Tellin' Stories
by The Charlatans (UK)
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Tellin' Stories is ranked 2nd best out of 21 albums by The Charlatans on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Charlatans is Some Friendly which is ranked number 3191 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 478.
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Tellin' Stories track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Tellin' Stories rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2201-2300 | 45/100 | - |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 26 Music Albums of 1997 | 18/26 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 68/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 52 Music Albums of 1997 | 39/52 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1997 | 7/50 | - |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 19 Music Albums of 1996 | 6/19 | - |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 42 Music Albums of 1997 | 28/42 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 57 Music Albums of 1997 | 40/57 | 2 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Best Of Rest 5 | 84/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 119 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 417 | |||
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Tellin' Stories ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 18 hours ago | ScottJones | 173 | 82/100 |
| ! | 05/31/2026 13:37 | libbyshuss | 99 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/28/2026 15:49 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,351 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
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Tellin' Stories forum mentions
pedro1976 04/21/2026 12:00 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 07/20/2024 12:58 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Mexican MoonView all forum mentions
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Oasis-like 90's indie rock/Britpop - and an album I'm more likely to listen to now that any Oasis album apart from Definitely Maybe...North Country Boy, Tellin' Stories and One To Another are particularly good. (Edited)
Definitely the high point of what I have heard from them so far. Some singles strike you with their song writing chops. More hooks than a locker room. No nonsense simple, easy, well put together guitar music. See the cover? Just the guys standing there? Yeah, that is all they need. No tricks, just themselves... and the instruments ofcourse, can't forget those. (Edited)
This band sounds like what Oasis could have been if they could play. Good guitar overdubs with interesting organ, piano and percussion textures. Some good songs with hooks. Mostly dancey Britpop, def sounds like a Madchester throwback. But murky sounding production, and nonsensical lyrics. Couple of Dylanesque tunes where they probably should have been doing more their own thing instead. Still a somewhat enjoyable album all the same.
From 1001 Albums You Must Hear. Weak pick in my opinion, though not a bad album.
I can't believe this album is ranked number one. It's very derivative of the era, has not aged well and seems like they're foray into trying to be popular.
Some Friendly and Between 10th and 11th are leaps and bounds better albums. (Edited)
Jboy56 03/17/2022 13:36 | #282942 | TOP COMMENT
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Very typical stuff from the era. Same problem always, if a song pasts the 5 minute mark, it really should have something to warrant that length, most of the over 5 minuters are not.. (Edited)
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