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Charlatans  : We Gotta Have Peace

Charlatans : We Gotta Have Peace

More falsetto from Burgess and boys

  • Jul 21, 2005
Charlatans : Wonderland

Charlatans : Wonderland

Swaggering survivors' best record yet...

  • Sep 5, 2001
Charlatans  : Manchester University

Charlatans : Manchester University

Nice like that painting of hat-wearing dogs playing pool...

  • Jul 23, 2002
Charlatans  : Love Is The Key

Charlatans : Love Is The Key

Some things never change. ..

  • Aug 22, 2001
Charlatans   :  Live It Like You Love It

Charlatans : Live It Like You Love It

This live album goes some way towards explaining their endearing endurance

  • Jul 23, 2002
The Charlatans : Los Angeles El Rey Theatre

The Charlatans : Los Angeles El Rey Theatre

Their new material is lost in muddy sound, but Burgess and the boys still put on a defiantly funky extravaganza...

  • Jul 26, 2001
Charlatans  : Songs From The Other Side

Charlatans : Songs From The Other Side

Great singles band’s patchy B-sides collection...

  • May 10, 2002
Charlatans  : Impossible

Charlatans : Impossible

It's The End Of Music. Har har, only joking, there's always the hunkin' UK garage 'revolution'...

  • Feb 12, 2000
Charlatans  : You're So Pretty, We're So Pretty

Charlatans : You're So Pretty, We're So Pretty

Out with the old organ, then...

  • Apr 5, 2002
Aberdeen Music Hall

Aberdeen Music Hall

Very occasionally, [B]The Charlatans[/B]' decade-and-a-half together means that proceedings are just a little too professionally executed, too polished and cosy...

  • Oct 28, 1999
Charlatans /The Cooper Temple Clause/Minuteman/Moco  :  London Astoria

Charlatans /The Cooper Temple Clause/Minuteman/Moco : London Astoria

The latest NME Carling Show sees Tim Burgess and the boys on top form...

  • Feb 12, 2002
Us And Us Only

Us And Us Only

Once,[B] The Charlatans[/B] were arrested on a plane for enjoying themselves and the FBI confiscated their shoelaces....

  • Oct 18, 1999
Charlatans /Starsailor : Detroit St. Andrew's Hall

Charlatans /Starsailor : Detroit St. Andrew's Hall

No need for platitudes - the music speaks for itself...

  • Jan 24, 2002
Charlatans  : Forever

Charlatans : Forever

Providing they don't stand on any of those big black crosses fate likes to paint under suspended ton weights, they should be fine.

  • Oct 9, 1999
Charlatans  : A Man Needs To Be Told

Charlatans : A Man Needs To Be Told

Another great single from the Charlies...honest!..

  • Nov 16, 2001
Liverpool Lomax

Liverpool Lomax

The one-and-only survivors from 1990 to remain the same (despite everything) where everyone else has become a different band entirely ([a]Blur[/a], the [B]Manics[/B], for better or for tragically,

  • Jul 12, 1999
Charlatans  : Leeds University Union

Charlatans : Leeds University Union

With his hands in the air and a velvet cap set crooked on his head, Tim Burgess looks every inch the returning hero...

  • Oct 25, 2001
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