Reviews (page 3 of 8)
While there is alot of Britpop on this list, this one wasn’t as insufferable as the rest. Quite enjoyable actually.
Definitely has that 90's midlands sound, reminiscent of Oasis and later Kasabian to a certain extent, but their own twist. An enjoyable album and one I saved a number of songs to a rock playlist to revisit later.
peak charlatans - still a bit of filler, but all fine
Been a while since I listened to it. Lots of brilliant songs and a bit of filler. High 4 is probably fair.
I'm not a fan of britpop in general, which is why I didn't expect to enjoy this album. Sometimes it's nice to be mistaken. While I did find the vocals a bit annoying at times, it's the instrumentation that makes this album actually interesting and gives it a lot of variety.
Reminded me of Oasis. 4 stars.
It's like Oasis but I like it
I had pretty low expectations going into this album, but it was really fun, and I enjoyed it. When it popped up for me today, my first thought was "hooray, another album by Great Value Oasis." I'm glad that I was wrong. I loved that that the songs here had such a wide variance in sounds, especially the blues-ier songs like "How High." I love good keyboard parts, and this album definitely delivered on that, especially with "Get On It" and "Only Teething," both of which reminded me of Primal Scream (after reading about the album on Wikipedia, I was blown away to learn that Primal Scream's keyboardist helped finish the album after the original keyboardist died in a car accident. Sometimes my ears surprise me with what they can pick up). I loved "With No Shoes" and "Tellin' Stories" as well. The instrumentation and vocals on this album were really great, and while the sound here definitely has the 90's BritPop feel, this album manages to remain unique. I will definitely listen to this album again.
Easy listen, good album. Never listened to them before but enjoyed this
Sounds liked they're trying to be someone else, 'get on it' just sounds like their big rolling stones number. Enjoyed the listen though, might listen to again.
Even though it’s a bit too similar to oasis, this album started out super strong with the first 3-4 songs being great. I got somewhat tired of it by the end though so it’s a low 4. One to to another or north country boy are probably my favs.
Good
Surprised at how strong this was, however, it sounds like how a YouTube video looks when it's not properly loaded and you need to pause for it to figure it all out. A great record.
I never understood why these guys weren't bigger. They had all the bits of Britpop I liked, just with better guitar (and everything else) tones.
Enjoyed the album, good riffs, good singing
Pretty good album
oasis
Lovely album with some great tunes
some oasis-a-like but good
Really really good, but not quite brilliant - so I guess it'll be 4 🌟! The big hits and that title track are the most immediate, but it's all pretty solid - just missing a bit of spark in my opinion
Wasnt to sure about it from first few tracks. But 'one to another' onwards was completely on board. Madchester innit
Loved this. Hints of Dylan, Jeff Buckley, smashing pumpkins. Good melodic rock
Really chill Brit-Pop album, really good sounds, singer left something to be desired, but that's honestly just my personal preference for vocals
This is a solid brit-pop brit-rock album. These guys were definitely up there with Oasis. I like, but don't LOVE brit-pop, but even so - this album is pretty darn good, and there's a few songs I have taken from it (With No Shoes and One to Another)
This is how English rock singers and indie rock bands were supposed to sound, circa 1992 – just the slightest sneering to the singing and the loosest . So call it state-of-the-art. This band is in one’s sweet spot, both temporally (i.e., era) and stylistically (i.e., a phile of Britpop in all its forms). But the operative question here is how well it holds up, and the answer is, very well.
I certainly get the Oasis vibe with this one, but don't hold it against them and thought the whole album had a nice groove to it.
Bold and brash, full of ego. The vocals hover a little around Liam territory - not surprising given the Britpop territory at the time. This reminds me of listening to The Evening Session every night. The Charlatans always seemed to have a single out - a bit like The Smiths a decade earlier. North Country Boy bit of an anthem; there's a killer bass on One to Another. This was the start of the more thoughtful songwriting from the band. Tremendous stuff.
4/5. Psychedelic oasis Radiohead Brit-pop pretty good except for Big Girl song
I wasn't sure if I was familiar with the band until I saw them listed as The Charlatans UK. All of the music on Tellin' Stories was new to me, and I couldn't say if I've heard anything from this band before. The Charlatans seemed like they would fit in with Blur, James, Oasis, and the Verve. "One to Another", "Area 51" and "Only Teethin'" were saved to my personal playlist. I'd be interested in hearing more from this band.
Solid, enjoyable Britpop album. Great, catchy songs with a mostly low key vibe that is hitting me just right today. This is an album I think I'll be coming back to. Fave Songs: Get on It, Only Teething, How Can You Leave Us, Tellin' Stories, You're a Big Girl Now, North Country Boy, How High
One of the Best by the Charlatans. One of the Best from the UK indie dance rock era in the 90’s.
Wat standaard alternative rock. Goed album, maar springt er niet persé uit
Aww yeah pour that BritPop on me!
Wish.com version of oasis/blur. Very good though
Cool and edgy still
Sunny slice of 90s indie... nice
Wow that was a 90s band for sure. I thought it was good but not terribly distinguishable from other core 90s bands. I felt I was hearing a sound like Foo Fighters and Filter when I was listening to them. Solid and well done but not 5/5.
very listenable pop music
An album from my university days! I loved listening to this again! It seemed so familiar, yet it is old. I can’t help but think it is timeless in its melodies and smart lyrics.
Great album, brought back memories of growing up in the 90s.
It has a nice oasis vibe to it. Will definitely listen to more
Anche in questo caso è la prima volta che sento i The Charlatans. Questo disco è stato un ascolto davvero divertente! Nonostante fossi distratto mi sono fermato più volte a sentire o a guardare quale pezzo fosse. In questo gruppo si sente la parte che mi piace dello stile inglese, quell'influenza punk vera che unita al rock un po' alternativo crea un mix davvero sfizioso e non autoreferenziale. La produzione mi è sembrata un po' amatoriale ma sto sentendo anche con delle cuffie di merda quindi lascio passare. Bravi The Charlatans, non vi dimenticherò. 4 abbastanza giusto.
