Tellin' Stories
by The Charlatans (UK)

Tellin' Stories by The Charlatans (UK)
Year: 1997
Release date: 1997-04-21
Overall rank: 3,500th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 126 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (53rd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (574th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,500th)

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The Charlatans (UK) bestography

Tellin' Stories is ranked 2nd best out of 20 albums by The Charlatans (UK) on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Charlatans (UK) is Some Friendly which is ranked number 3162 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 483.

The Charlatans (UK) album bestography « Higher ranked (3,162nd)
Some Friendly
This album (3,500th)
Tellin' Stories
Lower ranked (5,917th) »
The Charlatans

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Overall rank: 3,500th | 1990s rank: 574th | 1997 rank: 53rd

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Tellin' Stories ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 126 votes)
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05/31/2026 13:37 libbyshuss  Ratings distribution  7979/100
 
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05/28/2026 15:49 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,39370/100
 
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03/21/2026 16:51 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,58382/100
 
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02/20/2026 15:00 smahonachie  Ratings distribution  12381/100
 
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02/12/2026 14:06 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43470/100

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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 74.0/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.

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80/100
From 09/03/2025 21:37 | #310810
Some people think this classic album hasn’t aged well. Seriously, some people are complete idiots! 🤦
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From 05/27/2023 19:09 | #297259
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.
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75/100
From 03/17/2022 13:36 | #282942
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..
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80/100
From 11/12/2016 20:41 | #178339
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.
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From 12/01/2012 16:29 | #56343
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.
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