The Charlatans
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Midlands/Manchester outfit The Charlatans had already broken big in the baggy-era with their 1990 debut Some Friendly and Hammond-driven indie disco perennial “The Only One I Know.” Following aimless sophomore LP Between 10th And 11th, 1994’s Up To Our Hips had tacked the group to the prevailing Britpop headwind, and with 1995’s self-titled fourth album, they found their course. Frontman Tim Burgess and guitarist Mark Collins had styled themselves as a Mick’n’Keef songwriting partnership within the group, and the pair’s love of the Stones and Gram Parsons brought a country-soul looseness to the likes of “Just When You’re Thinkin’ Things Over” and “Tell Everyone” that’s weathered far better than a lot of records from the time. How they got away with nicking Pink Floyd’s “Fearless” for “Here Comes A Soul Saver” without Floyd’s lawyers coming after them is a mystery.