The Charlatans and Tim Burgess revisit old haunts on new album

On the record

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Underpinned by chirping psychedelic organ sounds, The Charlatans burst on to the scene in the late 1980s as a forerunner of Britpop, led by floppy-haired frontman Tim Burgess.

Formed in the West Midlands, the band moved Cheshire, where they were embraced by the Madchester scene on their acidic danceable debut, Some Friendly (1990).

The album featured classic tracks such as The Only One I Know, Then, and Sproston Green, which went on to inspire the Britpop movement that would break out later that decade.

The guitar-heavy sound of the era was taken on by the band for 1997's Tellin' Stories, which featured the rousing singles How High, North Country Boy and One To Another