Charlatans, The ‎– The Only One I Know

For many years, the Charlatans were perceived as the also-rans of Madchester, the group that didn't capture the zeitgeist like the Stone Roses or the band that failed to match the mad genre-bending of the Happy Mondays. Of course, they were more traditional than either of their peers. Working from a Stonesy foundation, the Charlatans added dance-oriented rhythms and layers of swirling organs straight out of '60s psychedelia. At first, the Charlatans had great promise And Must Be In That Top Ten Indie Bands List ..

On the A side run-out groove it has etching that reads "There's no message just pure politics",then flip the record over to the B side run-out grooves it says "Good,arn't we?",with a spelling mistake in "aren't" though the correct spelling has been etched then scored out before the flaw.Regardless of this most reviewers and listeners couldn't fail but to agree,the single being a top 10 hit reaching the number 9 spot a week after it slid in the charts at number 24 on it's 2 June release.One thing I found confusing on the sleeve was the songwriting credits.The bands surnames are all there apart from Jon Baker,his surname is displayed as 'Day'.Before I thought it was a different person,until I saw this statement from Jon Baker,quote;"As a joke I once put my name down as Jon Day and it was something that stuck and even ended up in some of the songwriting credits".