October 8 street date. Beggars Arkive is happy to announce the reissue of The Charlatans self-titled fourth album. This pressing, which hasn't been reissued on vinyl in over twenty years is on marbled double yellow vinyl with a gatefold sleeve. The audio is via transfer to 96khz/24 bit, with vinyl mastering by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road. This release originally came out in 1995 and was their most ambitious and focused album to date. The album spawned three UK top 40 singles, "Crashin' In", "Just Lookin’", and "Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over"and returned them right back to the number one slot in the charts. As Tim Burgess told Digital Spy in 2015, "the thing about the Britpop thing that was happening, 'Jesus Hairdo' came out in June and we started straight away on our next album, which became The Charlatans... 'Just When You're Thinking Things Over' got put on daytime rotation on Radio 1 and went in at 15, which was brilliant. That set the album up and the album went to number one. It was amazing. We got single of the week in the NME the week that 'Country House' by Blur and Oasis’ 'Roll With It' came out but we didn't think about that at all - it was everybody else. We just had our biggest hit since 'The Only One I Know'."
November 8 street date. Beggars Arkive present the 30th anniversary expanded edition of The Charlatans' third album, "Up To Our Hips". The set features the original album, plus 10 bonus tracks (all curated by Tim Burgess), including two BBC live session songs recorded for the Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley Show, alongside B-sides, alternate mixes, and outtakes. This special package has brand new reimagined artwork by Nik Void. Originally released in 1994 on Beggars Banquet, "Up To Our Hips" marked a new direction for the band. It leaned away from the lighter pop songs of their previous two albums with its darker, heavier and organ led sound. This was due in part by the legal case that keys player Rob Collins was embroiled in, as he was accused of acting as a getaway driver in an armed robbery. Charges (and a lengthy sentence) were eventually dropped in court, but the band feared Rob would be sent to prison for years - many of the lyrics on the album reflect the stress of the band at the time.
November 8 street date. Beggars Arkive present the 30th anniversary expanded edition of The Charlatans' third album, "Up To Our Hips". The set features the original album, plus 10 bonus tracks (all curated by Tim Burgess), including two BBC live session songs recorded for the Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley Show, alongside B-sides, alternate mixes, and outtakes. This special package has brand new reimagined artwork by Nik Void. Originally released in 1994 on Beggars Banquet, "Up To Our Hips" marked a new direction for the band. It leaned away from the lighter pop songs of their previous two albums with its darker, heavier and organ led sound. This was due in part by the legal case that keys player Rob Collins was embroiled in, as he was accused of acting as a getaway driver in an armed robbery. Charges (and a lengthy sentence) were eventually dropped in court, but the band feared Rob would be sent to prison for years - many of the lyrics on the album reflect the stress of the band at the time. Limited edition petrol blue bio-vinyl.
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