Some Friendly

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[3]
MusicHound	4/5^[4]
Select	2/5^[5]
The Village Voice	C^[6]

Some Friendly is the debut album by the British alternative rock band The Charlatans, released in 1990.

Recorded at The Windings near Wrexham, Wales in 1990, the sessions proved somewhat fraught - the band fell out with the owners of the studio; "it was one of those studio bust-ups ... Rob and Martin were up to their old tricks, smashing stuff up and that" said singer Tim Burgess later.

However, lack of songs proved to be the major problem. Having been together for less than a year, the band hadn't had the opportunity to stockpile songs. The album suffered as a result, featuring a few tracks that "had to go on there just to make up the numbers" (Burgess again).

The band also felt that some songs (especially "White Shirt" and "Polar Bear") were overproduced, with the bass being lost in the mix and that the whole album sounded rather 'thin'.

Both "The Only One I Know" and "Then" provided the Charlatans with hit singles, peaking at #9 and #12 respectively in the pop charts. In the UK the record went straight in at #1 in the album charts.

Track listing

1990 Original edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You're Not Very Well"	Baker, Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins	3:31
2.	"White Shirt"	Blunt, Burgess, Collins	3:25
3.	"The Only One I Know" (Not included on original LP versions)	Baker, Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins	3:58
4.	"Opportunity"	Blunt, Brookes, Burgess	6:41
5.	"Then"	Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins	4:11
6.	"109 Pt.2"	Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins	3:18
7.	"Polar Bear"	Baker, Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins	4:56
8.	"Believe You Me"	Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins	3:41
9.	"Flower"	Baker, Blunt, Burgess, Collins	5:27
10.	"Sonic"	Brookes, Burgess, Collins	3:32
11.	"Sproston Green"	Baker, Blunt, Burgess, Collins	5:08

The original vinyl release of Some Friendly did not include "The Only One I Know", as it was the band's wish to take only one single from each album.

2010 Deluxe edition

A 2CD Remastered Deluxe Edition of the album was released on 17 May 2010. The tracklisting for this release included a remastered version of the original album as well as a disc of outtakes, radio sessions and B-sides.

All songs written and composed by Baker, Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins; except where noted.

CD one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You're Not Very Well"		3:31
2.	"White Shirt"	Blunt, Burgess, Collins	3:25
3.	"Opportunity"	Blunt, Brookes, Burgess	6:41
4.	"Then"	Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins	4:11
5.	"109 Pt.2"	Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins	3:18
6.	"Polar Bear"		4:56
7.	"Believe You Me"	Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, Collins	3:41
8.	"Flower"	Baker, Blunt, Burgess, Collins	5:27
9.	"Sonic"	Brookes, Burgess, Collins	3:32
10.	"Sproston Green"	Baker, Blunt, Burgess, Collins	5:08

CD two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Only One I Know"
2.	"Imperial 109"
3.	"Everything Changed"
4.	"Then (Peel Session)"	Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins
5.	"Always In Mind (Peel Session)"
6.	"You Can Talk To Me (Peel Session)"
7.	"Polar Bear (Peel Session)"
8.	"Some Friendly (Mark Goodier Session)"
9.	"Indian Rope (Mark Goodier Session)"
10.	"The Only One I Know (Mark Goodier Session)"
11.	"White Shirt (Mark Goodier Session)"	Blunt, Burgess, R. Collins
12.	"Then (Alternate Take)"	Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins
13.	"Taurus Moaner"
14.	"Polar Bear (12" Mix)"
15.	"Over Rising"
16.	"Way Up There"
17.	"Happen to Die"
18.	"Opportunity Three"	Blunt, Brookes, Burgess

Tracks 1-3 on the bonus disc were originally released on the single The Only One I Know; Tracks 11-12 appeared on the single Then; Tracks 15, 16, 18 and a shorter version of Track 17 appeared on the EP Over Rising. "Opportunity Three" is a remix of "Opportunity" from the original album. "Some Friendly" is an early version of "You're Not Very Well".