So wait...is this Oasis? No? This is not Oasis? This is Oasis, right? Ok, with that out of the way, it's actually really good. I love the guitar riffs. These are really great pop/rock songs. I mean if it was Oasis...and I'm still not sure it's not...this would be one of the good Oasis records.
A fun listen. If not for these guys, there's no MGMT, Kasabian....
Liked the bass line (piano / keyboard) of One to Another a lot. Liked 'Get On It' quite a bit too, great buildup. Didn't love the vocals
Sounds like Oasis or maybe Oasis sounds like them. Good sound anyways.
One of these stars is due to nostalgia. I like the Charlatans but they don't exactly excite me.
It's fine. Solid 90s alt rock. It doesn't seem that anything about this album is super special.
Pretty good! Favourite tracks were With No Shoes and Tellin' Stories.
i really like the sound
on dirait un coming of age movie des 2000's de la campagne écossaise. DERRY GIRLS enjoyable oooh nice guitar solo tbh idk if i see myself returning back to it ok one to another is a bop how can you leave us also great how high = <3 so far, it's a 4. un peu funky les solos get on it est très bien ça me semblait ne pas casser trois pâtes à un canard au début mais la fin de l'album est vraiment bien quant à la voix du mec, pas transcendante mais délivre bien les lignes ok c'est quoi cet amour des 90's pour les interludes vous êtes pas Bach, alors on se calme. ouais les 2 interludes sont sympas mais je ne les écouterai pas de moi-même one of them looks like he's got a frog in his mouth yeah a 4. = 80/100 great qualities, not exactly always my style
Seems very good. Definitely worth another listen.
Ganz nett! Der Hit "the only one I know" ist leider nicht dabei. Oasis lässt grüßen. Macht Lust auf Indiefilme aus UK mit Musikboys in Skinnyjeans.
Kinda emo
Good stuff
Buen pop noventero
I liked this, but it wasn’t particularly memorable.
Solid, enjoyable Britpop album.
Sounds like we’ll executed mid-90s Britpop.
Pues sí me gustó. Suena muy a muchas cosas de las que sobaban en ese entonces en eso lares, pero tienen su marca personal. Escucharlo es como meterte en Lock Stock and Two smoking barrels.
Glad I didn’t skip this one.
Listened to this one a bunch, but unfortunately nothing stuck. Reminds me of the Dandy Warhols.
звучит как дженерик брит поп, возможно я просто не распробовал еще - пока 3
Wow Manchester was such a vibe in the 90s!
A good, solid album. 1 "With No Shoes" (3/5) 2 "North Country Boy" (3/5) 3 "Tellin' Stories" (3/5) 4 "One to Another" (4/5) 5 "You're a Big Girl Now" (3/5) 6 "How Can You Leave Us" (3/5) 7 "Area 51" (3/5) 8 "How High" (3/5) 9 "Only Teethin'" (3/5) 10 "Get on It" (3/5) 11 "Rob's Theme" (2/5) Total - 33 Average - 3.0 433/1001 229/433 albums reviewed were new to me.
good
No está mal, pero por momentos sentía que escuchaba a Oasis, luego a Primal Scream, luego a Air, y la verdad no sé qué pensar al respecto.
2.5. Pretty standard 90’s Brit rock.
Had a very Oasis vibe to it. I liked it and am kind of surprised I'd never heard of this band before.
A strong 3. I listened a lot to The Charlatans once, but that was the material earlier than this. I recognise a couple of the songs, but I think I was finished with britpop for a while when this album came out.
Not bad. I love the heavier stuff out there & this was a nice change up.
I'm torn between a 3 and a 4 for this one. Initially, I liked their sound, very much oasis if more grungy and experimental. Their first couple tracks (Specifically telling stories and with no shoes) were great and on the track for a 4 star album. I didn't notice at first, but after looking at some reviews, the lyrics are pretty crap, if you could even hear them. I don't fuss about lyricism as I'm all for the music part of a song, though when you're going to be singing the ENTIRE song, you might as well have enjoyable or memorable lyrics, this is something I felt oasis did very well.
Honestly, and I hope that everything I write in these spaces represents my honest impressions of these albums and artists, this album is a bit of a bore. I get the emotional backdrop to this as I enjoyed the Charlatans early run and particularly the debut Some Friendly and its follow up Between 10th and 11. By Tellin Stories you knew that keyboardist Rob Collins was a bit of a fucking idiot. Having previously been arrested for armed robbery and having done jail time, I’m sure the relationship was a bit more strained than even the wiki version of the period covers. 8 months in prison isn’t a lifetime but it is a stretch. 4 years later I’m sure the tension was greatest and I note that Burgess and guitarist Marc Collins were at the end of the road with Rob. Then he fucking dies during recording. And with that background, it is obvious that this record is a mixed bag - both lyrically and musically. I like the guitar forward songs but the sonic palette of those early records relied on those keyboards which were intricately integrated into what was the Charlatan’s sound. So, when the album leads if with the morose With No Shoes and it really never picks up. I get there is diversity here with a mix of genres including hip hop and soul and in places hints of the soul pioneered by Dexy’s from the Searchin’ For The Young Soul Rebels days ( an album I thought so good I own 5 copies of that album). But diverse does not mean good. I bought this album when it came out and it was the last Charlatans record I bought in this period until 2001’s Wonderland. There are only 2 songs that I thought were good and they would not make the top 10 on I think anyone’s list of Charlatans hits: North Country Boy and Get On It. I have complicated feelings with One To Another, which I think I don’t think is complete. I just don’t like its arrangement or production much. I feel better about How High which captures the Charlatans energy and in hindsight I’d say is my favorite track on the record. There are moments on the record where Burgess has Paul Weller like moments, such as on Only Teething that are a little disconcerting but still enjoyable. However, the highlights don’t make up for the overall lack of truly interesting songs. It’s sonically well produced but perhaps that’s the problem. Without edges some of this comes off as indulgent e.g. the long instrumental section at the end of the aforementioned Only Teething. Oh well. No matter how your feeling you’re never on your own. 3/5
Some very oasis-y parts. Are there any British bands they didn’t copy??
