Some Friendly (studio album)
by The Charlatans (UK)
The Charlatans (UK) bestography
Some Friendly is ranked as the best album by The Charlatans (UK).
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Some Friendly track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/22/2025 21:24 |  EyeKanFly | 8,092 | 65/100 |
| ! | 08/02/2025 22:27 | Proto | 3,726 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2025 17:59 | alexandermause | 1,555 | 86/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2025 15:40 |  Norman Bates | 9,960 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2025 00:44 | DenzelTheRed | 27 | 91/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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Obviously influenced by the Stone Roses. A nice album. 9/10!
No fillers on this hammond organ driven debut album with standout tracks being "Sproston Green", "The Only One I Know", "Flower", "Opportunity" and "Then".
Really captures the time & the place. Great listen.
TheDude85 04/17/2019 11:59 | #235116
Love The Charlatans (or for us in the US The Charlatans UK) This was my introduction to the band. They released several great albums after this.
ButterThumbz 05/17/2016 20:29 | #166330
Riding on the coattails of The Stone Roses, The Charlatans display enough charm to prevent them from being also-rans.
johnner 01/02/2012 21:08 | #34240
Heavily influenced by The Stone Roses, Some Friendly also added The Prisoners, Julian Cope, and Echo & the Bunnymen to the mix creating a vibrant and sussed encapulsation of Madchester before it died.
I dug this album out of the mothballs a few weeks ago - hadn't listened to it in ages! I have been listening to it fairly non-stop since, and am amazed at how good it still sounds. 'Polar Bear' is my favourite track, but the rest are pretty good too!
White Shirt and Only One I Know are great. Rest of the songs are pretty good too. Simple music that is easy to enjoy.
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