The Charlatans – A Head Full of Ideas (Triple-LP on Opaque White Vinyl)

Pressed on opaque white vinyl, this release comprises three 12-inch discs and is housed in a trifold sleeve.

Released commemorate the 30th anniversary of the band, this is the definitive career-spanning anthology of the Charlatans. Included are the band’s greatest hits, alongside a bonus disc of iconic live performances.

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. Captured here, is the band’s remarkable journey from 1990 Manchester scene hopefuls to one of the UK’s most enduring and best-loved bands.

Featured, are a multitude of fan favourites including The Only One I Know, One to Another, North Country Boy, How High, Can’t Get Out of Bed, Just When You’re Thinking Things Over and many more.

Track Listing

A Head Full of Ideas

Side One

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

Side Two

1. Tellin’ Stories
2. One to Another
3. How High
4. Forever
5. Impossible

Side Three 

1. Love Is the Key
2. A Man Needs to Be Told
3. Up At The Lake
4. Blackened Blue Eyes
5. Oh Vanity

Side Four

1. My Foolish Pride
2. Come Home Baby
3. Let The Good Times Be Never Ending
4. Plastic Machinery
5. Totally Eclipsing

Trust Is for Believers (Live)

Side One

1. Polar Bear *
2. Indian Rope **
3. Can’t Even Be Bothered **
4. Can’t Get Out of Bed ***
5. I Never Want An Easy Life (If Me And Him Were Ever To Get There) ***

Side Two

1. Then ****
2. Here Comes a Soul Saver *****
3. My Beautiful Friend ******
4. The Blind Stagger ******
5. Sproston Green *******

* Recorded at Blackburn, King Georges Hall, November 1990, BBC Radio 1

** Recorded at Reading Festival 1992, BBC Radio 1

*** Recorded at Glasgow Tramway, Sound City, 1994, BBC Radio1

**** Recorded at Glastonbury Festival 1995, BBC Radio 1

***** Recorded at Hultsfred Festival, Sweden, 1997

****** Recorded at Delamare Forest, Cheshire, 2007

******* Recorded at Reading Festival 1999, BBC Radio 1

Format: Vinyl / 12” Album (Coloured Vinyl)

No of Discs: 3

Label: Then Records

Catalogue No: THEN1LPX

Barcode: 5053760075394

Release Date: 15 Oct 2021