I was enjoying this album at first, but as it went on it just became generic background noise. Still not a bad, album, and there were parts I really enjoyed, but not a great album. High 3
kinda sounds like all english rock music from the 90s but it wasn’t dreadful
5/10
I didn't know this band. Some good tunes. A good album overall
Never heard of this before. Reminds me of Oasis. It was ok.
They have a nice collection of well written songs on this album. They are worth further listening to.
The Charlatans is another one of those bands I knew songs without knowing that it was them. When the first chords of With No Shoes came in, I told myself : « Hey, I know this one! » The first third of this album is very good, but the more I listen to it, the more I had the impression that it sounds too much like Oasis. The Brit pop in that era turned around very much around the Gallagher’s band, and I thought that the Charlatans tried to ride that wave with Tellin’ Stories. Did they were able to do it? I think so, but the more you are of the end of the album, the more it loose momentum. 3/5. Some songs might end up in a rotation. With No Shoes : 5 North Country Boy : 5 Tellin’ Stories : 3 One to Another : 5 You’re Big Girl Now : 3 How Can You Leave Us : 3 Area 51 : 3 How High : 3 Only Teething : 2 Get On It : 3,5 Rob’s Theme : 2
This warranted a second listen and improved as a consequence. For me, their earlier stuff was more raw - this was safe but recognising the tragic backstory.
Fine
Nokkuð þétt og skemmtileg plata.
Very pleasant Britpop. More interesting than some others of its ilk.
Muito bom disco, com melodias bem construídas e um clima de psicodelia moderna interessante.
Classic 90s indie album, had a lot of nostalgia listening to this
Uno de los grupos más lóngevos de Manchester, como los también adorados James, con una carrera brillante hast el día de hoy. Prefiero su debut, que he escuchado miles de veces, o su sucesor, e incluso el recopilatorio Melting pot, pero este Tellin´stories fue su disco de madurez y todo un acierto. One to another y North Country Boy son dos de los mejores temas de su carrera.
I saw The Charlatans described somewhere as an obscure British band, which seems a little odd. Maybe they were obscure in America, but in the UK they had three number-one albums during the 1990s. That is not exactly a minor footnote. 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯’ 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 is enjoyable enough: catchy, confident, and still carrying traces of the band’s Madchester and psychedelic roots. But while I like the sound, the songs rarely hit me as hard as the best Britpop albums from the same period. So yes, definitely successful, definitely very British, and definitely not obscure. For me, though, it is a good Britpop-era album rather than one of the essential ones.
It wasn't bad. It reminded me a lot of Oasis. But I was mostly thinking I should just listen to Oasis.
My gut reaction was (and previously had been) “they’re an Oasis ripoff”. But I’d be wrong. They formed *before* Oasis, so if anything, Oasis are a poor man’s The Charlatans.
My copy of the book claims that this album has a "distinctive" and "neo-psychedelic" sound. Look, I wasn't there in '97. I can't say with any amount of accuracy if people were dropping acid and listening to The Charlatans. All I'm saying is after listening to this album, I doubt it. This album is fine. It's britpop, like 1/3 of this list.
mid. wel leuk als achtergrond muziek
This seems like just another Oasis clone with slightly worse songwriting. It’s catchy and enjoyable, but not remarkable enough to stand out. They also borrow heavily from older music - “Tellin’ Stories” borrows melodies/instrumental parts from Led Zeppelin’s “Night Flight” and “Over The Hills And Far Away,” and the bassline of “Only Teething” directly copies Marvin Gaye’s “Inner City Blues,” so blatantly that I wonder if they have to pay royalties. 3.5/5, rounding down. Also, there is way too much ‘90s/ early 2000s British pop/rock on this list.
6/10
Very good music! However it all felt a little monotonous :(
I assumed we had this band before, but we didn't actually! They're just very generic sounding. I wish they were tellin' stories, but they mostly weren't (unless they're very short abstract stories). I guess that's why they're called The Charlatans.
I liked them. Definitely worth a revisit. This was my first listen and it reminded me a lot of Oasis
Alright britpop, trying too hard to be oasis and not their own thing but there's bangers here
This list really needs more Britpop that all sounds the same (sarcastic). Also is that 4 guys or 4 pictures of the same guy?
nichts besonderes, nicht schlecht, nicht gut
Britpoprock Album #100 Kriegen alle 3 Sterne von mir, ist okay zu hören, aber muss ich wirklich 1001 gleiche Alben davon hören bevor ich sterbe?
Ah, knockoff Oasis
No private session used for Spotify. The second Charlatans album on this list, but they still haven't had me listen to my favorite. Good rock, nice to hear a keyboard in use, I could definitely listen to this again.
#417 I’m not a big Charlatans fan but I do know and like a few of their albums, I’m not sure this is the best one though. Heard before? ✅ Would I revisit? ✅ Listen before you die? 🫳 Fave track(s): North Country Boy Rating: 6/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
оч напоминает оазис, поэтому всплывает вопрос: "почему они, а не они?"
Not bad, but a few of the songs sound the same. In fact, at one point during listening I noticed what I thought was one song was actually two songs later because it just sounded like one long song.
