THE CHARLATANS proudly announce their (Covid) delayed release of their 30th Anniversary tour and a career spanning best-of entitled: 'A Head Full of Ideas’.
Released on Then Recordings through Republic Of Music, ‘A Head Full of Ideas’ will sum up their remarkable progress from 1990 Manchester scene hopefuls to one of the UK’s most enduring and best-loved bands.
Over the years, the band have notched up 13 Top 40 studio albums - three of them number ones - alongside 22 hit singles, four of them top 10. The rollercoaster highs have been accompanied by some shattering lows, any which one of them could have felled a less resilient band, from nervous breakdowns to near bankruptcy and the deaths of two founder members.
Somehow, they have not just carried on but adapted and transformed. The classic Charlatans sound - driving Hammond organ, Northern Soul and house-influenced rhythms, swaggering guitars and Tim Burgess’s sunny yet somehow yearning vocal - is instantly recognisable. And in spite of everything they have been through their music is now more relevant than ever, The Guardian described their last album, Different Days as “one of their best ever”.
The 'A Head Full of Ideas’ album will also be available as a 6 vinyl LP Box Set. This limited edition set, is a diverse collection portrayed over five Transparent blue vinyl LP’s, spanning their hits, classic live performances, unheard demo’s and rarities and remixes. Within the box will also be an exclusive Original Demo’s 7” featuring ‘Indian Rope’/’The Only One I Know’, as well as a signed print of a tour poster from the early 90’s, a booklet featuring unseen photographs and sleeve notes by friend and journalist Dave Simpson. Their iconic and hugely adored live track One To Another (circa 1997) provides the titles for the individual vinyl collection within the box set. Each piece of vinyl is named after a lyric from the song.
There will also be triple vinyl LP version and 2CD deluxe version featuring the hits albums, plus a bonus live album ‘Trust is For Believers’, and finally a cd or vinyl of just the hits albums.
In celebration of the new best-of album, an accompanying Winter Tour will begin at Belfast, Limelight 22/11/21 and finish in Aberdeen on 20/12/21. With tickets on sale now, full dates and details are as follows:
30TH ANNIVERSARY - LIVE DATES:
November 2021
22nd Belfast, Limelight
23rd Dublin, Olympia
25th Buckley, The Tivoli
26th Bristol, O2 Academy
27th Birmingham, O2 Academy
29th Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
30th Bournemouth, Academy
December 2021
02nd Oxford, O2 Academy
03rd Cambridge, Corn Exchange
04th Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
06th Lincoln, Engine Shed
08th Liverpool, Invisible Wind Factory
09th Newcastle, City Hall
10th London, Brixton Academy
14th Exeter, Great Hall
16th Nottingham, Rock City
17th Leeds, O2 Academy
18th Glasgow, O2 Academy
20th Aberdeen, Music Hall
21st Edinburgh, Corn Exchange
Tickets are on sale now, available from:
https://www.thecharlatans.net/gigs
THE CHARLATANS - NEW BEST-OF COMPILATION: ‘A HEAD FULL OF IDEAS'
OUT NOW, VIA THEN RECORDS
AVAILABLE AS: CD, 2CD DELUXE, 2LP, AND 3LPX EDITIONS
ALBUM TRACKLISTINGS:
THEN1CD (CD)
A HEAD FULL OF IDEAS (BEST OF)
1) The Only One I Know
2) Weirdo
3) Can’t Get out of Bed
4) Jesus Hairdo
5) Just When You’re Thinking Things Over
6) North Country Boy
7) Tellin’ Stories
8) One to Another
9) How High
10) Forever (Edit)
11) Impossible (Edit)
