Tellin 'stories

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Tellin 'stories
Studio album by The Charlatans

Publication
(s)

April 21, 1997

Label (s) Beggars Banquet Records

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Rock , Britpop

Title (number)

11

running time

47 min 03s

occupation
  • Bass : Martin Blunt

production

  • The Charlatans / Dave Charles, partly Ric Peet

Studio (s)

Monnow Valley Studios, Monmouth, Gwent

Tellin 'Stories is the fifth studio album by the British band The Charlatans , released on April 21, 1997. It was number one on the UK album charts, with three singles in the UK top ten. The album was under the impression of the death of band member Rob Collins in the previous year.

The album

The album The Charlatans , released in 1995, meant a comeback for the Charlatans . At the beginning of the recordings for Tellin 'Stories , things went better than ever for the band. On July 22, 1996, however, the keyboardist Rob Collins died in a car accident. After some thought, the rest of the band decided to move on. Martin Duffy, the former keyboardist of Primal Scream , stepped in temporarily on the keyboard . The single One To Another was released less than a month after Collins' death and reached number three in the UK Top 40, to date the group's top single. Collins can be seen on the accompanying video, which was recorded a week before his death. Both Collins and Duffy can be heard on keyboards on the album. Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers contributed a few loops , including the well-known intro for One To Another . Tellin 'Stories was number one on the UK Top 40 Album Charts for two weeks. One To Another , North Country Boy , How High and the title track can also be found on the live album Live It Like You Love It .

Track list

  1. "With No Shoes" - 4:42
  2. "North Country Boy" - 4:05
  3. "Tellin 'Stories" - 5:13
  4. "One To Another" - 4:29
  5. "You're A Big Girl Now" - 2:49
  6. "How Can You Leave Us" - 3:47
  7. "Area 51" - 3:37
  8. "How High" - 3:06
  9. "Only Teethin '" - 5:19
  10. "Get On It" - 5:56
  11. "Rob's Theme" - 3:54

All songs written by Blunt / Brookes / Burgess / M. Collins / R. Collins.

Single releases

One to Another

Published August 26, 1996, UK # 3

1. One To Another, 2. Two Of Us, 3. Reputation

US version, 1997

1. One To Another (Lucid Radio Mix), 2. One To Another (Swab Radio Mix)

North Country Boy

Published March 24, 1997, UK # 4

1. North Country Boy, 2. Area 51, 3. Don't Need A Gun

How high

Published June 9, 1997, UK # 6

1. How High, 2. Down With The Mook, 3. Title Fight

Tellin 'stories

Published October 20, 1997, UK # 16

1. Tellin 'Stories, 2. Keep It To Yourself 3. Clean Up Kid, 4. Thank You (recorded live at the Phoenix Festival 18/7/97)

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