CD two - Digital download
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Only One I Know"
2.	"Imperial 109"
3.	"Everything Changed"
4.	"Then (Alternate Take)"	Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins
5.	"Taurus Moaner"
6.	"Polar Bear (12" Mix)"
7.	"Over Rising"
8.	"Way Up There"
9.	"Happen to Die"
10.	"Opportunity Three"	Blunt, Brookes, Burgess
11.	"The Only One I Know (12" mix)"
12.	"Then (7" mix)"	Blunt, Brookes, Burgess, R. Collins
13.	"Taurus Moaner (Instrumental)"
14.	"Sproston Green (Instrumental)"	Baker, Blunt, Burgess, R. Collins

For contractual reasons, the digital release of this reissue omits the BBC session recordings: however, it adds four additional versions which were omitted from the CD at the band's request:^[7]

Personnel

Tim Burgess – vocals, harmonica
John Baker – guitars
Rob Collins – Mellotron, organ, piano, backing vocals
Martin Blunt – bass
Jon Brookes – drums

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1990	The Billboard 200 (U.S.)	73 ^[8]
1990	UK Album Charts	1 ^[9]
1991	Australia (ARIA Albums Chart)	79^[10]

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Peak Position
1990	"The Only One I Know"	UK Singles Chart	9 ^[9]
	"Then"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	4 ^[8]
	"Then"	UK Singles Chart	12 ^[9]
	"The Only One I Know"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	5 ^[8]
1991	"Sproston Green"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	25 ^[8]
	"White Shirt"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	18 ^[8]
	"The Only One I Know"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	37 ^[8]

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
BPI – UK	Gold	11 October 1990 (1990-10-11) BPI^[11]

Notes

↑ Raggett, Ned. "Some Friendly – The Charlatans". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-857-12595-8.
↑ Gardner, Elysa (26 October 1990). "Some Friendly". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
↑ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 222. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
↑ Harrison, Andrew (November 1990). "The Only One They Know". Select (5): 90.
↑ Christgau, Robert (3 December 1991). "Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
↑ http://archive.beggars.com/articles/84/the-charlatans-some-friendly-to-be-re-issued#comment
1 2 3 4 5 6 "allmusic". Retrieved 2008-05-22.
1 2 3 "UK Top 40 Hit Database". Retrieved 2008-05-22.
↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
↑ "BPI Certified Awards". Retrieved 2008-05-22.

Willis, D. The Charlatans : the Authorised history, Virgin Books, 1999. ISBN 0-7535-0194-5

http://www.reaxmusic.com/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=75260

External links

Some Friendly at Discogs (list of releases)
Official website

Preceded by In Concert by The Three Tenors	UK number one album 20 October 1990 – 26 October 1990	Succeeded by The Rhythm of the Saints by Paul Simon

The Charlatans

Martin Blunt Tim Burgess Mark Collins Tony Rogers Jon Brookes Rob Collins Baz Ketley Jon Day

Studio albums	Some Friendly (1990) Between 10th and 11th (1992) Up to Our Hips (1994) The Charlatans (1995) Tellin' Stories (1997) Us and Us Only (1999) Wonderland (2001) Up at the Lake (2004) Simpatico (2006) You Cross My Path (2008) Who We Touch (2010) Modern Nature (2015)

Compilations	Melting Pot (1998) Songs from the Other Side (2002) Forever: The Singles (2006) Collection (2007) The Best of the BBC Sessions 1999–2006 (2008)

Live albums	Live It Like You Love It (2002) Live at Delamere Forest (2007) Some Friendly - 20th Anniversary Concerts (2010) Who We Touch Tour 2010 (2010)

Singles	Indian Rope The Only One I Know Then Over Rising Me. In Time Weirdo Tremelo Song Can’t Get Out of Bed I Never Want an Easy Life If Me and He Were Ever to Get There Jesus Hairdo Crashin' In Just Lookin/Bullet Comes Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over One to Another North Country Boy How High Tellin’ Stories Forever My Beautiful Friend Impossible Love Is the Key A Man Needs to Be Told Up at the Lake Try Again Today Loving You Is Easy Blackened Blue Eyes NYC (There's No Need to Stop) You're So Pretty – We're So Pretty You Cross My Path Oh! Vanity The Misbegotten Mis-Takes Oh! Vanity (re-issue) Love Is Ending My Foolish Pride Your Pure Soul

DVDs	Just Lookin' 1990-1997 Live at Last Forever: The Singles

Related	Discography Madchester Britpop

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