12) Love is the Key
13) A Man Needs to be Told
14) Up at The Lake
15) Blackened Blue Eyes
16) Oh Vanity
17) My Foolish Pride
18) Come Home Baby
19) Let the Good Times be Never Ending (Edit)
20) Plastic Machinery
21) Totally Eclipsing
THEN1CDX (2CD Deluxe)
CD1
A HEAD FULL OF IDEAS (BEST OF)
1) The Only One I Know
2) Weirdo
3) Can’t Get out of Bed
4) Jesus Hairdo
5) Just When You’re Thinking Things Over
6) North Country Boy
7) Tellin’ Stories
8) One to Another
9) How High
10) Forever (Edit)
11) Impossible (Edit)
12) Love is the Key
13) A Man Needs to be Told
14) Up at The Lake
15) Blackened Blue Eyes
16) Oh Vanity
17) My Foolish Pride
18) Come Home Baby
19) Let the Good Times be Never Ending (Edit)
20) Plastic Machinery
21) Totally Eclipsing
CD2
TRUST IS FOR BELIEVERS (LIVE)
1) Polar Bear (Blackburn, King Georges Hall. November 1990 - BBC Radio 1)
2) Indian Rope (Reading Festival 1992 - BBC Radio 1)
3) Can’t Even Be Bothered (Reading Festival 1992 - BBC Radio 1)
4) Can’t Get Out of Bed (Glasgow Tramway, Sound City 1994 - BBC Radio1)
5) I Never Want an Easy Life (If Me and Him Were Ever to Get There) (Glasgow Tramway, Sound City 1994 - BBC Radio1)
6) Then (Glastonbury Festival 1995 - BBC Radio 1) 7) Tootache (Hultsfred Festival, Sweden 1997). ***Exclusive to 2CD Deluxe***
8) Here Comes a Soul Saver (Hultsfred Festival, Sweden 1997)
9) Just Lookin’ (Hultsfred Festival, Sweden 1997) ***Exclsuive to 2CD Deluxe***
10) My Beautiful Friend (Delamare Forest, Cheshire 2007)
11) The Blind Stagger (Delamare Forest, Cheshire 2007)
12) Trouble Understanding (The Church Studios, London) ***Exclusive to 2CD Deluxe***
13) Sproston Green (Reading Festival 1999 - BBC Radio 1)
THEN1LP (2LP)
A HEAD FULL OF IDEAS (BEST OF)
A1) The Only One I Know
A2) Weirdo
A3) Can’t Get out of Bed
A4) Jesus Hairdo
A5) Just When You’re Thinking Things Over
A6) North Country Boy
B1) Tellin’ Stories
B2) One to Another
B3) How High
B4) Forever
B5) Impossible
C1) Love is the Key
C2) A Man Needs to be Told
C3) Up at The Lake
C4) Blackened Blue Eyes
C5) Oh Vanity
D1) My Foolish Pride
D2) Come Home Baby
D3) Let the Good Times be Never Ending
D4) Plastic Machinery
D5) Totally Eclipsing
3LPX FORMAT DETAILS: Limited Pressing of 3LP Deluxe on Indies only Opaque Colour 3LP.
THEN1LPX (3LP)
A HEAD FULL OF IDEAS (BEST OF)
A1) The Only One I Know
A2) Weirdo
A3) Can’t Get out of Bed
A4) Jesus Hairdo
A5) Just When You’re Thinking Things Over
A6) North Country Boy
B1) Tellin’ Stories
B2) One to Another
B3) How High
B4) Forever
B5) Impossible
C1) Love is the Key
C2) A Man Needs to be Told
C3) Up at The Lake
C4) Blackened Blue Eyes
C5) Oh Vanity
D1) My Foolish Pride
D2) Come Home Baby
D3) Let the Good Times be Never Ending
D4) Plastic Machinery
D5) Totally Eclipsing
E1) Polar Bear (Blackburn, King Georges Hall. November 1990 - BBC Radio 1)
E2) Indian Rope (Reading Festival 1992 - BBC Radio 1)
E3) Can’t Even Be Bothered (Reading Festival 1992 - BBC Radio 1)
E4) Can’t Get Out of Bed (Glasgow Tramway, Sound City 1994 - BBC Radio1)
E5) I Never Want an Easy Life (If Me and Him Were Ever to Get There) (Glasgow Tramway, Sound City 1994 - BBC Radio1)
F1) Then (Glastonbury Festival 1995 - BBC Radio 1)
F2) Here Comes a Soul Saver (Hultsfred Festival, Sweden 1997)
F3) My Beautiful Friend (Delamare Forest, Cheshire 2007)
F4) The Blind Stagger (Delamare Forest, Cheshire 2007)
F5) Sproston Green (Reading Festival 1999 - BBC Radio 1)
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