can Talk To Me

Then

Released September 10, 1990, UK # 12, US Modern Rock # 4

1. Then, 2. Taurus Moaner, 3. Taurus Moaner (instrumental), 4. Then (alternate take)

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