Charlatan is a good name because this is literally just oasis lite
Temu Oasis
Good album - very late 90s rock. Very British and Oasis-esque? Consistant throughout
After listening to the album, I wanted to write a story. The plot goes like this: a time-traveler to late '60s England convinces The Beatles not to release their album "Magical Mystery Tour," which is too clownish for a band like them, and pits Deep Purple against their cover version of "Hush." Upon returning to his own time, he discovers that Britpop doesn't exist in his world. This entire album is Britpop squared; it's built on these two works; it's the quintessence of the genre, sometimes taken to the extreme, like Oasis on energy drinks. And it works! Overall, all the songs here are imbued with the English spirit; Britpop is multifaceted, you know? There's acoustic psychedelia, '70s rock, and semi-hip-hop beats of the fading Madchester wave — all the right elements are there. So, even though we've heard it all before, the album deserves its meager three-star rating. That is, of course, if you're even remotely close to the British guitar wave of the 90s.
Perfectly serviceable 90s indie, but these will always remain a Greatest Hits compilation band in my world Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★★☆☆(6/10) Total reviewed : 399 Already owned : 89 Purchased : 21 To buy : 3 Nope : 286
Kinda like a mix between the stone roses (good) and oasis (bad). Very of its time it both a great (music/vibes, really like the instrumation) and bad (vocal style is the whiny oasis nasal style yuck)
Not my thing.
Not quite oasis or the verve.....
Totally fine, completely inessential Britpop.
***A good easy listening album
Hmm, like Oasis pt2 (North Country Boy). Definitely some coattails being ridden on here I feel like I've heard One to Another before? But I can't fully place it It's not terrible overall actually. Bit of a Happy Mondays vibe on Only Teethin Best track - North Country Boy, One to Another 3 stars
Ok enough album with some good songs. Minus for being a total replica of Oasis. He even sounds exactly like Liam.
Ah yes, that slightly psychedelic, slightly woozy, cookie-cutter Madchester sound from the mid-90s. I have fond memories of being completely underwhelmed by this the first time round.
It’s fine. In its day, probably great. Will probably get a nostalgia bounce from anyone familiar with it, but otherwise (as a first listen) it just sounds derivative of everything Gallagher-esque that soundtracked TFI Friday in the mid/late 90s - e.g. the heavy guitar riffs, and that now slightly irritating way that one syllable words used to get stretched into two syllables (“Yeee-oooh” instead of “you”).
Sounds like every other bucket hat wearing Oasis like album from Manchester in the 90's. It's fine, if you like that sort of thing.
An album of b sides by a great band, just nothing that grabs me.
Kind of a poor man's Oasis. But not bad overall. Some pretty good songs.
Pretty cool. Its like Jane’s addiction with a better singer
This was ok
Liked a couple songs but most were just average.
Three-leaning-four
These guys really like Oasis.
Was ok, but better examples already exist on the list (Oasis, Verve, Blur).
This was a fine example of 90's British pop-rock. Like Oasis, but maybe better? The vocals were just as whiny and annoying. Musically it seemed fine, though mostly uninteresting.
Some good songs, others I might have enjoyed back in the 90s.
Completely inoffensive, but also completely boring. 2.5/5.0: Mixed
oasis wannabes; still not bad though
In general, I like this kind of music, but this isn't the strongest example of it. Inoffensive, but blended into the background for me.
Middling 90’s album. Didn’t get through it
Meh. I was squarly in the 2 category here but I found some of the later tracks pretty groovy, and I'll give it a charitable 3 here.
Fine enough, but if I didn’t already know better, I would just assume this is a record full of Oasis deep cuts that I hadn’t heard before. I know the selector of these records is British because of the just overwhelming amount of British artists featured. This is ok, but kind of generic, and I disagree with this being a record that needs to be heard. 6.5/10
Ah so this was the era when bands got greasy trims and tried to be oasis
Totally middle of the road 90s Britpop… but bit of a guilty pleasure
Enjoyable but somewhat run of the mill 90s Britpop.
Yet another Brit pop album
just a collection of oasis side Bs
That's sure some Britpop. I didn't love it, but it's not the worst I've heard.
Muy chulo
This was fine. Nothing to special but also not terrible.
This sounds like an absolute copy of Oasis. The singer sounds very similar, and so does the rest of the show. A bit more poppy perhaps. But if you put that aside, it's actually not too bad. 'With No Shoes' is quite an annoying opening songs. The lyrics doesn't flow well together, feels forced somehow. But most songs are actually mid-to-quite-decent throughout the album, which I never expected going into this. Still, it's hard for me to look at this through any other angle than it being an Oasis copy, which makes it feel unoriginal. Strong 3 in the end!
My first thought was that while this was decent, it kind of felt like refried Oasis. Maybe UK bands are like UK dishes...gotta find another way to make the same meat and potatoes? Overall, this isn't bad, but I didn't find myself gravitating towards any tracks except for the two instrumentals...which kinda sounded like refried Beastie Boys instrumentals from the early 90s. Easily a 3.
Its fine but pretty generic
Ok band that I never really listened to in the 90s, I more gravitated to pulp,blur and oasis, they to me sound like a laid back version of oasis, solid Brit pop album that didn't reach the height of some other bands of that time.
Un britpop clásico, bastante en el estilo Oasis. Está bien, pero tampoco sale de la media. 6/10
Very 90's British music
what started playing in my head when i bought my first vintage real leather red ferrari jacket back in trieste
One to Another is a pretty cool track. I like their sound.
watered down oasis...think ill just listen to oasis. but omg my mad fat diary theme??!! extra point for that
A pleasant Britpop album that lacks the replayability of peak Oasis or Blur. Still an enjoyable listen. Would have given 3*, but I'll bump it up to 3.5* just to keep upsetting the American centric reviewers who are angry at the inclusion to British bands they haven't heard of.
Overall very chill. Said with no harsh shade, but it's often like Charlatans doing Oasis doing The Beatles. Which isn't terrible, but it also doesn't grab a lot of my focus as a listener. It looks like The Charlatans were around before Oasis, though it's not clear to me if there was any direct mutual influence or just the fact that they both came up in the same circle. I could see a lot of these songs on a playlist for a sunny day, early summer, all 90s kind of vibe.
