Some Friendly
by The Charlatans (UK)

Album
Some Friendly by The Charlatans (UK)
Year: 1990
Release date: 1990-10-08
Overall rank: 3,174th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 135 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (45th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (528th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,174th)

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The Charlatans (UK) bestography

Some Friendly is ranked as the best album by The Charlatans (UK).

The Charlatans (UK) album bestography « Higher ranked
- This album (3,174th)
Some Friendly Lower ranked (3,530th) »
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Some Friendly track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
You're Not Very Well
Average Rating: 79 (29 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
White Shirt
Average Rating: 79 (29 votes)Comments: View 2
3.
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The Only One I Know
Average Rating: 87 (59 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
Opportunity
Average Rating: 79 (29 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Then
Average Rating: 82 (36 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
109 Pt. 2
Average Rating: 75 (27 votes)Comments: View 1
7.
Polar Bear
Average Rating: 77 (25 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
Believe You Me
Average Rating: 78 (26 votes)Comments: View 1
9.
Flower
Average Rating: 79 (27 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Sonic
Average Rating: 78 (26 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
Sproston Green
Average Rating: 82 (30 votes)Comments: View 0

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Some Friendly rankings

Some Friendly rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,174th | 1990s rank: 528th | 1990 rank: 45th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 135 votes)
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70/100
 !		05/17/2026 15:13 libbyshuss  Ratings distribution  9979/100
 
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 !		04/17/2026 16:42 gmessian  Ratings distribution  38560/100
 
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 !		04/14/2026 22:03 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,32770/100
 
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 !		04/03/2026 06:12 Juneof44  Ratings distribution  2,61669/100
 
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 !		03/21/2026 20:34 Tuur  Ratings distribution  95067/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.


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Some Friendly comments

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90/100
From 04/09/2025 16:24 | #308434
Obviously influenced by the Stone Roses. A nice album. 9/10!
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90/100
From 12/02/2020 09:09 | #261788
No fillers on this hammond organ driven debut album with standout tracks being "Sproston Green", "The Only One I Know", "Flower", "Opportunity" and "Then".
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90/100
From 11/16/2020 05:37 | #260884
Really captures the time & the place. Great listen.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 04/17/2019 11:59 | #235116 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 05/17/2016 20:29 | #166330 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Riding on the coattails of The Stone Roses, The Charlatans display enough charm to prevent them from being also-rans.
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90/100
From 01/02/2012 21:08 | #34240 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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.
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From 10/15/2011 05:28 | #28470 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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!
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From 12/06/2010 20:30 | #16832 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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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