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This is the debut release of this English group, also known as "Charlatans UK." "Some Friendly" could be considered one of the first "Brit Pop" albums.
Certainly, it is a groundbreaking work in the world of Pop/Electronic music, a precursor to the world that would come after, made of Oasis, Blur, and various other brothers. In the album, one can certainly appreciate the mastery of the Hammond organ, a return to the sixties, and Burgess's drawling and sensual voice.
"The Only One I Know", "Then", "Flower", and "Sproston Green" are the best tracks. Peak at the first release then a downward trajectory until today, with the exception of some nice tracks on subsequent albums.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
02 White Shirt (03:25)
When my white shirt lets me down
Like one we race against the wind
You said that I've seen better days
I wash her silver hair away
I'm going to be
(I'm going to be)
In heaven when you say
(In heaven when you say)
I'm too young to waste to ever be denied
(You're too young)
She laughed and then she died
Heard you said to me today
You're safe but you're so far away
You're beautiful how could you be so green
Tomorrow it holds the cause again
I'm going to be
(I'm going to be)
In heaven when you say
(In heaven when you say)
I'm too young to waste to ever be denied
(You're too young)
She laughed and then she died
And someone said to me
You've taken this too far
But I can't be asked to change
You're so vain
You're open all day
I'm glad I got it sorted now
Heard you said to me today
You're safe but you're so far away
'Cause I'm beautiful how could you be so green
Tomorrow it holds the cause again
Again, again, again
I'm going to be
(I'm going to be)
In heaven when you say
(In heaven when you say)
I'm too young to waste to ever be denied
(You're too young)
She laughed and then she died
03 The Only One I Know (03:58)
The only one I know
Has come to take me away
The only one I know
Is mine when she stitches me
The only one I see
Has found and aching in me
The only one I see
Has turned her tongue into me
Everyone has been burned before
Everybody knows the pain
Everyone has been burned before
Everybody knows the pain
The only one I know
Never cries, never opens her eyes
The only one I know
Wide awake and then she's away
The only one I see
Is mine when she walks down our street
The only one I see
Has carved her way into me
Everyone has been burned before
Everybody knows the pain
Everyone has been burned before
Everybody knows the pain
Everyone has been burned before
Everybody knows the pain
Everyone has been burned before
Everybody knows the pain
08 Believe You Me (03:41)
With all the world developments
Why do they make me laugh at you?
And all the world can take you for
Is someone else, you're so low
There's someone else inside of me
Who doesn't make me want to kill
And all the time you're pushing me
I never knew that you were ill
And all the time you think you're it
When you've got nothing else to give
Open it up and take it out
I'll never know what's under that
(Who was that) who killed your lover?
(Who was that) who killed your lover?
It wasn't me
It wasn't believe you me
Not me, not me, not me, not me
Who killed your lover
Who killed your lover
Not me, not me
11 Sproston Green (05:08)
This one knows she comes and goes
And when she goes she goes
This one knows she comes and goes
And when she goes she goes
Sproston Green she used to pace me
And now she hasn't got the time
I know I'm too necessary
And everything she stole was mine
This one knows she comes and goes
And when she goes she goes
This one knows she comes and goes
And when she goes she goes
Sproston Green she used to pace me
And now she hasn't got the time
I know I'm too necessary
And everything she stole was mine
You've got this one
I've got no one
She's oh she's part of something wrong
Oooh...
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By principles
The album is definitely not a masterpiece. It would be bold to say so! But it still represents something in that cauldron/mixture that were the 90s BRIT.
The genre of the music is characterized by an abuse of the Hammond organ by the late 'Brother Collins', and it’s evident that in albums to come after his death, the lack of that Hammond will be felt.
By kid b
This, in my opinion, is the most suitable album for getting closer to this band.
Recommended for lovers of the Madchester sound (Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets, Happy Mondays...) but also for Britpop in general.
