I agree that they are underrated. They are the only “Madchester” band that I rate. I read somewhere recently that the difference between ordinary and great is the ability to repeatedly do something as opposed to just doing it once. They are the great survivors of a scene that, to be fair, I never had an interest in. But as I said in my write-up, Tellin’ Stories and Us and Us Only are two superb albums.I love this album so much, they are so underrated the charlatans, they bang out these killer tunes and brilliant albums but don't really get any credit. I've seen them countless times and every time they was on point.
Fantastic mate.
You’re rounding your score DOWN? Half points are allowed you know but I won’t twist your arm.More than happy to revisit this one, always had a big soft spot for the Charlatans.
https://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/...y-the-charlatans-tellin-stories.313476/page-2
I’ll stick with score from 9 years ago! but round to an 8 please Mr Roberto.
You can't go wrong with a best song from 2024 either (better "released in" than "first heard in", but I digress).If people want me to run some kind of playlist for the festive period, I'm happy to do that or if we want a breather over Christmas, I'm happy with that as well.
You can't go wrong with a best song from 2024 either (better "released in" than "first heard in", but I digress).
Oopsy.I agree that they are underrated. They are the only “Madchester” band that I rate. I read somewhere recently that the difference between ordinary and great is the ability to repeatedly do something as opposed to just doing it once. They are the great survivors of a scene that, to be fair, I never had an interest in. But as I said in my write-up, Tellin’ Stories and Us and Us Only are two superb albums.
Feel free to drop in a score :)
Wonder what sort of music Dax is into? :-)
oh, and welcome back too!
You’re rounding your score DOWN? Half points are allowed you know but I won’t twist your arm.
You provided some good cover for me, so much appreciated on your nomination. My initial song and still favourite from that album was "I Don't Believe In You", which had it stood over "The Pan Within", would have provided 2 songs from that album. It was close, but the fiddle won. Woo!Talk Talk remain the find of this thread for me but I felt a bit guilty nominating an 8 minute plus song
Perverse is apt. ;-) I was sampling the playlist on a road trip, and immediately had to hit "next track" in the car so as to minimize questions from the missus on what the heck mix I had going. "Who goes there?" indeed!but I needn’t have worried considering Mr Befry gave us one of the overdone clunkers from War of the Worlds with it’s comical inflections. If I had put guesses in I would have had mrbelfry nailed on for that given his perverse liking for it.
I have listened to it, and despite the enjoyment, it just wasn't going to bump any of my top 5.I had a Rodriguez track in reserve and listen to that album a lot. Strangely despite joining in on the positive vibes for J.J Cale I’ve never revisited it.