The Charlatans (1995 album)


The Charlatans is the fourth album by the British alternative rock band The Charlatans, released on 28 August 1995. It went to the top of the UK Albums Chart the same year. The Charlatans is rated 84 in the Melody Maker's top 100 albums of all-time list from 2000. Select ranked the album at number 17 in its end-of-year list of the 50 best albums of 1995.
The album's original title was slated to be The First Shag in Ages, named after a chapter from Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting. Several promo shirts bearing this title were printed and early vinyl versions of the album have this written between the leadout groove.
The track "Here Comes a Soul Saver" uses a riff from the Pink Floyd song "Fearless".

Track listing

Singles

"Crashin' In" was the first of the three singles from the album and was released on 28 December 1994. It charted at number 31 in the UK Singles Chart. The single also featured "Back Room Window" and "Green Flashing Eyes", which were later included in the compilation album Songs from the Other Side. The double A-side single "Just Lookin'/Bullet Comes" was released on 8 May 1995. The album's most successful single "Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over" was their highest charting single since "Then" in 1990, peaking at number 12 in the UK.

Personnel