Na 3. Ani dobre, ani słabe.
Not sure what to make of Ian Gallagher or Liam Brown
Pretty chill, fun Britpop in the same vein as Oasis. I’d rather just listen to Oasis, though. “One to Another” and “How High” are great!
Like Oasis but with more calories.
Have you heard of oasis Have you listened to everything oasis has ever put out? Have you listened to so much oasis that you think yourself I need more oasis? Look no further than this album The charlatans sound exactly like an oasis cover band. They sound like a band that was inspired directly by oasis... and if you go to iTunes and you look up oasis and click on their inspired by playlist, sure enough there is a song from this album on that playlist But to be clear, this is not oasis This is the charlatans and I can hear Liam Gallagher saying dryly "charlatans, that's a fitting name"
Not unlistenable but not particularly memorable either. 2.5/5 charitably rounded to 3.
321/1001 The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ❓ The Charlatans are a band that I feel I should like more than I actually do. Whilst there's nothing inherently wrong with the album, it never really captured me on re-listen this morning.
The pop accessibility is almost in constant conflict with nasal/whiny Oasis vocal styling, and while this is enjoyable enough, it can wear thin. This was most obvious when I found myself enjoying the instrumental track.
This was like a better Oasis, which I think tells more about my feelings about Oasis rather than The Charlatans. I'd give it an extra half star actually, but 4 seems too much. It's not annoying at least.
alright
The first half of this album felt very 90's and then the 70's called and hijacked the last half. Feels like some tracks would have definitely been on the radio during its heyday but I can't recall making mixtapes with The Charlatans on it.
Just really wasn't in the mood for this one today. Sounded like a basic rock record. nothing special.
Pretty generic. There was an instrumental track late in the album that I was digging. The rest of it wasn’t very memorable. 6/10 Pretty Good
When I started this project, I never expected to reference Mark Radcliffe and the boy Lard (Marc Riley) so much. But here, once again, is a song I remember more fondly through the Shirehorses' parody that the original: North Country Boy by The Charlatans becoming West Country Boy, featuring the line "You scrumpy-guzzling, carrot-crunching tosspot"... ...anyway, I enjoy The Charlatans but they have never set my world alight. And so this album gets a very middling review. It's alright, but I don't find it sets itself apart from other artists of the Britpop era. Part of that problem for me, is how much Tim Burgess's voice reminds me of Liam Gallagher. I probably should enjoy this more than I do, but I don't have the emotional connection to it that I have with other bands of the era, as I didn't really listen to them then. I have a stronger attachment to bands like Joyrider, who were nowhere near as popular, but I bought a lot of their singles as a teenager. I do like the singles from this though, particularly One To Another, which has a great catchy riff. How High is also pretty fun. Generally fine. It would get a 3.5 in a world of half marks, but: 3/5
Eh
It's fine. I have nothing bad to say and am simultaneously quite uninspired.
Expected more from this. Was easy enough listening but ready for it to finish
Oli entuudestaan tuttu bändi, muutama biisi on jo omalla listalla. Kyseiseltä albumilta oli kans yks tuttu. Muutama uus biisi löysi tiensä mun listalle, mut levy aika mid. How high oli entuudestaan tuttu, ihan ok biisi. Osa biisestä liian pitkiä kyl, tuntu välillä et yritetty saada pakolla sisältöä levylle. Olis voinu pari biisiä olla minuutin lyhyempiä. Solid levy mutta ei mikään mestariteos. One to another kova biisi mut 3/5 on kyllä aika osuva arvio
2.9 3x catch up on 5/18
liked, nothing special
Thoroughly enjoyable, barely memorable 90s brit-rock.
I know a few of them from younger days, and they're fine, but I really didn't get on with this. I'm not a fan of Tim Walker's vocal delivery, and honestly there didn't seem to be a lot of dynamic to the album. One To Another is enough of a banger to raise it above a 2.
Wasn't really my thing. Definitely fell into that 90s britrockpop feel.
This was ok, pretty standard 90s indie rock. Nothing offensive but nothing riveting either
Decent 90s indie rock. It's likeable enough but there's nothing here that makes me want to seek out any more either.
This band REALLY wishes they were Oasis
In *my* 1001 best albums. Yeah - could well be, the album positively ooooooooozes "baggy" and there's not many more tracks guaranteed to get me to STRUT down the road than "One to Another". The best 1001 ever? Feels unlikely.
I was a student in Britain in the late 1990s, so obviously I've danced to One to Another at a lot of indie discos, but beyond that, the Charlatans were never a band I could get that excited about. This hasn't really changed my mind - it's fine, I quite enjoyed it, but I'm unlikely to actively seek it out again. (It's also made me wonder if part of the reason I never fully embraced them is Tim Burgess' voice - it's like Liam Gallagher with twice the whine and half the conviction.)
this was fun but not gonna remember much of it tbh
The forgotten side of britpop
This album is... well, not my thing. And, actually, it's something pretty bland and uninteresting. So, I'm surprised I've liked some parts. And maybe it is because there are some nicer songs and some quite different stuff, but the overall is britpop, which is a genre I tend to dislike. Not because I think those songs are horrible or something disgusting for the ear, but because they are so plain and boring that I can't find anything to really like in them. And that applies to this album. So, just because I liked some parts, I will consider this a bit better than other albums of the genre. But it is not something I would be willing to listen to ever. It was nice at times, I suppose. But just for one listen. It's not bad, although.
la primera parte se me hizo muy repetitiva y genérica, pero después de la mitad hubieron algunos temas destacables. Pero como un todo es dificil de escuchar
Completely fine, but so exceptionally boring. The whole album sounds like songs that didn’t make it onto an Oasis record. Just too many of these bland UK bands on this list. They aren’t bad, but there are so many unique artists that should have made the list instead.
That’s ok but nothing I need to listen to again.
When to listen: need somewhat angsty background music. This felt a little generic, all of it blended together, an easy listen.
Pleasant surprise. Harkened back to the mid-90s Britpop era. Talented musicality.
I've been trying to pin down why this one didn't grab me more. It's not for lack of trying.. it's like they're still wearing the training wheels of influences. Overall, it feels like they're still shouting from the schoolyard. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - North Country Boy - One to Another - How High
One album from the Charlatans on this list. Doesn't include their biggest hit currently (as measured by Spotify listens). Never heard of them. It is competent Brit pop I guess. Not too much to me. Didn't Oasis and even Blur do this better and before these guys? Their biggest hit is from 1990 so I guess they were contemporaries now lost in the mist of time. If I heard one of the tracks on the radio I would probably just assumed it was early Oasis in my ignorance. Competent without standing out.
This one feels like a lost Brit pop/rock album, and the band look like a cross between the Beatles and Oasis. Definitely sound like it too. I actually quite liked it, especially the first song. I’d call this a 3.5 rounded down.
Late 90s Britpop. Very standard fare.
not as good as i expected tho. i liked the simpsons reference
Okayish
It was just OK for me.
2.8 just a b side oasis
Meh
Jak ścieżka dźwiękowa serialu dla nastolatków tamtych czasów. Wpada w ucho, ale nie jest specjalnie ambitna. Skoro Smashing Pumpkins dałam 6.5/10 równane w dół to tu nie mogę dać więcej. Chyba nawet dam 6/10, pomimo całej mojej sympatii do takiego grania.
Tip: doe alleen swasi met al je vijf fingers om de score te bepalen, als je niet al een tekstuele review hebt geschreven. Je loopt de kans dat je score niet overeenkomt met je tekst.
fine. forgettable for sure
Best Track - "How High"
While I didn’t love it, I am surprised I enjoyed this one a decent amount. I see Brit Pop and I just ready myself for disappointment, but it wasn’t a bad album at all. 3.25 / 5
It's alright. I can see why people like. Singer sounds like Noel Gallagher. Mid - I'll give it as most on this list a 3
Not too bad.
At its worst genetic sounding BritPop - at its best the better of the generic BritPop?
Very similar to Oasis. But on some of the song here that’s not a criticism. Some catchy tracks like North Country Boy and One to Another. Will be back for more listens
A descent album, but personally I prefer the bouncier Madchester sound of their debut, Some Friendly. Any song off that one plays, you instantly know it's The Charlatans. This one, while by no means bad, just isn't as instantly catchy and unique.
Already knew from the apostrophe in the title that this wasn’t going to blow me away. It’s discount oasis but I can only be so mad at a band that fills me with that good old new labour naive optimism.
It's good. These guys sound like Oasis; or does Oasis sound like them?
Impossible not to hear the Oasis comparisons, though not familiar enough with The Charlatans catalog to know if that was developed after Oasis hit it big, or if these guys actually influenced them. Either way, a pretty good album.
First listen
Too similar to Oasis
Me hizo acordar un montón a Oasis. Me gustó pero no me voló la cabeza
I guess it's a good example of that kind of motown/northern soul influenced strain of britpop that they do. Kind of sounds like a perkier version of late oasis. There's nothing inherently wrong with it, but none of the songs made me feel anything and I didn't feel any differently when it finished
Not exciting but not terrible.
empezo a sonar y ya me sentía en inglaterra en 1997. las vibes immaculate
More generic Britpop. This list has way too many of these albums. Almost all of them are the same. It's ok, I have no problem listening to it, but it doesn't really register.
This felt like the late nineties.
Eine solide, aber unspektakuläre Platte. Tellin’ Stories wirkt wie ein Album, das genau weiß, was es kann – und was nicht. Die Mischung aus Britpop‑Schimmer und leicht psychedelischem Groove funktioniert, doch selten entsteht echter Sog. Die stärksten Momente blitzen auf, wenn die Band Tempo und Melodie mutiger anzieht, aber vieles bleibt im sicheren Mittelfeld hängen.
Never really given them much of a listen before, but a central part of the 90s British music scene. A little different than I was expecting from the first track; a bit more grit and edginess. Ah spoke too soon. After this opener, it maybe drops off a bit to more of the Britpop/indie I was expecting. Ahhh and the classic ‘One to Another’ - nice. It’s a pleasant enough album and representation of the madchester time and scene, but nowhere near Oasis standard and don’t think I’ll come back anytime soon. (3.5)
Meh
It was fine.
...
This album is the sorta album I listen to an expect there'll be a hit to make it make sense that it's a one hit wonder album. to my surprise, there wasn't a hit on here. i question why it's on the list. but i did enjoy it!
I remember going to indie clubs back in the day and there were so many dudes trying to look like Tim Burgess. I kind of think that’s part of the reason the Charlatans stood out from the crowd. They had a couple of bangers but generally I have to go with mid
It was nice background noise, but like above average. I'm torn, I'll say a 3/5 but it's very close.
Has some good moments amongst the inoffensive.
Relatively mid which is par for music of this genre and era. Not offensive, not necessarily fun, not really challenging, and not particularly political. It just is. 3/5
Al escuchar los primeros tracks pensé que iba a estar increíble, pero la verdad no. No está mal ni de lejos, pero pintaba para ser un trancazo. En general buenas canciones pero creo que había más potencial que lo que tuvimos aquí.
Me lembrou um pouco Oasis. Foi gostosinho de ouvir, por pouco não me chamou mais atenção, quase chegou no 4, mas vou manter no 3. Gostei do violãozinho deles, algumas vezes parecia Bob Dylan.
Pretty alright 90's British alt rock. Aside from the banger that is One to Another, not too special though. Faves: One to Another, You're a Big Girl Now
Dime store Oasis.
Slightly better than some of the britpop slog I have gone through 3/5
This album falls somewhere between Madchester and Britpop, with some solid guitar work and an oddly affected vocal style from lead singer Tim Burgess evidently heavily influenced by Bob Dylan. The recording was overshadowed by the death of keyboard player Rob Collins in a car crash when he was driving back from the pub with twice the legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream and not wearing a seat belt. Reading the wiki article about this gives the impression that Collins wasn’t getting on with the rest of the band up to this point, but somehow they pulled together after his death and salvaged this record by patching together things that already been recorded with help from Martin Duffy from Primal Scream to cover the rest. The final track is supposed to be a tribute to Collins featuring a recording of his voice as a child, but it sort of meanders and fades out. The end result is mostly OK - three stars I guess, but not one I’d bother revisiting
Oasisish. I enjoyed this, but I'd rather listen to Definitely Maybe or Morning Glory. 3/5.
Pretty good Brit pop album
cool, but it is kind a type of Oasis, and I'm not a big fan. TODAY'S BIRD: Bobolink
I actually dug this a fair bit but it is so funny that this is on the list. It's just a pretty good BritPop album with a sad story attached to it (bandmate died mid-production). I know this entry is just me kvetching about the list but it is funny to see some of these entries and realize that the writers of the list were just putting their chips down on a handful of their favorite contemporary albums in the hope that they'd be canonized a decade or two later and they could boast that they were first on the scene. That is assuredly what is going on here lol. This is a reliable mix of good BritPop progressions with some more directly psychedelia influenced stuff, reminiscent of Brian Jonestown Massacre or Dandy Warhols. Certainly in conversation with them. Liked this basically immediately, in part because it was so familiar. Favorite Tracks: With No Shoes, One To Another, Get On it, Rob's Theme
low 3.5 Tem algumas músicas boas, especialmente os singles, mas tudo soa um pouco parecido demais e dura mais do que o necessário.
Tough. Does nostalgia win out or objective reality? Nostalgia says 5/5. This is my eta. Objective reality is more like a 3. Some good songs but if I'd never heard this before I wouldn't go racing off to hear more.
Imagine wanting to be Oasis man. Even Oasis don't wannabe Oasis. Its fine.
Blind album and artist. Some cool tracks I guess...?
Great album The start was incredible but it got more disappointing sadly
I listened to this a while ago (and am only writing the review weeks/months later). I remember getting the whole britpop vibe from it. I want to say weak guitars, but a good amount of sporadic moments. Still, didn't stay with me... 3 Stars.
Opens up with an Oasis meets U2 style track. I didn't mind it, despite the excessive use of wah throughout. Bit after that they had some kinda country style song, and tuen another change up. It didnt really all gel together and they sounded too much like they were trying to replicate the sound of the time. Not bad, but not great.
If Blur's Parklife is in the conversation for greatest Britpop album of all time, this one should be too – it's every bit as good. While there's not a track I loved as much as "Girls & Boys" on Tellin' Stories, I found the LP to be more consistent and its slightly shorter runtime makes the prospect of listening to it again a bit more enticing. Like Parklife, I wrestled with giving it three or four stars – at the end of the day, it just didn't quite reach that level for me. Highlights: With No Shoes, One to Another, Area 51, How High, Only Teethin', Get on It
This was an interesting listen. The influences are indeed varied, though probably not as impactful as it is on paper. Britpop, hip-hop soul and rock sounds far fetched, but it eventually sits together as their own sound, I think. Hip hop might still be far fetched. It's a bit mainstream for my tastes, maybe too Americana influences, but there's a lot happening on the instrumental tracks. I must have heard the album 5 or 6 times and EVERY SINGLE TIME I'd take a peek at the tracklist as Area 51 played. Something special, feels a bit better than everything else. 2.9/5
Was oke
2,5 - niet mijn genre
A goood album. Just not for me. Sounds like other albums that came out during this time.
funky and upbeat.
top 3 - With No Shoes, Tellin’ Stories, How Can You Leave Us. It’s alright, might need to give another listen.
Not bad oasis impression
Had a few distracted listens. Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it. Will try and have a more serious listen soon. Obviously there’s an Oasis vibe about the whole thing and I like most of Oasis’ stuff so I’m hoping a few more listens will give me more appreciation.
Damn, that keyboard/guitar riff on "One to Another" is like pure heroine. RIP Rob Collins - bad way to go. This was my introduction to the Charlatans... very Oasis-coded. But I dig it. Strong storytelling, crisp production, excellent musicianship.
2.5 rounded up. Inoffensive but also unremarkable
Feels like a mishmash of 90s rock subgenres, not really my thing
Was ok
Great guitar!
This album transported me back to a simpler time, it was a great album and just made me want to listen to more Alt Rock, after this album I went on a weezer binge
Y'all aren't gonna believe it, but this... Sounds like 90s BritPop Rock.
The first song made me worried this would be some Britpoprock trash. "North Country Boy" is a better song, though, and renewed my hope that this album wouldn't be a miserable listen. It definitely grew on me as I listened, and it helped quite a bit that the songs are all pretty varied, pulling from a few different genres/styles. It's still Britpoprock, but it's not really trash. I don't really have anything particular to say about this one. It's solid. Very British, but not bad. Favorite Song(s): Tellin' Stories
Tellin' Stories is excellent Brit-pop, but I'm just not into the genre. It's not that I don't find the sound appealing, but it is terribly limited. So many of the songs on this album sound so similar to so many of the songs on other albums. That said, this is a very good exemplar of the genre. There are only two or three tracks on this album that stood out in any way, and those are the songs that most prominently relied on acoustic guitar rather than that samey, fuzzy Brit-pop guitar. "You're a Big Girl Now" gave off some cool Faces vibes. "Only Teethin'" seemed to channel a lighter side "Sympathy for the Devil" with some decent Hammond (I'm guessing). The final standout was the pretty "Rob's Theme" instrumental tribute to the band's recently deceased keyboardist. I was paying closer attention to the track list because I was listening to the deluxe edition, and I didn't want to give this record more time than necessary. Nothing offended me, but I didn't find much to be compelling either. Three stars.
Bog standard Brit pop rock, nice but standard stuff. Not sure if groundbreaking back then, but solid
As soon as the tape rolled I assumed this would be another homer choice of a 90s British band that nobody cares about except the curator. But I actually kind of liked this one. It's pretty basic garage rock, bit grungy, bit britpoppy. The singer's voice sounds intentionally nasally, like he's imitating someone imitating John Lennon, but I'll overlook it. Forgettable, probably not going to listen to it again, but it was nice enough.
First 4 tracks are strong, it can't be sustained but decent Britpop.
Sure why not
Good bit of britpop
I’m not familiar with this band but I enjoyed their music well enough.
Like it 3/5
Good 90s Brit pop.
I enjoyed bits of this album but not enough, even with the Britpop nostalgia, to really want to listen to it again. A high 3.
Knockoff Oasis.
I was all about this at first because it was 90s rock nostalgia though I didn’t know any of the songs. Then it was kind of the same thing over and over.
Middle of the road for me
A bit to noisy for my tastes, and it felt mostly samey throughout. However, I liked the energy to it and can understand why someone would rate it higher. Favorite Track: Area 51
This was my first listen to any of The Charlatan's work, and it's been sort of centering in my understanding of the 90's Britpop scene hearing an act that seems far more influenced by the Stones and rock's blues roots than their far more overtly Beatles-indebted contemporaries like Oasis and Blur. I overall wasn't impressed with much of the first half of the album, but felt it came more into its own in the latter half, where tracks like "How Can You Leave Us" and "Get On It" grabbed far more of my attention. Overall, a solid showing, but I feel it's another example of an album that does more to highlight the value of its influences than it does make any strong statements of its own, while the contemplative songwriting and lyrics are a credit to the experience. Favorite Tracks: "How Can You Leave Us", "Get On It" Least Favorite Track: "North Country Boy"
This is one of those albums that’s pleasant to have on even if it never really blows me away. The Charlatans sound confident and comfortable here, with a few catchy moments that remind you why they mattered in the Britpop era. At the same time, a lot of the tracks kind of blend together, and nothing hits quite as hard as you keep hoping it will. It’s a solid, easy listen, but more background-music good than life-changing good.
Great grooves. It vibes like crazy. And yet, I listened to it three times through, and it just fades into the background. Perfectly pleasant to listen to, but the songs don't stand out. I feel like they have better songs than the ones on this album. Ok, not necessarily better, but with catchy enough hooks to stand out more. It seems worth listening to it again sometime.
Highlights: One to Another, Only Teethin', Rob's Theme Having heard only their hit The Only One I Know, the last thing I expected was to hear them imitating Oasis. And I don't really like Oasis all that much. Heck, Britpop in general (unless it's Blur). Funny how the vocalist also sometimes sounds like Bob Dylan - especially on Get On It because of the harmonica. The album overall isn't offensive to my ears, but it isn't anything special either. It's a digestible version of Oasis and that's enough since they can at moments be better than the original.
3/5 Solid, nice groovy garage rock-ish type of album, but with higher production quality than your typical garage.
I was never really a fan. I went in feeling optimistic but nothing really stood out for me. Elevator music with lyrics.
Britpop that sounds more influenced by the Stones (and maybe some Dylan) than the Beatles, while integrating some hip-hop influenced grooves and additional neo-psychedelic elements. The band is at its best when the psychedelia is at the forefront to create a full, layered sound. Songs are well written and have good hooks and instrumental components - but there’s something about this that fails to excite me…it’s all just fine or good. Maybe it just doesn’t stand above the rest of the crowd doing similar work. An acceptable listen, but not a vital one.
Ok
Sigh... this felt like a slog to get through. Unfortunately, it just sounded like Wonderwall over and over again but in varying fonts. The opening two tracks were my favorites, with the slinky guitar in the back of the second track being the star of the show. I don't think I will remember much about this album tbh.
I Hear Our Day Is Comin' 1001 Albums Generator 210 (1/21/2025) Another piece of completely unimportant and unmemorable britpop that made the list due to its authors' biases. Seriously, I will probably forget I listened to this album in a couple months. With No Shoes and One To Another are both solid tracks, but nothing else really lives up to them. I feel like britpop (for the most part) is more of a "song" genre than an "album" genre, since most of these songs really blend together (and blend together in the greater tapestry of britpop in general as well). While there are some good moments, I find much of the album to be completely unremarkable and mid, so I guess that lands it at a 2.5/5, which I will round up to a 3. Favs: With No Shoes One To Another How High Least Fav: You're A Big Girl Now
Pretty good! Reminds me of Green Day a little bit! Overall I would listen to them again!
A fun, pleasant Brit-pop album. Enjoyed it all, but it never quite punches through to sound like much more than an impression of other, better bands.
Day 161 I quite like the Charlatans and still listen to their best of album ‘melting pot’ often, always found them a fine band who never quite find their identity and instead tried to sound like whichever Manchester band was most popular at the time, sounding like Stone Roses on earlier albums and trying to be Oasis here. Still a decent enough album but nothing special Highlights How High One to Another
I like it and I can tell they took a lot of inspiration from oasis
North country boy ❤️ I pierwszy numer też super a reszta raczej forgettable
Of all the average britpop albums on this list, this has to be the most average. Favorite track: One To Another
Inoffensive, nothing special. But the album doesn’t belong anywhere near this conversation. 2.5?
I liked this ever so slightly more than the other inessential Britpop artists I've received (Shack, Doves, etc.). They're basically Dollar General Oasis with a bit of bagginess thrown into the mix. Decent energy, a few good melodies, and certainly nothing I needed to hear before leaving this world. 3/5
Enjoyed this